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Below are two of the best text to speech apps out there. These add-ons have integrated iSpeech technology which allows them to read any text you select for them. Watch the attached videos to see how each one of them …

I’m generally skeptical of all the prognosticating at the start of each new year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t hope for good things to come. Below is my wish list of ideas for teaching that I hope to see …

Without question, social media platforms (including Facebook and Twitter) need to dramatically and quickly improve their capabilities and policies to both identify “bad actors” and limit the harmful damage they can do online around the world. Here are a few …

Classroom furniture has often been an afterthought in many schools, but furniture can and does have a significant impact at all levels.

http://www.bsdfutureready.com/blog/flexible-classroom-seating-and-reimagining-classroom-culture…

What recommendations should we be giving parents and youth when it comes to screen time?  In past limiting some types of screen time made sense. A time when the American Pediatric Association (AAP) made long-standing screen time limits recommendations. However, …

DigiGlot is a bi-weekly collaborative newsletter that reports on how indigenous, minority, and endangered language communities are adopting and adapting technology to increase the digital presence of their languages, and in the process changing the internet landscape by increasing linguistic …

The evolution of ed tech has always demonstrated that as tech platforms get more complex, product teams turn to other disciplines to get the expertise they need.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/01/14/learning-engineering-making-education-more-professional.aspx…

Watching and analyzing how people play games reveal a great deal on the process of learning. Gaming theorist, Tom Hatfield (author of the popular book/; Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century) contends that successful video games include 7 learning …

The TLPD  portal (phase one) focuses on sharing and showcasing professional development learning events by B.C. public post-secondary institutions. These events can be searched by topic, keyword, location, or date.

https://bccampus.ca/2019/01/15/introducing-the-teaching-and-learning-professional-development-portal/…

PhotoScissors is a free image editing tool that you can use to remove the background from your images. PhotoScissors is available to use for free online and is available to download as desktop software.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/01/remove-image-background-with.html…

For those special searches, here are seven search sites you can use other than Google. These services cover a range of themes and needs, but you’re almost guaranteed to find one useful – and you might find yourself consulting it …

The networking field is changing fast. This year, several emerging technologies will fundamentally impact how businesses and their employees connect. The good news is that each technology also represents a solid opportunity to improve some aspect of how a company …