What if the work that students created served as the launching pad for building and nurturing connections? How might tools and schools organize themselves with this virtuous cycle wherein learning and connecting are intricately linked?
https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/how-sharing-work-can-build-students-networks/
…Video Converter is a good web tool and Chrome app that allows you to convert a wide range of media format to MP4, AVI, MPEG, FLV, 3GP. For teachers, this simple tool does serve the purpose, for those of you …
A 2019 update from members of the Canada OER Group, a growing assembly of educators collaboratively working on open educational resources across the country.
https://bccampus.ca/2019/02/19/canada-oer-group-2019-update/
…This work speaks to how changes impact learning at a concrete and practical level by creating changes in the lives of individual learners. It looks at what learning will become and how we provide for that new kind of learning.…
Here are some of the websites and apps for digital books. These platforms provide a wide variety of features that include: search for and access digital textbooks, rent or buy textbooks, and some of them (e.g Chegg) offers homework help …
Below, 13 experts share their recommendations for beginners interested in learning coding.
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Smartphones and computers have not improved education or brought happiness. Most of our digital pastimes are addictive and create empty cravings, not joy.
…If there’s one word that technology is synonymous to, it’s ‘disruption’. For so long, education has been governed by traditional pedagogical techniques. With increasing integration of technology, things are changing in this domain though.
https://inc42.com/resources/new-trends-will-disrupt-edtech-space-2018/
…Below is a collection of some very good iPad apps to help teachers with classroom management. Some of the tasks you can do with these apps include: conduct instant formative assessments in class, create seating charts, record class attendance, randomly …
Old-fashioned’ blackboards have been rubbed out – but they are perfect for pupil-centred pedagogy.
https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/blackboards-could-be-new-old-tech-you-need
…With companies large and small racing to lock-in early market share around their blockchain solutions, it can be hard to understand what they are actually trying to sell you. This article aims to help you cut through the hype.
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2019/1/is-blockchain-ready-for-prime-time-in-education…