Les Perelman, with the help of students at MIT and Harvard, created the Babel Generator, a software program that generates meaningless essays to test the mettle of machine graders.
http://chronicle.com/article/Writing-Instructor-Skeptical/146211/…
To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand
Students do worse on quizzes when they use keyboards in class.
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Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be … Paper
Reading is human-technology interaction,” says literacy professor Anne Mangen of Norway’s University of Stavenger. “Perhaps the tactility and physical permanence of paper yields a different cognitive and emotional experience.”
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/reading-on-screen-versus-paper/
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How to Set Up a Remote Desktop and Control Your Computer from Anywhere
Desktop computers aren’t just antiquated behemoths quietly gathering dust in your parent’s house. They also offer an often overlooked processing resource for mobile users and a viable alternative to cloud-based storage. All you need is a means of accessing it …
Toxic Culture of Education
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Presentation of the Week: The Best Web Tools to Boost Your Teaching
5 Ways to Show Your iPad on A Big Screen in Class
You can easily mirror your iPad screen to a projector and let students see what you see on your iPad. This can be used when sharing tutorials, presentations, illustrations and several other learning tasks. How to do it is what …
Preso.tv: present on any device in real time
Present on desktop & mobile and projector screens at the same time. Super simple to use: no accounts, no costs and no hassle.
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84 (And Counting) Bloom’s Taxonomy Tools Worth Trying
This list is chock-full of tons of different apps that can fill out just about every category of Bloom’s Taxonomy. It includes the name of the tool, what level of Bloom’s Taxonomy it addresses, where you can find it, what …
50 Inspiring TED Talks For Teachers: An Updated List For 2014
These are the best TED Talks for any educator because they make us laugh, warm our hearts, break down barriers, and always inspire us to dig a little deeper and push a little harder, challenging your educator perspective.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/50-inspiring-ted-talks-teachers-challenge-eduspective/
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25 Highly Rated (And Free!) Mac Apps For The Classroom
They range in purpose but are altogether a solid bunch of characters you should consider trying out and perhaps adding to your personal or classroom computer. Best of all, they’re free and all are pretty popular so they’re well maintained …
Skype’s Group Video Calls Now Free for Everyone
Skype’s group video call feature is now free for all users. The company introduced group video calls in 2010, supporting group video chats for up to 10 users at once. The feature was free for a few months during a …
8 Technologies That Will Shape Future Classrooms
Let us speculate on how these 8 up-and-coming technologies could potentially change education for the better.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/future-classroom-technologies/
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5 Bad Technology Habits Teachers Can Fall Into
Here are a few bad tech habits many well-meaning teachers succumb to in the classroom (and how to avoid them).
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/5-bad-technology-habits-teachers-can-fall/
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5 Ways to Run Windows Software on a Mac
Macs have a thriving ecosystem of software, but some programs still only support Windows. Whether you want to use business software or play Windows PC games, there are many ways to run Windows programs on your Mac.
http://www.howtogeek.com/187359/5-ways-to-run-windows-software-on-a-mac/…