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Presentation of the Week: Innovating Pedagogy 2019
7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future
Below are some ideas that are truly transformational–not that they haven’t been said before. It’s not this article that’s transformational, but the ideas themselves. These ideas aren’t just buzzwords or trendy edu-jargon but the kind of substance with the potential …
Some Good Templates to Use in Your Presentations
Powered Templates is one of the most popular providers of professionally made templates that you can use for a variety of purposes. While some of these templates are not free, there are, however, over 40.000 free templates to choose from. …
Education Blockchain 50 – Report
This report offers a good overview of the state of blockchain in education.
https://www.holoniq.com/news/education-blockchain-50-fuzzy-front-end/…
AI can accelerate the shift to a more sustainable future
According to research we published this week with Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company, AI can not only accelerate the shift to a more sustainable future, but also generate new value.
https://www.blog.google/perspectives/kate-brandt/ai-can-accelerate-shift-more-sustainable-future…
How Much Artificial Intelligence Should There Be in the Classroom?
We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. But should we? And if the answer is yes, what’s the right mix of human and machine in the classroom?
5 big ideas for education innovation in 2019
Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. Looking ahead, here are five big ideas I’ll be watching for in 2019:
https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/01/28/5-big-ideas-for-education-innovation-in-2019/…
‘It’s all about controlling students’: researchers slam popular app
A new paper by University of South Australia researchers says Class Dojo promotes an archaic approach to discipline and likens it to China’s social credit system.
12 Tools to Ensure All Students Participate Meaningfully
Below is a list of free web tools your students can use to carry on a class discussion while you lecture, show a video, or present reading material.
Google’s true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance
Two decades ago, the US intelligence community worked closely with Silicon Valley in an effort to track citizens in cyberspace. And Google is at the heart of that origin story. Some of the research that led to Google’s ambitious creation …
Microsoft’s pods teach blind children how to code
Microsoft has developed a physical programming language to make coding accessible to anyone with a visual impairment. Code Jumper consists of a series of pods, each of which contains a single line of code, representing a set of commands.
A Master List of Resources About Microsoft’s Inclusive Classroom Tools
Helpful Links for Microsoft’s Inclusive Classroom Experiences contains more than four dozen resources for learning about Microsoft’s Learning Tools and other accessibility features. The list includes a few full-length professional development webinars, the aforementioned training packs, case studies, and deployment …
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