Facebook is working on extending its network beyond the social realm and into the professional world, according to the Financial Times, citing anonymous sources.
http://mashable.com/2014/11/16/facebook-at-work-2/
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DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Facebook is working on extending its network beyond the social realm and into the professional world, according to the Financial Times, citing anonymous sources.
http://mashable.com/2014/11/16/facebook-at-work-2/
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While Glass may find some specialized, even lucrative, uses in the workplace,“its prospects of becoming a consumer hit in the near future are slim, many developers say.”
https://time.com/3588143/google-glass/
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Now there’s another way you can get to Skype – via a Web browser. The Skype team said Friday it is rolling out Skype for Web, in beta.
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Keeping students on task can be a challenge. And putting Internet-ready devices in all of their hands may seem daunting. But there are a number of techniques I’ve used in my classroom that can make technology work for you.
In the light of Edward Snowden’s revelations last year, interest in truly secure ways of communicating online has been on the rise. OneOneis a new app for Android and iOS that offers “private and untraceable” text messaging.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/11/18/oneone/
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The program needs to be trained with captioned images, but it produces much more intelligible output than you’d get by picking out individual items.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/google-natural-language-image-description/
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Had enough of Facebook and Twitter? It may be time to switch up your go-to social network. These newer platforms could be working on the next big thing, so you’ll want to keep an eye out
http://mashable.com/2014/07/28/social-networks-on-the-rise/
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Public Wi-Fi networks—like those in coffee shops or hotels—are not nearly as safe as you think. Even if they have a password, you’re sharing a network with tons of other people, which means your data is at risk. Here’s how …
A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves learning capabilities more generally, not just the skills taught in the game.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/playing-action-video-games-can-boost-learning
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Google for Education is an ecology of digital tools from Google designed to host and distribute digital documents, communication, and collaboration through cloud-based technology.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1088024-all-that-you-need-to-know-about-google-for-education-video/
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If you’re looking for a way to track conferences with your mobile device, check out Stream Reading. Designed for both iPhone and iPad users this app lets teachers easily manage reading reports and organize student data. You can record audio …
Below are 35 proven psychological phenomena that affect you and your students every day:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/35-education-psychology-tricks…
This article gives a thorough state-of-the-art account of how ghostwritten papers may be detected and deterred. I offer this account as a resource to educators, administrators and schools who wish to better understand and more ably combat ghostwriting in their …