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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.

https://www.recode.net/2017/7/7/15937436/google-news-media-robots-automate-writing-local-news-stories…

 

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/…

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 …

 

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, …

 

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…

 

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 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.

https://ryanorilio.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/flipgrid-is-perfect-for-student-teacher-reflection-and-so-much-more/…

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…

 

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/…

 

There is a lot of talk about the “flipped classroom” where, simply put, students watch class videos at home so they have more time for active learning in school.  But how does it actually work and, in fact, does …

 

Creative Commons licenses are free copyright licenses that creators can use to indicate how they’d like their work to be used. Creators can choose from a set of six licenses with varying permissions, from the most open license to …

 

These kinds of project-based courses with roots in STEM, STEAM, making, and constructivism are growing ever more popular and provide real-world application of multiple core courses.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/15/students-loving-innovation-courses/…

 

So many excellent tools are built on top of Google Maps, including Smarty Pins, Geoguessr, Geosettr, Tour Builder, and more. The website “The True Size Of” is one more great interactive map tool to help student explore and understand …