This new addition to Boomerang for Gmail and Outlook helps you craft messages that are more likely to get a response. Some features are free; others will cost you.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/write-better-emails-with-respondable/…
China Launches “Hack-Proof Quantum Satellite” To Transfer Secure Data
China has launched a new satellite which would be used for Quantum Key Distribution between the space and Earth using laser beams thrown at the ground stations. In the experimental phase, the project would be confined to China and …
Response: Reading Digitally vs. Reading Paper
Which is better for students — reading paper or reading digitally? We were all supposed to live in a Star Trek world with all reading done electronically and paper books, including textbooks, an antiquated curiosity. How’s that working out …
Google Apps Vs. Microsoft Office 365: Battle Of The Best Productivity Suites; Features And Prices Reviewed
Microsoft has long reigned the productivity software market, but with the emergence of cloud-based computing, Google seems to follow suit. We now look at these two to decide which one is better, the Microsoft Office 365 or the Google …
Presentation of the Week: Montreal Girl Geeks: Building the Modern Web
How the blockchain is changing money and business
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A New Lesson Plan Tool for Google Docs
Lesson Plan Tool for Docs enables you search for standards-aligned lesson plan resources within your Google Documents.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/07/a-new-lesson-plan-tool-for-google-docs.html…
Stanford Experiments with Virtual Reality, Social-Emotional Learning and Oculus Rift
What can virtual reality, the technology that arguably takes the viewer farthest away from the tangible world, teach students about expressing themselves and interacting with each other? Two experiments at two very different California schools aimed to find out.…
Listening Isn’t Cheating: How Audio Books Can Help Us Learn
Audio books have surged in popularity in recent years, enabled by their ease of use and advancements in smart phones. Gone are the days of numbered cassettes and bulky players. Technology has created more opportunities to listen to good …
98 personal data points that Facebook uses to target ads to you
Say you’re scrolling through your Facebook Newsfeed and you encounter an ad so eerily well-suited, it seems someone has possibly read your brain. Maybe your mother’s birthday is coming up, and Facebook’s showing ads for her local florist. Whatever …
Universities must enter the digital age or risk facing irrelevance
The old model of a teacher delivering a one-way message through a lecture is no longer engaging 21st-century students.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-tapscott/universities-must-enter-t_b_11306140.html…
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016
The Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2016 list, compiled by the Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies and published in collaboration with Scientific American, highlights technological advances its members believe have the power to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard the …
How the New York Public Library made ebooks open, and thus one trillion times better
The New York Public Library is working on a software project that liberates every part of the electronic book lending system from any kind of proprietary lock-in, and, in the process, made reading library ebooks one trillion times better.…
The Ultimate Guide To Gmail Productivity: 25 Must-Have Tips, Tricks, And Time Savers
And sure, you may use Gmail all day, every day, but are you really getting the most out of it? Here are 25 tips, tricks, and time-savers for even the most seasoned of Gmail pros.
3 reasons why AI is education’s future
UX innovator discusses what forward-thinking schools are doing now, and what AI in education will look like in the near future.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/disruptions-and-innovations/ai-educations-future/…