New trackers make it easy for developers to identify fed-up users and pester them with targeted ads.
When Will It Just Be Machines Talking to Machines?
Do you ever get the feeling that the machines are trying to influence the way you think, or take charge of your communicative acts?
https://blog.ouseful.info/2018/10/17/when-will-it-just-be-machines-talking-to-machines/
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The State of Video in Education 2018
Each year, we ask professionals working in education around the world how they see video being used in and out of the classroom. This year, more than 1,500 of you shared your thoughts on how and why you use video, …
Word Cloud Tools and Apps for Teachers
A word cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words in a text. Teachers can use word clouds for a variety of instructional purposes from creating class groups using students’ names to reflecting on lesson plans, this article …
Augmented Reality Apps to Use with Students in Your Class
We have already reviewed several educational AR tools and apps and have also shared this collection of excellent TED talks on the educational potential of AR technologies. Drawing on these resources together with EdSurge list, we have prepared for you …
How the Digital Age Is Affecting Students
Five books that give insight into how social media and technology are shaping today’s students and their learning.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-digital-age-affecting-students…
Transfer your handwritten notes to your computer with this genius pen
At first glance, this weird gadget looks like a highlighter from the future or some luxurious stylus. However, it’s actually packed with text recognition technology that turns your written words into RAW images and then transposes them onto your screen.…
Why we have an emotional connection to robots
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Presentation of the Week: Personal Learning vs Personalized Learning: What Needs to Happen
Internet should be a formal subject in schools
The internet should became a formal subject on the school curriculum – just like physics, chemistry and maths – according to an education academic. That’s because we live in an era where schoolchildren have “teachers and libraries in their pockets …
These 12 apps and services can help you ditch Google completely
Here are the top alternatives for some of the most popular Google products, inspired by the “No More Google” list.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-ditch-google-2018-10…
Some Good Tools to Access Open Digital Textbooks
This is a list featuring some popular platforms that provide open digital textbooks. Textbooks are arranged into different categories and content areas. Some of the textbooks are available for free download in various formats others can only be read online.…
Why a Web of Connections—Not a Single Relationship—Should Surround Students
Research from an array of youth development and social capital scholars is clear: students will most benefit from a web of adults supporting their healthy development, academic success and access to opportunity.
How MOOC-Based Master’s Degrees May Transform Higher Ed
A new master’s degree offering from MOOC platform EdX and seven partner universities allows online learners to earn a post-baccalaureate diploma at a fraction of the cost of a traditional program.
$1 Billion in Savings through Open Educational Resources
Five years ago at the 2013 Open Education Conference, we issued a challenge to the OER community to save students $1 billion by 2018. Today we are thrilled to share that the data show that the OER movement has saved …