Adding voice comments to your students’ documents can be an efficient way to give them feedback on their work. Voice commenting allows you to give full, customized explanations to your students. It also helps to have students literally hear the …
5 Ways To Survive A Student Email Avalanche
When you teach online, your inbox is always overflowing with student email. And if you don’t check your messages for a day or two, look out! Here are 5 ways to deal with student email well before it snowballs out …
Immersive Technology in Schools Is on the Rise
Virtual and augmented reality tools bring new experiences to students.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/08/immersive-technology-schools-rise…
My Top 5 Choices for Making Multimedia Quizzes
There is just a handful of tools that I consistently think of when it is time to make a quiz myself. Those tools are included in the following chart. Links to video tutorials for each tool are included in the …
Google Chrome’s song-making experiment is the best thing on the internet today
If your Friday has been a little too productive, Google has a fix. Google Chrome‘s new Song Maker is an absolutely delightful time waster, er, educational tool that lets you create songs in your browser. Built by Google’s experimental Chrome …
Google Drive’s file system gets a revamp w/ AI smarts for organizing shared files
Google Drive is a powerful tool for online storage, but its true power comes from its collaborative abilities. Sharing on Drive is easy, and with a new update, Google is making it easier to find shared content in your file …
Google Unveils Largest Quantum Computer Yet, but So What?
Google announced its newest 72-qubit quantum computer, called Bristlecone, at a conference and in a blog post yesterday. That’s a big step over the competition—but how big a deal is it?
https://gizmodo.com/google-unveils-largest-quantum-computer-yet-but-so-wha-1823546420…
You can take Google’s Machine Learning Crash Course for free now
Google’s new ‘Machine Learning Crash Course’ is now available and it’s free for everyone. If robots are coming for your job this class will prepare you for your next one.
How Adaptive Learning is Changing Traditional Teaching Methods
Adaptive learning is a new and radically different method of teaching–one that is only possible in the 21st century. Harnessing the raw power of computers to help educate is a simple, obvious idea in hindsight, but the implication of this …
Social Media Use in 2018
A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram.
http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/…
Edulastic: An Online Assessment Power Tool
Technology-enhanced assessments instantly show who’s on track and who needs help so you can take action and see growth.
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2 Good Citation Generation Tools for Students
These tools support the popular MLA, APA, and Chicago styles as well as several other citation styles. They also offer two modes of generating citations: an automatic mode and a manual mode. Additionally, the sites feature some interesting step-by-step guides …
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018
They’re not all brand-new, but I think each one could make a real difference in the way your students learn or the things they produce.