With his company DeepMind, Londoner Demis Hassabis is leading Google’s project to build software more powerful than the human brain. But what will this mean for the future of humankind?
Virtual Reality will change the way we learn forever
The ramifications of VR education are endless. It can change the way we learn about our world and even the way we live in it.
52 Tech Products You Didn’t Know You Needed (Until Now)
Find the perfect gadget for your unique lifestyle amongst these great picks including a nearly invincible action camera, waterproof bluetooth speakers, a mobile printer, a lipstick-sized phone charger, and more.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/g2474/cool-tech-products-you-need/…
The Ultimate App Guide for Students (Infographic)
This guide gives a useful guide on apps that may enhance your studying efforts. Some are free and some are paid versions and they are split up according to different goals.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/02/the-ultimate-app-guide-for-students.html…
People who don’t spend 5 hours a week online learning will make themselves obsolete, says AT&T CEO
Adapt, or else, is apparently the new marching orders for employees of AT&T.
The telecommunications giant is working aggressively to make sure its employees catch up and get ahead of the changing technology of the times.
Manulife to offer Canadians discounts for healthy activities
Tracking of lifestyle data could help save money, but also raises privacy concerns.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/manulife-fitness-insurance-1.3439904…
What does research really say about iPads in the classroom?
Two educators put the research to the test. When (and how) are iPads most effective?
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/02/15/what-does-research-really-say-about-ipads-in-the-classroom/…
Amazon Education to Launch New Website for Open Education Resources
Amazon Education is working on a new platform that will allow schools to upload, manage, share, and discover open education resources from a home page that in some ways resembles the one shoppers are accustomed to accessing on the …
UoPeople – The world’s first tuition-free online university
University of the People offers a unique learning experience that combines peer-based and collaborative learning, with information technologies and the internet. Within online study communities, students share resources, exchange ideas, discuss weekly topics, submit assignments, and take exams.
Presentation of the Week: Digitized Student Development, Social Media, and Identity
The brain may be able to repair itself — with help
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OpenStax already saved students $39 million this academic year
Free textbooks from Rice University-based publisher OpenStax are now in use at one-in-five degree-granting U.S. colleges and universities and have already saved college students $39 million in the 2015-16 academic year.
http://news.rice.edu/2016/01/20/openstax-already-saved-students-39-million-this-academic-year/…
How to Transform Your Classroom With Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality is changing education. What started out as something that was simply “cool” has become a way to engage learners like never before.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-11-02-how-to-transform-your-classroom-with-augmented-reality…
Here Are Some of The Best Word Cloud Generators for Teachers
Below is a collection of some of the best tools and mobile apps to use for generating word clouds. We have arranged these resources into three main categories: word cloud generators for Google Drive, iPad word cloud generators, and …
How Has Google Affected The Way Students Learn?
With so much information easily available, does it make us smarter? Compared to the generations before who had to adapt to the Internet, how are those who grew up using the Internet — the so-called “Google generation” — different?…