Using technology well means being selective. Choosing the right tech tools for your teaching means making strategic choices, weighing costs against payoffs, and staying laser-focused on your course goals — and that is what this guide aims to help you …
A 5 Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos
Replacing your lectures with self-made videos can boost students’ engagement and free you up to work with them directly.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-step-guide-making-your-own-instructional-videos…
Coursera Introduces Hands-On Learning with Coursera Labs
Coursera Labs allows learners to seamlessly work on projects and assignments in a browser without any environment setup or software downloads.
https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-introduces-hands-on-learning-with-coursera-labs/…
ClassHook Adds Live Discussions for Video Lessons
ClassHook’s Live Discussions offers a great middle ground between a completely online response system and a completely voice-based, in-class discussion. You might not have time for ever student to respond to Pause Prompt aloud in your classroom so using the …
Can we build AI without losing control over it?
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Presentation of the Week: How Artificial Intelligence will transform the classroom of the future
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Schools
This is a new report (155 page PDF) on AI in education commisioned by the Australian Government Department of Education. The authors define AI and provide an overview of its applications in schools. Summaries of the major ethical issues follow, …
11 Excel tips every user should master
Whether you are a Microsoft Excel beginner or an advanced user, you’ll benefit from these step-by-step tutorials.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/excel-tips-every-user-should-master/…
This AI-powered text generator is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen — and you can try it
OpenAI, a nonprofit focused on creating human-level artificial intelligence, just released an update to its GPT-2 text generator. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that, after trying it, I’m legitimately terrified for the future of humanity if we don’t …
The Post-LMS World: Social, Simple, Modern, Mobile and Student-centric
The Learning Management System was never able to deliver on the promise of its new name because it was created for a completely different purpose: course management.
How Edtech Can Expand What Teachers Do
Education technology has the capacity to increase what a teacher can accomplish in the course of a day’s work.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-edtech-can-expand-what-teachers-do
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14 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Drive could do
Make Google’s online storage service better than ever with these unexpected options and productivity-boosting add-ons.
Can the Brave Browser Fix the Internet?
This new technology company, aptly named Brave, promotes a browser that is fundamentally built around privacy and data security. The Brave browser blocks ads, cookies, and trackers by default. Brave prioritizes secure connections (think HTTPS instead of HTTP) and promises …
The Best Laptops and Tablets for Students
Whether you plan to crush that term paper or immerse yourself in research, these college-ready computers will help you excel.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-laptops-tablets-for-students/…
The Radical Transformation of the Textbook
Digital-first. Open source. Subscription. The way textbooks are bought and sold is changing—with serious implications for higher education.
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-textbooks-radical-transformation…