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Here’s the outline of how you can use Google Slides and screencasting to create a captioned flipped lesson.

https://practicaledtech.com/2018/11/04/how-to-create-captioned-flipped-video-lessons/…

Business students at Imperial College London are set to be offered lectures led by “holographic professors” in a world first. The holograms are able to engage with students in real-time, responding to reactions and taking questions via a camera link …

It is not just about sharing information but also creating a better online presentation by avoiding the need to write manually.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/322587…

Machine learning algorithms do precisely what they are taught to do and are only as good as their mathematical construction and the data they are trained on. Algorithms that are biased will end up doing things that reflect that bias. …

Dropbox has a new feature it hopes will make getting work done from within its cloud storage product even easier. Called Extensions, these third-party software plug-ins will let you perform basic tasks you’d normally need to launch a separate app …

The Learning Designer helps teachers plan a sequence of learning and teaching activities to engage their students both in and beyond the classroom.

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/a-new-tool-to-help-teachers-as-digital-learning-designers…

From adding music to a slideshow to adding sound effects to videos to bumper music for podcasts, there are plenty of classroom projects that require free audio files. If you find yourself or your students in need of some free …

The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far) is a living repository of collective knowledge, written to equip all those who want to publish open textbooks with the resources they need.

https://press.rebus.community/the-rebus-guide-to-publishing-open-textbooks/…

Virtual Reality–VR–is the 2018 buzzword among students, teachers, and even parents. And rightfully deserved, VR has the ability to recreate so many of the rules that used to shape education. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Sara Stringer, shares her opinion …

Built using the WordPress publishing platform, with BuddyPress for social networking, it is designed to simplify the process of creating commons spaces where members can discuss issues, collaborate, and share their work. CBOX is being used by academic institutions, scholarly …

Gmail has announced the release of a new set of features and improvements to its Gmail on the web. These include a brand new look for your Gmail, sophisticated security measures, more integrations with G Suite apps, new ways to …

Today, the concept of a paperless classroom is more than just a trend. Schools across the country are now opting for apps and other software as a replacement for traditional pen and paper. And as technology improves, so do the …

You no longer need to be a Harvard student or Princeton grad to benefit from instruction at these exclusive institutions. You can access some of their most popular classes online via MOOCs.

https://lifehacker.com/you-can-take-these-600-online-courses-for-free-1830066444…