Today, I want to talk a little about evaluation—or what you might call “grading.” If you think about it, there are three methods you can use here. Which method you use depends upon how you view the concept of …
11 hot edtech trends to watch
The most compelling topics among educators who embrace technology for learning and teaching are not about the tech at all, but about the students. Here’s a list of the hottest trends in edtech for 2017.
3 Ways to Continue Learning at Home with Technology
A survey finds that students want to keep learning once they are home; here’s how digital tools can help.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/02/3-ways-continue-learning-home-technology…
Presentation of the Week: The Art of Open Data
The future we’re building — and boring
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news
The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: “news by the people and for the people.”
Take a Tour of the New Google Earth
A new version of Google Earth was released last week. The highlight of the new version is that it is designed to be used in your web browser. New information cards pop up whenever you enter and view a …
40 Cool Things to 3D Print Which Are Actually Useful
Stuck for ideas for what to 3D print? Bored of pointless 3D printer projects? Here is a list of cool things to 3D print which are genuinely useful.
University to monitor student social media to gauge well-being
A university is to monitor the social media posts of its students in a bid to gauge the mental well-being and general happiness of its students. The University of Buckingham is planning on introducing the measure as part of …
Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy
The way the educational system treats the privacy of students is undergoing profound changes—often without their parents’ notice or consent, and usually without a real choice to opt out of privacy-invading technology.
https://www.eff.org/wp/school-issued-devices-and-student-privacy…
TED Cinema Experience in Montreal
Once a year, the world’s most powerful ideas are shared live on the TED stage in Vancouver. Now you can take a front-row seat and watch talks from the TED Conference in a special broadcast for cinemas. And Montreal …
Export Quizzes from Google Docs to Google Forms with Formenate
We have found an add-on that can help alleviate some of the time it takes to create surveys or quizzes. Although in its current form, it does not allow you to import question sets (from Docs, or Word docs, …
Mark Zuckerberg: The end of smartphones and TVs is coming
At this year’s F8 conference, taking place this week, Zuckerberg doubled down on the company’s ambitious 10-year master plan, which was first revealed in 2016. According to this timeline, Facebook expects to turn artificial intelligence, ubiquitous internet connectivity, and …
There Are No New Social Networks
There’s the big five — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat — and then a series of fringe social media services unable to break through with invention. Why are we stuck in a cycle of sameness?
https://theringer.com/social-media-invention-facebook-twitter-snapchat-tech-e40178df183…
Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right.
Despite that fact that most college students do a majority of their socializing and school work electronically, many still like to read from actual hard copy printed books.