Researchers found that parents and children interact more meaningfully when sharing a print book versus an electronic one.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-08-14-ebooks-are-great-just-not-for-young-readers…
Langogo is an AI-powered, pocket-size translator that travels with you
The latest addition to the panoply of translation devices is the pocket-size, AI-powered Langogo. The handy little device translates 70 languages from Arabic to Vietnamese with Bulgarian, Malay, and 20 Spanish dialects in between. Langogo is connected to what it …
How Four Technologies Created The ‘Perfect Storm’ For Online Learning
When MOOCs first burst onto the scene in 2012 — the year the New York Times dubbed “the year of the MOOC” — their success was enabled largely by the convergence of four key technologies: cloud computing, video distribution at …
Presentation of the Week: AI in Higher Education
The nerd’s guide to learning everything online
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QuickCite – A Site That Helps Students Properly Format Citations
From the developer of the popular Flippity service comes a new tool designed for students. That tool is called QuickCite and it helps students properly format MLA 8 citations. Students can also use QuickCite for less formal citation needs like …
Citationsy: An Online Citation Tool
Cite websites, books, papers, articles, podcasts, songs, and much more using Citationsy. Perfect references and footnotes every time. Citationsy is perhaps the world’s best-referencing tool. This Chrome extension will let you cite any website with a single click. We support …
A Good PDF Annotating App for Teachers and Students
LiquidText is a great iPad app you can use to annotate your PDFs, gather and organize your information across all your documents and webpages. You can create your own workspace in LiquidText and start importing your documents from popular cloud …
The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated
See a graph that shows the number of monthly active users on each platform over the past 16 years. We created a bar chart race to find out the most popular social media networks of all time.
https://thenextweb.com/tech/2019/06/11/most-popular-social-media-networks-year-animated/…
How to Clear the Ambient Noise from a Podcast Recording
One of the things that can ruin an otherwise good podcast is an annoying hiss or similar ambient noise in the background. Fortunately, there are ways to remove or replace that noise in post-production.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/08/how-to-clear-ambient-noise-from-podcast.html
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Massive List of MOOC Providers Around The World
If you’re looking for MOOCs from around the world (many in languages other than English), this list is our best attempt to catalog all the MOOC platforms that are out there. It includes 35 different platforms. It was updated and …
6 Learning Technology Trends That are Shaping the Future of Work
It is easy to be excited by the bright lights of new technologies, especially when they hold so much promise for personal and organizational development. But what is the best way to use these tools in optimizing learning for the …
Meet Generation Alpha, the 9-year-olds shaping our future
They’re tech heavy, extremely connected and the most senior among them is about 9 years old. Say hello to Generation Alpha.
https://www.axios.com/generation-alpha-millennial-children-63438b10-6817-483e-8472-38810df77880.html…
How to Use Creative Commons Search
One of the better places to conduct a search for images that have a Creative Commons licenses is on the Creative Commons search page. Through the Creative Commons search you can find pictures from a variety of services. The best …
5 Ways To Survive A Student Email Avalanche
When you teach online, your inbox is always overflowing with student email. What can you do to make sure you’re not snowed under by student email, answering message after message for hours on end?