One of the defining feature’s of Google Chrome is the add-ons and extensions which let you fine-tune your browser and allows you to add new features. Let’s have a look at few such Add-ons which makes the Browsing on …
How Classroom Culture Opens Up When Students Can ‘Patent’ Ideas
When the patent system was introduced five or six years ago, it reinforced a culture of entrepreneurism, where students expect as much from themselves.
The $99 Peripheral that Turns Your Smartphone Into a Laptop
The Superbook brings the keyboard, screen, and battery, your phone provides the muscle.
http://fortune.com/2016/08/14/smartphone-laptop-peripheral/…
Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning
What does it mean to be human in a digital age? Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t “some people.”
Displaying YouTube Without Distractions
You can avoid displaying related videos by using one of the following free tools. None of these tools will bypass your school’s filter nor will they let you download videos.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/08/displaying-youtube-without-distractions.html…
Facebook teaches schools a ‘personalized’ lesson
The technology company has unveiled a new personalized learning platform along with Summit Public Schools, a charter school network.
http://edscoop.com/facebook-teaches-schools-a-personalized-lesson…
Canada’s Information Technology Strategic Plan 2016-2020
The Government of Canada has released the Information Technology Strategic Plan, which outlines the key activities to ensure we provide secure, reliable, responsive and innovative IT services that contribute to better programs and services to Canadians. We want to hear …
There’s a new way to make strong passwords, and it’s way easier
Requiring longer passwords, known as passphrases, usually 16 to 64 characters long, is increasingly seen as a potential escape route from our painful push toward logins that only a cryptographer could love.
How to Make eBooks with Google Docs
Adobe PDF may be the most popular document format on the web but there’s a reason why eBook lovers prefer the ePub format over PDF. PDF documents have a static layout with fixed page breaks but the layout of …
Presentation of the Week: Copyright education in the age of social media
A neural portrait of the human mind
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Do students lose depth in digital reading?
Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print? With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open educational resources, investigators have been trying to determine whether students do as well when …
The Best Google Font Combinations That Look Good Together
Typography is an art and, with thousands of fonts available, it is obviously difficult for non-designers to find that perfect font combination. Need help? Here are some useful font pairing websites where type masters have already done the hard …
Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?
Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy.
Students who play online games actually get better academic results
Despite the old stereotypes about video games rotting your brain, a new study provides the latest evidence to the contrary, with the data showing that gaming every day is linked to improvements in academic performance.
http://www.sciencealert.com/students-who-play-online-games-actually-get-better-academic-results…