Before attempting to rank a laboratory or a university among “the best in the world,” it is necessary to know precisely what “the best” means, by whom it is defined, and on what basis the measurement is made. Without …
How music led to the invention of modern computers
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Presentation of the Week: Five Domains of Educational Technology
Antivirus Tools Are Not Good Enough To Protect Your System, Says Google Security Leader
According to senior security engineer at Google — Antivirus and intrusion detection tools are a waste of time for businesses.
‘Augmented Intelligence’ for Higher Ed
IBM picks Blackboard and Pearson to bring the technology behind the Watson computer to colleges and universities.
HoloLens: Making the impossible possible
We’re doing some really exciting work with HoloLens. Most exciting of all: we’re discovering ways to make the impossible possible. Here are some examples of what we’re finding.
http://www.pearsoned.com/education-blog/hololens-making-impossible-possible/…
Keep Your Location Data Private with OwnTracks
With OwnTracks, you can choose when and how to distribute your location information.
https://www.linux.com/learn/keep-your-location-data-private-owntracks…
The Failure of the iPad Classroom
How To Find If Someone Logged Into Your Windows PC At A Given Time?
Do you ever wish to know if someone used your Windows computer without your permission? Few people know that an inbuilt utility named Event Viewer can help them out and tell lots of information like the start-up and shutdown …
Cloud in the Classroom Is a Secure, Efficient Solution
It’s very clear that the trend is toward cloud-based technologies on virtually every front in education; pretty much as it is in every other industry and for many of the same reasons.
Towards a Trusted Framework for Identity and Data Sharing
From time immemorial, our identity systems have been based on face-to-face interactions and on physical documents and processes. But, the transition to a digital economy requires radically different identity systems. As the economy and society move toward a world …
The Best Videos For Educators In 2016 – Part Two
Here are my choices for The Best Videos For Educators In 2016 – Part Two (some may have been produced prior to this year, but are just new to me)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/11/21/the-best-videos-for-educators-in-2016-part-two/…
8 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement
Google Slides isn’t just for delivering presentations to an audience. Here are eight activities that bring interactive learning to students.
Studying With Quizzes Helps Make Sure the Material Sticks
The actual act of retrieving the information over and over, that’s what makes it retrievable when you need it.
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/16/studying-with-quizzes-helps-make-sure-the-material-sticks/…
Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world
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