The tech giant’s Be Internet Awesome campaign now includes a free course for teachers.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/09/google-extends-digital-literacy-training-teachers…
Internet Archive Hopes to Help Libraries Make Available Books Once Thought Trapped By Copyright
As libraries work to scan their collections, they tread carefully around books published after 1923 and likely to still be under copyright. But researchers at the Internet Archive and Tulane University say they’ve found a legal way to scan and …
Automated Peer Feedback for Student Presentations
If my student presenters needed feedback, then the student audience could be an excellent source of peer feedback. The student presenter could receive 30+ different ideas and strategies for future presentations. In addition to this, it would keep our student …
How podcasts are making students better researchers
These have been a big hit because instructors can post them on their course websites as homework and can make sure the students received the material, and they still don’t lose precious instructional time,” she says. “Teachers have said they’ve …
9 Mistakes That Sabotage Your Classroom Management
In this post, I’m looking at some of the BIG mistakes that can happen when a teacher is frustrated or has a lapse in judgement. It’s important to think about these in advance to plan for these NEVER to happen. …
How Virtual Reality Could Change The Way Students Learn
Virtual Reality (VR) is changing the way people see the future. As with video games emerging into the classroom in the early 2000s, this new technology will soon be making its way into classrooms as well. Many teachers are receptive …
10 Google Apps Tricks to Learn for 2017
A list of great tricks for those who use Google tools!
http://www.alicekeeler.com/2016/12/26/10-google-apps-tricks-learn-2017/…
Online Students Need More Face-to-face Time, Not Less
An analysis of the factors that predicted student performance in online classes — factors that included course design and use of technology, among others — found that only one predicted better grades: the depth of interpersonal interaction among students and …
Why Adaptive Courseware Will Scale in Higher Ed
Adaptive courseware is a technology that can provide academics with valuable information regarding who needs help, and in wh at areas. It can also allow faculty to reshape valuable classroom time so that the focus is instead on active learning …
Using Video to Improve Teaching Practice
Technology now makes it easier than ever to use video in coaching. At a very basic level, every teacher with a smartphone has the ability to create a video of herself/himself teaching.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/using-video-to-improve-teaching-practice.html…
A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon
A new ransomware epidemic, dubbed “Bad Rabbit,” is spreading at an unprecedented rate thanks to its use of “Eternalromance,” an open source Python version of the NSA’s Eternalsynergy tool, which was also dumped by the Shadow Brokers.
We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
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Presentation of the Week: AI and Machine Learning Demystified
10 Ways To Use Facebook In The Classroom
When you begin to see Facebook as a potential education tool, you will discover several ways to integrate this platform into your classroom. To help you begin, let’s look at ten ways to use Facebook in the classroom.
http://www.theedadvocate.org/10-ways-use-facebook-classroom/…
Adobe says it wants AI to amplify human creativity and intelligence
Adobe says that it has no interest in building a general artificial intelligence platform — instead, it wants to build a platform squarely focused on helping its customers be more creative.