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Teaching by Algorithm
A BBC video starts by asking “Could computer algorithms upgrade education?”. It just gets worse from there. It’s a profile of the Alt Schools, a small chain of private schools based in San Francisco, funded by tech billionaires like …
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
8 Websites That Will Help You Learn Coding Basics for Free
Thanks to the recent advances in education technology you can now learn those coding basics for free – here’s a list of great free resources to help you on your journey. Happy coding!
https://tech.co/website-learn-coding-basics-html-free-2017-08…
Applying Technology in Physical Education Class: Lots of Possibilities
From art classes to science projects, the technology tools have been increasingly instrumental to enhancing the learning process. But how can technology be applied in physical education classes? In this article, we’ll take a look at some way in …
Can Classroom Cameras Really Help Increase Teacher Effectiveness?
In this article I’m going to talk about a novel use of WiFi/IP camera technology. Not as something to help students, but as something to improve the effectiveness of teachers. How? Well, that’s what we’ll demonstrate here.
Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures
University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine next week, a lot of that learning won’t take place with a professor at a lectern. The school has begun to phase out lectures in favor of what’s known as “active learning” …
This is what smartphone apps are doing to our memory
Smartphone apps allow us to outsource remembering appointments or upcoming tasks. It’s a common worry that using technology in this way makes our brain’s memory capacity worse, but the reality is not that simple.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/heres-what-smartphone-apps-are-really-doing-to-your-memory…
Alternatives to YouTube’s Video Editor – It’s Going Away
Earlier this summer Google announced that the YouTube video editor will be “going away” on September 20th. Since then I have fielded many requests to suggest alternatives to the YouTube video editor. Here’s a run-down of the recommendations that …
Four Fantastic Feedback Tools for Google Docs
There are many excellent options for creating teacher feedback for digital work. In this post we are going to take a look at four specific options. These include tools for:Text feedback, Voice feedback, Video feedback, Handwritten feedback. See below …
Note Taking With Technology
Despite arguments to the contrary, computers can be effective for note taking—if we adequately support students in using them.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-4ss-of-note-taking-beth-holland…
The Spotify of the textbook world takes off as Bibliotech is go
As libraries look to widen access to core texts, how can they make this affordable to both universities and students?
How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives
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Presentation of the Week: Deep Learning Explained
The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube
Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development.
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