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Ever since Amazon opened its first physical bookstore in late 2015, there’s been a question burning through industry circles: This retail initiative can’t really be about selling good old-fashioned books. In a store. In 2017. Can it?

https://www.recode.net/2017/5/26/15698664/why-amazon-opening-book-stores-jennifer-cast…

Increasingly connected modern lifestyles have brought us real tangible benefits, such as convenience and more information about ourselves than we know what to do with.

However, this has also changed our view on privacy, and according to the World …

Bring your images to life with these useful iPad apps. Using these apps will enable you to annotate your photos the way you want. You can highlight text in an image, add shapes and text, take notes and many …

It may be time to look into how to get your data out from under your ISP’s prying eyes and grubby fingers intact. To do that, you’ll need a VPN.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/how-to-build-your-own-vpn-if-youre-rightfully-wary-of-commercial-options/…

These administrative all-stars, IT gurus, teachers and community experts understand how the latest technology is changing the nature of education.

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/05/2017-dean-s-list-edtech-s-50-must-read-higher-ed-blogs…

Facebook’s collection of data makes it one of the most influential organisations in the world. Share Lab wanted to look “under the bonnet” at the tech giant’s algorithms and connections to better understand the social structure and power relations …

Vista, located just north of San Diego, is an advocate of personalized learning, a method that encourages students to work at their own pace on challenging projects that reflect their interests. Instead of sitting at a desk and hearing …

In Finland no teacher is allowed to lead a primary school class without a master’s degree in education, with specialization in research and classroom practice. Teaching “is the most admired job in Finland next to medical doctors.

http://www.openculture.com/2017/05/how-finland-created-one-of-the-best-educational-systems-in-the-world-by-doing-the-opposite-of-u-s.html…

The secret to the success of the school is that teachers and students work every day to give each other feedback. It’s never just about a mark, it is saying this is what you did well but this what …

In a result that will make college students rejoice, a group of researchers at Brigham Young University have found that a free textbook is just as effective as an expensive one.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/byu/byu-researchers-find-free-textbooks-are-just-as-effective-as/article_5f3fbc35-404c-51f3-bbe7-68907de208fd.htm…

There are several web tools you can use with your students to create class newspapers, the list below features some of our favourite titles that we reviewed in the past. We have also included two important  resources where you …