The Everlast notebook by Rocketbook can be a great utility for the ones who don’t want to take the burden of multiple notebooks. It is a reusable notebook having its pages made of synthetic polyester. It comes with a …
Transform Your Ordinary Laptop Into A Touchscreen Device
For those who have a non-touchscreen laptop, a new device called AirBar has come into existence. Created by a Swedish company Neonode Inc., the device is capable enough to transform any ordinary laptop into a full-fledged touchscreen device.
https://fossbytes.com/transform-ordinary-laptop-touchscreen-device/…
Top 10 Worst Passwords Of 2016 You Should Never Keep, Else You’re A Dumbo
Keeper Security has released the list of the most popular (worst) passwords used in 2016. It is highly recommended to set a password that is strong and can’t be guessed easily.
‘Facebook’ for seven year olds is launched
The age limit on using sites like Facebook may be 13 but that does not stop four out of five primary school kids admitting to using social media at least once a day. Determined to give parents and teachers …
5 Big Ideas In Education That Don’t Work
Small classes. High standards. More money. These popular remedies for school ills aren’t as effective as they’re sometimes thought to be. That’s the somewhat controversial conclusion of education researcher John Hattie.
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/14/508991615/5-big-ideas-in-education-that-dont-work…
An Interesting Infographic Featuring 16 Great Writing Guides for Teachers and Students
Below is a handy infographic we designed specially for language teachers and anyone else keen on improving their writing skills.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/01/an-interesting-guide-featuring-16-great.html…
New Whiteboard Designed With Teachers in Mind
A young startup consisting of a few teachers and technological experts gathered to boost the flipped classroom trend by simplifying the video creation process. This company, called theLearnia, is a free online tool that helps non-technical teachers to create a …
Presentation of the Week: Teaching Students with Emojis, Emoticons, & Textspeak
Will automation take away all our jobs?
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The Greatest Science Books of 2016
From the sound of spacetime to time travel to the microbiome, by way of polar bears, dogs, and trees.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/12/07/best-science-books-2016/…
Introducing Gomix: Build the app or bot of your dreams, in minutes
Everybody has good ideas of things we want to make on the Internet. But honestly, it’s gotten too hard. Gomix fixes that. It ought to be as easy to make an app as it is to edit a blog …
Research Shows Diverse Classrooms Improve Learning For Everyone
In a class discussion or on a problem-solving team, bringing together different viewpoints and experiences makes everyone think harder and provide better evidence for their opinions.
The 25 Best Pinterest Boards in Educational Technology
Pinterest is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of educators all over the nation, and many have amassed some pretty great collections of edtech-related pins that teachers and students alike can use to explore new ways to learn, share, teach, …
How to Overcome Information Overload
To get to the bottom of information overload problem, we interviewed an educator, speaker, director of Instructional Technology, #edchat contributor and author of the “Content curation. How to avoid Information overload” book – Steven W. Anderson.
4 Ways to Get Your School Future-Ready
Make sure your district is geared up for what’s next in education by collaborating to build a strong infrastructure.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/11/4-ways-get-your-school-future-ready…