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The beautiful thing about open protocols is that they can be steered in surprising new directions by the people who discover and champion them in their infancy.  Right now, the only real hope for a revival of the open-protocol ethos …

Story Speaker allows students to easily create interactive “choose your own adventure”-type stories that are then read by any Google Home device.

https://meredithakers.com/2018/02/18/create-interactive-stories-with-story-speaker-add-on/

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Do you know how to create a good password? And how can you remember more than one of them? Here are some tips and tricks to maintain individual strong passwords for all of your online accounts.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-strong-password-forget/…

Providing feedback can take SO much effort. Here are some ways to get better feedback results in less time.

https://ditchthattextbook.com/2018/02/21/why-feedback-is-so-time-consuming-and-how-to-fix-it/…

Macmillan Learning is launching a new course materials product that brings together open educational resources, instructor supplements and on-demand support. Dubbed Intellus Open Courses, the materials are curated by the company’s subject-matter experts and editorial team.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/02/14/macmillan-learning-intros-curated-oer-course-materials.aspx…

Ultimately, there is no one right digital learning device for every school. But there are some basic guidelines that schools can follow to help them choose the right digital learning device for their needs.

http://www.theedadvocate.org/choose-right-digital-learning-device/…

It’s no secret that I love Chrome web extensions. They are an awesome way to add new features and tools to your Chrome web browser. Extensions can be a powerful benefit for schools as they provide options for creation, curation, …

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous in Africa. Among younger users, basic phones are most common. But more pupils are accessing smartphones that can connect to the internet – and taking them along to school.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/mobile-phones-disrupting-teaching-learning-africa/…

Students who are conceptual and visual learners can grasp concepts through AVR, which in turn allows textbooks to make sense.

http://www.centerdigitaled.com/A-Visually-Stimulating-New-World-through-Augmented-and-Virtual-Reality-The-Limitations-of-Academic-Textbooks-.html…

By applying advanced analytics and machine learning, we have identified factors that play a critical role in student achievement.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/how-to-improve-student-educational-outcomes-new-insights-from-data-analytics…

Larry Berger “is exactly right that there is a fundamental problem with the assumptions behind what he calls the engineering model of personalized learning,” writes Phil Hill.

https://mfeldstein.com/alternative-engineering-model-personalized-learning/…

Reclipped is an excellent educational tool to use to annotate and create video snippets. It allows you to collect relevant parts from videos, add your comments and notes to them and then share them with others. You can trim videos …

If you’re looking to improve the success of your students these steps can help you get to the root of the problem and establish strategies to increase key graduation statistics.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/01/31/student-success-rates/…