Presentation of the Week: Learning by Teaching
An Excellent Gmail Add-on for Teachers
Checker Plus for Gmail is a good Chrome extension you can use with both Gmail and Inbox. It allows you to access, read and delete your emails without having to open Gmail or Inbox. It also supports multiple Gmail and …
College textbooks are going the way of Netflix
Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School, and O’Brien, his co-author, have spent the last three years transforming their classic textbook into a product that can only be described as “education software.” Hubbard and O’Brien worked with an editor for a …
Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program
Research has shown that “one-to-one” programs, meaning one student one computer, implemented the right way, increase student learning in subjects like writing, math and science.
11 iOS 11 Features for iPad Educators
Apple describes iOS 11 as “a giant leap for iPhones but a monumental leap for iPads.” Whether you agree or not, there are a number of fantastic new features available for iOS devices when iOS 11 is released.
https://jonathanwylie.com/2017/08/18/11-ios-11-features-for-ipad-educators/…
Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers
The article points to the larger problem of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of copyright as it pertains to the Internet.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/09/copyright-lessons-for-students-and.html…
HyperNotes? Use Hyperdocs with MS Office 365
Take Hyperdocs to the next level by creating hypernotes with MS Office 365 or OneNote and ensure that students have access to the information they need.
Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Person
In the interview, you can hear him discuss why he has devoted his life to educating not only his paying students, but also nearly anyone who asks him a question. He also talks about his own education and further elucidates …
How artificial intelligence is transforming learning
An inside look into how AI is disrupting concepts of learning.
The 50 best free online university courses according to the data
Here is an updated list of the best free online courses of all time. Now there are over 8,000+ massive open online courses from around 750 universities worldwide. This can be daunting to the millions of learners around the world …
Teachers Can Now Use IBM’s Watson to Search for Free Lesson Plans
IBM’s famous Watson computing system—which defeated Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings in 2011—is coming to education, if not quite the classroom. As part of a new IBM philanthropic initiative, the supercomputer is helping to power a searchable database of open educational …
To Flip or Not to Flip?
A Harvard professor no longer thinks students benefit from skipping lectures for his rigorous course. Experts weigh in on what his decision says about the flipped classroom and other alternative learning approaches.
Presentation of the Week: UDL: A Deeper Dive
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