Below are expert advice from some of the top professionals in their respective fields with a thing or two to say about writing useful content.
http://www.blogherald.com/2017/07/05/best-content-creation-strategies/…
AI is Making it Extremely Easy for Students to Cheat
Wolfram|Alpha uses natural language processing technology, part of the AI family, to provide students with an academic shortcut that is faster than a tutor, more reliable than copying off of friends, and much easier than figuring out a solution …
Study Finds Students Need More Navigable Computer-Based Exams
Online test success is one part preparation and one part functionality.
Introducing Moodle Desktop: Now available for download in the Windows Store
Moodle Desktop is another step that Moodle is taking to make online learning more accessible – for students, educators and other users – who are utilising various operating systems and devices.
https://moodle.com/2017/07/05/introducing-moodle-desktop-now-available-download-windows-store/…
Google is funding a new software project that will automate writing local news
Google is awarding the Press Association, a large British news agency, $805,000 to build software to automate the writing of 30,000 local stories a month.
Why I’ve just ditched my cloud-based password manager
I’ve ditched LastPass in favour of LessPass. The former stores your passwords in the cloud and requires a master password. The latter uses ‘deterministic password generation’ to keep things on your own devices.
http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2017/07/06/lastpass-to-lesspass/…
ClassHub to share student screens and push content to students
With ClassHub, teachers can monitor student devices to help students stay on track and make decisions on how to support students during moments where they could use extra help. You can also push content to student devices and even wirelessly …
12 Digital Solutions from McGraw-Hill Education Named as 2017 CODiE Finalists
Each year the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) administers the CODiE Awards to recognize the most innovative and impactful technologies in the education industry. The CODiEs is the only peer-recognized awards program focusing exclusively on educational learning systems, …
3 Ways Technology Is Changing Studying
Mobile devices and other digital tools reshape how college students get classwork done.
https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/06/3-ways-technology-changing-studying…
Lifesaving Scientific Tools Made of Paper
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Presentation of the Week: Education on the Move: Mobile Technologies, Online Platforms, and Pedagogy
Stop Motion Animation with Google Slides
One easy tool to use for creating stop motion animation is Google Slides. See below for examples of stop motion animations with Google Slides, as well as detailed directions on how to make your own.
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/stop-motion-slides.html…
FlipGrid is perfect for student & teacher reflection and so much more!
Flipgrid is a tool for recording quick videos to “Ignite Discussion.” I thought that Flipgrid might be just the perfect tool to do that; and guess what? It is.
Unio – A Free Virtual Whiteboard for Broadcasting Lesson
Unio by Harness is a free virtual whiteboard system that you can use to broadcast illustrations and demonstrations to your students’ laptops.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/07/unio-free-virtual-whiteboard-for.htm…
How close are we to the digital classroom of the future?
Here, we discuss two key themes that look set to shape and drive digital education over the coming year.
http://dailygenius.com/how-close-are-we-to-the-digital-classroom-of-the-future/…