It’s hard to know what to do in these situations so we’ve prepared a primer on how you can deal with attacks if your social media account were to be compromised.
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2013/10/27/social-media-account-hacked/…
The 11-Minute Guide To All 8 Intelligences
The video below explains the basic concept of the theory of Multiple Intelligences, its impact on educational strategies, and provide some concepts that would allow education to reach more learners and develop the learner’s skill in a more comprehensive manner.…
Add Voice Comments to Google Documents With Kaizena
Kaizena is a handy tool for adding voice comments to Google Documents. It’s a good tool for giving audio feedback to your students.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/add-voice-comments-to-google-documents.html
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Captcha Fail: Researchers Crack the Web’s Most Popular Turing Test
Captcha is the the gold standard for Turing tests on the web: Whenever an online form wants to check if you’re a human being and not a spambot, it asks you to decipher one or two distorted words, presented as …
How to Copy Someone Else’s YouTube Playlists
Many YouTube users have curated relevant videos about specific subjects into playlists that you can watch on any device with a click. This article will show you how to clone a Youtube playlist into your Youtube account. This is helpful …
Digitally Archive Your Handwritten Doodles With ‘Draft’
For writers, artists and thinkers who still prefer ink pens to keyboards, there’s now a way for handwritten memos and doodles to live on digitally. Draft is a service that that scans your physical notebooks and archives them in a …
Two Distraction-Free Writing Platforms for Teachers and Students
Writing is a thinking process that requires an environment that nurtures creativity and production and there is nothing better than a distraction-free platform. Today I am introducing you to two relatively new writing tools that you can use with your …
How to Encrypt (almost) Anything
Encrypting your data makes it completely unreadable to anyone but you or its intended recipient. Best of all, much of the software used in offices and on personal computers already has encryption functionality built in. You just need to know …
3 Simple Ways To Start Using Smartphones In The Classroom
More students than ever are learning with a smartphone by their side. While some teachers fear that these devices distract students from their lessons, savvy educators embrace the latest technologies to engage with their students and encourage new learning strategies. …
Download All your Google Drive Data with One Click
Google Takeout is a service that allows you to create an archive of all your Google Drive data and store it on your computer for offline access. if you do not trust the cloud and you want your data saved …
Presentation of the Week: How Social Media and Wearable Technology are Transforming Education
Alessandro Acquisti: Why privacy matters
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Notegraphy is the Instagram of Words for the Writer in You
Saying something profound or making a funny quip is a great ego-boost. So the next time, showcase it proudly with Notegraphy, a free app that lets you turn quotes into great-looking notes that you can share.
http://lifehacker.com/notegraphy-is-the-instagram-of-words-for-the-writer-in-1448132502
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New Important Checklist for Educational Apps
Being able to evaluate and select apps to use with your students in the class is an essential skill for every 21st century teacher. The checklist below contains 29 edutainmnet apps ranked according to a predefined set of criteria. This …
The State of MOOCs: An EdTech Researcher Retrospective
An interesting looking at exactly what MOOCs are and what they offer from a technical perspective.