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Our goal at Microsoft is to provide the applications and solutions that put students front and center, and that empower every learner on the planet to achieve more.

https://news.microsoft.com/features/minecraft-mixed-reality-microsoft-preparing-students-future/…

A new end-to-end encrypted app called Pixek wants to do for photos what Signal did for messaging.

https://www.wired.com/story/pixek-app-encrypts-photos-from-camera-to-cloud/…

Kaizena is a free Google Docs Add-on that makes it easy to add voice comments to your documents and to the documents that students share with you. Today, the Kaizena team announced a new streamlined version of their Google Docs …

Technophobia is generally defined as fear or anxiety relating to technology. It is common among teachers and often results in a reluctance to adopt new practices. As teachers, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Here are my ten tips …

With the rapid pace at which technology is driving innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence, it has become immensely important to keep pace with the ongoing trends in data science. However, it can become challenging to read everything that’s …

The sources list at the bottom of this post contains some useful links and resources to help you learn more about rubrics, how to use them, sample rubrics and many more. There are several tools you can use to create …

From driving up data to leveraging IT more effectively, here’s what universities will be up to this year.

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/4-higher-ed-it-trends-to-watch…

There are so many digital tools available today that offer opportunities for promoting student creativity, student voice, and expanding where and how students learn.  Here is a list of tools to try in 2018. Each of these offer multiple ways …

Jot down thoughts, take pictures of things you want to remember, and keep it all at your fingertips, across your devices, with a top-rated note-taking app.

https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/347537/the-best-note-taking-and-syncing-apps…

The Microsoft effort to compete with Chromebooks has fallen flat.

https://www.inc.com/john-brandon/microsoft-just-released-an-education-laptop-thats-a-total-dunce.html…

Have you ever wondered what products or apps you’re missing out on? It’s easy to find the most popular ones in a particular category—but what about the hidden gems?

https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2018/01/21/best-apps-youve-probably-never-heard/…