We’re setting up a lemonade stand right next to the publishers’ lemonade stand,” says Mr. Priem. “They’re charging $30 for a glass of lemonade, and we’re showing up right next to them and saying, ‘Lemonade for free’. It’s such …
The apps to use if you want to keep your messages private
There are ways to protect your private communications, and many consumer tech companies are starting to offer better encryption so that your personal messages won’t fall into the wrong hands. What products should you be using to enhance your …
Understanding Classrooms through Social Network Analysis: A Primer for Social Network Analysis in Education Research
This paper contains good practical advice for people who want to apply SNA in their own educational research (for example, recognizing and dealing with survey fatigue). It also describes how to test for specific hypotheses, for example, whether there …
New machine learning models can detect hate speech and violence from texts
The words we use and our writing styles can reveal information about our preferences, thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Using this information, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland has developed machine learning models that can detect antisocial …
Teachers are making millions selling their lessons plans online
Despite worries from some educators, such online marketplaces are booming, driven by rising standards and the willingness of teachers to pay out of their own pockets for classroom-tested materials.http://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-making-millions-online-lesson-plans-2017-4…
Microsoft Is Making Its Own CloudBook To Take On Google’s Chromebook
Microsoft is making a computing device intended for the users wanting low-powered and cheap computers. A counterpart to Chromebook, the device currently carries a rumoured moniker CloudBook would run Windows 10 Cloud which according to a patent would be …
1200 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Get 1200 free online courses from the world’s leading universities — Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford and more. You can download these audio & video courses (often from iTunes, YouTube, or university web sites) straight to your computer …
5 projects for Raspberry Pi at home
The Raspberry Pi computer can be used in all kinds of settings and for a variety of purposes. It obviously has a place in education for helping students with learning programming and maker skills in the classroom and the …
7 Ways That Digital Technology is Changing the Face of Education
How is digital technology changing education? An easier question to answer perhaps is: How is digital technology not changing education. Read more to learn about how digital technology is revolutionizing the face of schools and education on a global …
The learning Analytics Blueprint
This is a piece of marketing published by D2L some time in the last year. It’s a nice overview of how to plan for the use of data analytics and how to work with the results. “This isn’t about …
How open data is changing international aid
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Presentation of the Week: An Introduction to Open Data
Scientists Have Created an Artificial Synapse That Can Learn Autonomously
Researchers from the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Thales, the University of Bordeaux in Paris-Sud, and Evry have developed an artificial synapse called a memristor directly on a chip. It paves the way for intelligent systems that …
What Would Happen If Learning in School Became More Like Working at a Startup?
Ultimately, we want to prepare young people to change the world—when they are equipped and ready to do just that.
Microsoft finally reveals what data Windows 10 collects from your PC
The Windows 10 Creators Update is making it easier to understand what information the operating system wants.