Creating an online discussion space, often referred to as a backchannel, is one of the ways that nearly all teachers can create more opportunities for students to interact with them and their classmates.
Human Unintelligence Is Far Scarier Than Artificial Intelligence
Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: no. But not everyone agrees – many people, including the late physicist Stephen Hawking, have raised concerns that the …
Kahoot Launches First-Ever Premium Version for Schools
After launching five years ago—and seeping into nearly half of all U.S. schools—Kahoot is offering the first premium version of its game-based learning platform.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-21-kahoot-launches-first-ever-premium-version-for-schools…
Should Students Listen to Background Music While They Read?
The article concluded that that background noise, speech, and music all have small but reliable negative impacts on reading comprehension.
Gadgets which will help you in education 2018
Introducing the innovative technologies into the educational system leads to the fact that one of the most active users of different gadgets are students. Here is a list of the most interesting devices which are very useful for students.
https://techlog360.com/gadgets-which-will-help-you-in-education…
Education at a Glance 2018
OECD’s annual Education at a Glance looks at who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate and the results achieved.
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2018_eag-2018-en…
Flatten the Walls of Your Classroom with the New Google Earth
The New Google Earth is a fantastic way to flatten the walls of your classroom and explore the world with your students.
https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/flatten-the-walls-of-your-classroom-with-the-new-google-earth/…
Some of The Best Tools for Creating Surveys and Polls in Class
We’ll focus on two basic feedback gathering strategies: polls and surveys. We have curated for you some of the most popular web tools you can use to create various types of polls and surveys. In doing so, we have divided …
How to Stop Third-Party Apps From Reading Your Email
Whenever you click that easy “Sign in With Google” button on a company’s website, you’re granting the app or service access to some of your information.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-third-party-apps-from-reading-your-email-1829232539…
Two Good Web Tools to Easily Generate Citations in Different Formats
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 …
YouTube is replacing textbooks in classrooms across America
Generation Z students, classified as being between the ages of 14 and 23, believe that YouTube is a bigger contributor to their education than textbooks, according to a study by Pearson Education.
Presentation of the Week: Increasing Learning Efficiency and Quality of Students Homework by Attendance Monitoring and Polls at Interactive Learning Videos
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Three Ways to Create Online Reading Logs and Progress Trackers
Google Forms and Microsoft Forms and their corresponding Google Sheets and Excel sheets are excellent tools for collecting data then looking at in a variety of ways. Making then grading quizzes is one of the typical uses for Google Forms …
6 YouTube tricks, hacks and features you might not know
Most of us use YouTube as an entertainment media to pass our time or as a mentor to learn new skills. Millions of videos are uploading and billions of views are getting in each day. But are we utilizing YouTube …