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In a result that will make college students rejoice, a group of researchers at Brigham Young University have found that a free textbook is just as effective as an expensive one.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/byu/byu-researchers-find-free-textbooks-are-just-as-effective-as/article_5f3fbc35-404c-51f3-bbe7-68907de208fd.htm…

There are several web tools you can use with your students to create class newspapers, the list below features some of our favourite titles that we reviewed in the past. We have also included two important  resources where you …

We have compiled 20 of the best and most popular YouTube channels for math teachers. These channels provide a wide variety of  videos, tutorials and animated courses covering different mathematical concepts from algebra to geometry.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/03/20-excellent-youtube-channels-for-math.html…

The basics of the Jamboard are just like a whiteboard. You walk up to it, pick up a pen, and start writing. But that’s where the similarities stop. The Jamboard is really a 55-inch 4K screen. And it isn’t …

Are you looking for some new ways to keep students engaged through the end of the school year? Here are 6 tools that I have found to be quite helpful as this school year winds down. More importantly, these …

If you are worried your beach reads might be a little too easy this summer, Gates has some more heady suggestions for you.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40423240/bill-gates-summer-reading-list-from-jimmy-carter-to-trevor-noah…

The age of big data and advanced analytics thrusts higher education institutions into uncharted territory. Predictive analytics opens a Pandora’s box of controversial questions: What are the ethical guidelines for telling students a discouraging prediction? Would discouraging information decrease …

If MOOCs are a sort of robot, then why haven’t the MOOC robots taken the faculty jobs?  MOOCs seem like the poster child for technological unemployment. The faculty job market may be grim, but I don’t think that MOOCs …

While the NAO humanoid robot sounds much like a work of science fiction, the 58-centimetre machine is actually making a difference in some Quebec classrooms. A researcher from the Université de Montréal has helped bring the NAO into four …

This is a list featuring some popular platforms that provide open digital textbooks. Textbooks are arranged into different categories and content areas. Some of the textbooks are available for free download in various formats others can only be read …

The world’s best player of what might be humankind’s most complicated board game was defeated on Tuesday by a Google computer program. Adding insult to potentially deep existential injury, he was defeated at Go — a game that claims …

A selection of videos featuring presentations from the recent MoodleMoot UK & Ireland 2017 is now available for viewing on Moodle’s YouTube channel.

https://moodle.com/2017/05/16/moodlemoot-uk-ireland-2017-video-presentations-now-available/…

Here are some of the key benefits of using backchannels in your classroom.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/05/benefits-of-using-backchannels-in-your.html…