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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extract from his new book, Sir Ken Robinson argues that our approach to teaching is wrong – and hundreds of years out of date.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…

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 …

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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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/…

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 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 …

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/…

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, …

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 …

Good questioning may be the most basic tenet of lifelong learning and independent thinking that school offers students. Taking the time to activate curiosity doesn’t have to mean abandoning learning standards, nor is it necessarily a waste of time.

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51186/how-helping-students-to-ask-better-questions-can-transform-classrooms…

Now that almost everyone is technologically literate, tech companies have found their place in the higher education market and are slowly but surely changing the way we approach self-improvement. Looking to better yourself after high school or in between jobs? …

Creating a digital magazine easy nowadays. With web tools, students can layout their writings, pick from hundreds of cool fonts, and add their own images or choose from a library of stock images. Some web tools allow students to embed …

Like traditional bullying, there are warning signs for teachers to watch for in their students. These signs can help you identify a victim or a cyberbully and step into the situation. Cyberbullying can be quite harmful to the well-being of …