Your Evolving Digital Life: Privacy in a Connected World
What is public? What is private? When is our private life exposed? Is privacy possible in a hyperconnected, interdependent, Internet of things world?
http://er.educause.edu/blogs/2015/10/your-evolving-digital-life-privacy-in-a-connected-world…
3 Excellent Speech to Text Tools for Google Docs
Here are three interesting ways students and teachers can use to voice type documents in Google Docs. While these speech recognition functionalities have a higher degree of accuracy but still post-editing is mandatory to correct errors related to unclear …
Angry Bird Alums Launch Lightneer To Build Learning Games
Lightneer is the brainchild of Järvilehto and Lauri Konttori, respectively the co-creator of Rovio’s now-shuttered learning division and the Rovio’s former creative director. The two have been tinkering with the idea of learning through gameplay for years now and …
No More Pencils, No More Books
Artificially intelligent software is replacing the textbook—and reshaping American education.
3 Ways Mobile Technology Boosts Instruction
Mobile technology has potential to change the student-teacher dynamic for the better but only if implemented correctly. Here are a few ways I think all teachers can benefit from smart mobile technology use.
http://www.theedadvocate.org/3-ways-mobile-technology-boosts-instruction/…
How to Add Google Drive to Microsoft Word
You can add Google Drive to Microsoft Office now. It can save you time, particularly if you’re saving files in Office formats inside Google Drive. I’ve tested the setup. Here’s a screencast to get started. Set up is quick, …
13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years
This article is focused on the pros and the cons of learning trends, and the ultimate impact they might have on education, and society at large. Note that all of these pieces are necessarily speculative, presented to hopefully promote …
Code of Practice for Learning Analytics
Setting out the responsibilities of educational institutions to ensure that learning analytics is carried out responsibly, appropriately and effectively.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/code-of-practice-for-learning-analytics…
Over 50 Learning Theories Explained for Teachers
To help you learn and refresh your memory about some of the leading learning theories in educational literature, we are sharing with you this excellent resource from Instructional Design that features over 50 learning theories. Each theory comes with …
7 Educational Technology Concepts Every Teacher Should Know About
We have seen a lot of advancement in education technology designed for the classroom, and to be effective, teachers need to stay abreast of these new technologies and concepts. Here, I will discuss ten education technologies and concepts that …
Emojipedia: Home of Emoji Meanings
Emojipedia is an emoji reference website created by Jeremy Burge in 2013. The Emojipedia website documents changes to emoji symbols and their meanings in the Unicode Standard.
Presentation of the Week: Getting Tech Right
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How I Teach Kids to Love Science
Evernote, OneNote, and Beyond: The 12 Best Note-Taking Apps
We took dozens of note-taking apps for a test drive in order to separate the must-try options from the weak ones. First, you’ll find full-featured note-taking apps, including Evernote, OneNote, and Simplenote—the popular notebook apps that can save everything. …