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Inside the black hole image that made history
ClassHook: Teach Great Lessons Using Video with Outcomes and Learning Intentions
Classhook is a video service that provides clips from popular shows and movies to help teachers convey targeted outcomes and learning intentions. Classhook has aimed to meet the needs of teachers by allowing users to search popular videos by subject …
10 ways to download and read books online for free
Here are 10 good ways of getting books for free on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, without breaking copyright law.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/10-ways-to-download-and-read-books-online-for-free-library/…
6 things you should do to protect yourself from hackers
We need educate ourselves on how to detect malware and ransomware, and invest in software that has your data’s best interest at its core. Here are six easy ‘hackticts’ that are guaranteed to help keep your data secure.
Five Principles for Thinking Like a Futurist
Thinking about the future allows us to imagine what kind of future we want to live in and how we can get there.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/3/five-principles-for-thinking-like-a-futurist…
How to clean your laptop screen and keyboard safely
Use the right cleaners, cloths and techniques to air your filthy laptop, from the screen to the vents.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-clean-your-laptop-screen-and-keyboard-safely/…
Quickly Convert Your Written Notes Into Digital Ones With This App
Brill is an iOS app that allows you to transform those written notes into digital ones simply by taking a picture of them. So I can take my elaborate paper notes in that notebook, snap a pic, and then instantly …
The Best 20 Websites Where You Can Learn Science For Free
If you love science or are interested in learning more, you should check out our ‘top 20’ list of the very best websites where you can learn science for free. We have had a really good look at each website …
31 of My Favorite Ed Tech Tools
This presentation highlights some of my favorite new educational technology tools as well as some of my all-time favorites that are standing the test of time.
https://practicaledtech.com/2019/04/14/31-of-my-favorite-ed-tech-tools/
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4 essential skills for careers of the future
Eighty-five percent of the jobs our current students will have in 2030 don’t exist yet, according to a report from Institute for the Future. How are we, as teachers, supposed to prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet?
https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/04/4-essential-skills-careers-future…
The 20 best Apple Watch tips and tricks to make your life easier
If you don’t own an Apple Watch, just got one, or you’ve had a Watch for years and want to compare notes, these are the best Apple Watch tips and tricks I’ve found so far.
https://www.businessinsider.com/best-apple-watch-tips-tricks-2019-4…
The Best 31 Ed Tech Tools 2019
Presentation of the Week: How Open Education Practices Support Student Centered Design & Accessibility
Microsoft confirms you really, really don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB flash drives anymore
Microsoft is confirming once and for all that — in Windows 10 — it’s no longer a thing you need to worry about. Windows 10 has a feature called “quick removal” that lets you yank a drive at any moment …