The Open Science training handbook will be a key resource and a first step towards developing Open Access and Open Science curricula and andragogies. Supporting and connecting an emerging Open Science community that wishes to pass on their knowledge as …
50 Animation Tools And Resources For Digital Learners
Use the first part of this list for creating original animation or using animation tools to create lessons. Use the second part to select animated lessons that are already completed and set to share.
https://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-animation-tools-resources-digital-learners/…
How to Use Microsoft Translator’s Enhanced Offline Languages
Microsoft just updated its Translator app for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire devices to support new optimized language packs that are (allegedly) up to 23 percent better at helping you figure out how to say “where is the bathroom” on …
An Open Education Reader
A collection of readings on open education with commentary. Created for Introduction to Open Education, a graduate course at Brigham Young University. An Open Education Readeris published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
25 Ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom (with examples!)
Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom – with an example for each!
Google’s latest do-it-yourself AI kits include everything you need
Google has released updated AIY Vision and AIY Voice kits that include what you need to get started. There’s a Raspberry Pi in the box, plus a new Android app.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/16/google-aiy-kits-include-raspberry-pi/…
Matching Learning Strategies to Learning Goals
We need to be aware that different learning strategies improve learning in different ways. Teachers should either think about what their learning goal is and match the activity to that learning goal, or they should be sure to use a …
What the Research Says About VR in Classrooms
While we’ve been inundated over the past few years with the promises and potentials of virtual reality (VR), it’s been tough to slice through the hype to find facts, especially the kind of trustworthy research on VR adoption, effects, and …
4 Great Apps to Turn Your iPad Into An Interactive Whiteboard
Whether you want to create an educational tutorial, an explanatory screencast, or and illustrative visual, these whiteboard apps empower you with the required tools to unleash your creative thinking. Check them out and share with us your feedback in our …
Google app ‘Grasshopper’ offers games to help you learn to code
Smartphone owners who want to learn how to code can learn the fundamentals with Google’s new app, “Grasshopper,” which launched Wednesday.
The BBC is letting you download more than 16,000 free sound effect samples from its archive
There can be few organisations that have used more sound effects than the BBC, so there’s bound to be great interest in the news that the corporation has now made more than 16,000 of its FX available for free download.…
How language shapes the way we think
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9 Educational Tools to Transform Your Class Into A Paperless Classroom
With the proliferation of web technologies and mobile apps, the concept of a paperless digital classroom becomes more relevant than any time before. This post features some of our favourite web tools and apps teachers can use to transform their …
Google will help preserve endangered historical sites in virtual reality
Google is partnering with 3D laser-scanning nonprofit CyArk to build VR representations of world wonders.