Brave, a new web browser challenging bigger rivals like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, wants to take privacy on the internet to the next level.
Class Notebook: Office 365’s Course Organization Application
As more CEGEPs in our network are using Office 365, we are starting to hear about the applications that are available for educational use that come with this tool. Comparable often to the Google group of applications, Office 365 has …
6 ways Google Hangouts can make any teacher’s life better
Google Hangouts are easy to use and help people and classrooms get connected easily. Some of its features can be game-changing!
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/01/05/6-ways-google-hangouts-can-make-any-teachers-life-better/…
Presentation of the Week: How to harness disruptive innovation in education and training
How we can find ourselves in data
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Norway Gets a New Doomsday Vault That Stores Data
Just in time for doomsday, Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” is getting an expansion. Officially known as the World Arctic Archive, the vault opened this week and has already taken submissions from two countries. This time, instead of storing seeds that …
5 Ways Librarians Can Connect Students to the World Through Technology
Shannon McClintock Miller, former teacher librarian for Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa, shares ways to use libraries to enable global projects for students.
What is a VPN and is it legal? Virtual networks and proxies explained
VPNs and proxies are related, but they’re not quite the same thing. WIRED explains the difference.
How to Deal With Digital Distractions
We live in a world of screens, where digital distractions contend with our need to learn. Is multitasking a good idea?
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/education/edlife/how-to-deal-with-digital-distractions.html…
Make your laptop battery last all day
You don’t want to spend all day worrying about when you’ll next be able to charge up your laptop, so take some proactive action to limit the drain on its battery. With the right operating system tweaks and customizations, …
An internet security expert tells us the scariest thing about webcam hacking
Mikko Hypponen, a cyber security expert told Business Insider: “Once you gain access to somebody’s system it’s trivial to turn on the webcam and record whatever they’re doing, or to just turn on the microphone and record whatever is …
Richard Feynman’s “Notebook Technique” Will Help You Learn Any Subject–at School, at Work, or in Life
Richard Feynman knew his stuff. Had he not, he probably wouldn’t have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, let alone his various other prestigious scientific awards. Professor Cal Newport explains what he calls “the Feynman notebook technique,” whereby “dedicating …
7 Tools That Make Interactive Content Creation Easy
Engage your students with these simple and fun-to-use tools.
27 ways to learn how to code on the cheap (or free)
Whether you are looking to switch careers and become a full-time programmer, want to try to build a website or app on the side, or are just looking to round out your skill set, learning to code has certainly …
How IoT is disrupting the world around us
Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the world around us. This may look like a bold statement to many, but that’s the truth. From elevators to planes, there will be 30 billion connected devices in the next three years. …