No matter which foreign language you’re studying, there is an app that can help you learn new language independently. More often than not, there are several apps, maybe even a handful. And while it can seem like overkill to …
What is Responsive eLearning?
Responsive eLearning is eLearning designed and build in a way that it works well on all sorts of devices by responding to the screen size of the device on that it is being viewed.
https://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2016/03/23/what-is-responsive-elearning/…
Five Ways to Incorporate Video Into Your Classroom and Instruction
Video in the classroom is powerful, because it has the ability to make the classroom come alive, and make meaningful learning experiences and connections. Video allows you to deliver long-lasting images, and reach children with various learning styles. But …
5 Things You Did Not Know About Google Forms
A list of five cool tricks you can do with Google Forms and will help you to create better online surveys.
Every 11-year-old in Britain is getting a free mini computer
You’ve probably have heard of the Raspberry Pi – the barebones computing unit beloved by DIY hackers and coding enthusiasts everywhere. Well, now there’s a similar device on the market: it’s called the BBC Micro Bit, and every 11-year-old …
OneNote Class Notebook is the top app in my classroom
With the release of the new OneNote Class Notebook add-in, the ability to create a Class Notebook with one click right from my OneNote desktop app has made the Class Notebook the top app in my classroom.
https://blogs.office.com/2016/03/23/onenote-class-notebook-is-the-top-app-in-my-classroom…
Control Your Desktop Remotely with this Fantastic Chrome Extension
Install the application on the devices that you want to use as hosts and clients. You can launch the application on the client device and then login to the other devices using your pre-assigned pin, or it can be …
NaturalReader Text to Speech
The NaturalReader text-to-speech(TTS) application converts PDF files, MS Word documents, and e-books into spoken words. Instead of struggling to read text on the small screen of your iPhone, with this cutting edge technology you can have any text read …
Presentation of the Week: From Individual to Community: The Learning Is in the Doing
A futuristic vision of the age of holograms
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Why I Love the Open Learning XML Format and XBlocks
Open Learning XML is the “markup language” edX provides for course authoring. Instead of approaching the problem from the mindset of “here’s all my stuff, how do I get it all in there?” it instead prompts the course author …
Safety in the Cloud
Instead of putting up a shield, argues this article, cybersecurity can be found in deep data analytics. “It would defend itself by monitoring activity across all its online systems, studying not just the moves of hackers but the actions …
4 Ways to Learn Anything in 20 Hours
In the TED talk, The First 20 Hours — How To Learn Anything, Josh Kaufman explains how to practice intelligently and how to learn any new skill in 20 hours.
Google Photos gets smarter, automatically creates albums with your best photos
Google has rolled out a small but useful update to its Google Photos service, which will allow the creation of what Google calls “smarter albums.” These are photo albums automatically created on users’ behalf, following an event or a trip, …
Apple Releases New ‘Classroom’ for iPad
Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping a teacher guide students through a lesson, see their progress, and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student device at …