Steve Wheeler posted a nice article called 12 Tips for Great Speaking today.He’s had a lot of experience on the public speaking circuit and there’s no doubt his tips hit the mark. I’ve also had some experience on the circuit, …
Government of Canada launches Future Skills Centre call for proposals and Future Skills Council call for applications
The Future Skills Centre and Future Skills Council will be tasked with exploring new and innovative approaches to skills development, identifying the skills employers will need now and in the future and sharing information to inform future investments and programming.…
Will Blockchains Revolutionize Education?
This article is a pretty good overview of how blockchain technologies might be applied in education (specifically, to support competencies and credentials, beginning maybe with badges), along with an outline of some of the costs and limitations of the technology.…
The Nuts and Bolts of the Flipped Classroom
Amanda Smith talks to Nanci Appleman-Vassil and Gale Mote, who are facilitating the upcoming ATD workshop LearnNow: Flipped Classroom.
https://www.td.org/videos/8330nanci-appleman-gale-mote-podcast-edit…
Sir Ken Robinson: ‘The education system is a dangerous myth’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Sir Ken Robinson argues that our approach to teaching is wrong – and hundreds of years out of date.
https://www.tes.com/news/sir-ken-robinson-education-system-dangerous-myth…
Finland has the most effective universities in the world
When adjusted for GDP, Finland’s higher education system is the best in the world, according to the latest Universitas 21 (U21) rankings, which compare the higher education systems of countries instead of looking at the strengths and weaknesses of individual …
DIY Tools for Creating Your Own Apps
Developing a good, functioning mobile app is one of those things that takes time to do well and so the summer is a good time to give it a try.
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/05/27/diy-tools-creating-apps/
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Comics belong in the classroom
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Presentation of the Week: Secrets to Impactful Presentations
Google and Coursera launch a new machine learning specialization
The two companies are launching a machine learning specialization on Coursera. This new specialization, which consists of five courses, has an even more practical focus.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/google-and-coursera-launch-a-new-machine-learning-specialization/…
Apple, Google, & Microsoft… Oh My! Which is Best for Your School?
This week the NYCSchoolsTech Team brought innovative educators a chance to hear directly from “The Big Three: Apple, Google, and Microsoft” (listed alphabetically). During this day-long event at state-of-the-art NYCSchoolsTech center, educators from across the city came together to learn …
Speaker Deck – A Simple Way to Share Your Slides
Speaker Deck is a bare-bones service, but it is easy to use and could be useful for sharing presentations that are image and text heavy. For schools that don’t use Google Slides or the online version of PowerPoint, Speaker Deck …
2025: Imagining the Future of Mobile Apps in Higher Education
Students are Likely to Have an Unprecedented Level of Flexibility and Functionality in the Mobile-Enabled Higher Ed World of Tomorrow.
https://www.emergingedtech.com/2018/02/imagining-future-of-mobile-apps-higher-education/…
A school in China is monitoring students with facial recognition technology that scans the classroom every 30 seconds
The technology scans classrooms at Hangzhou No. 11 High School every 30 seconds and records students’ facial expressions, categorizing them into happy, angry, fearful, confused, or upset. The system also records student actions such as writing, reading, raising a hand, …
Why You Should Be Afraid of “Free” Tech Tools
Typically, no one is going to release an app or tool without making a buck; thus, there has to be a model for monetization. The main reason to be wary of “free” tech tools: big data. An increasingly common means …