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The rapid pivot to online education following the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant universities and other schools around the world were suddenly leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote lectures and exams. Resources for teaching online are still in …

A Mozilla report found feedback buttons didn’t stop the majority of similar recommendations.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23356434/youtube-dislike-not-interested-buttons-bad-recommendations-mozilla-report

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At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Canada and around the world received an unexpected shock as schools, colleges and universities closed and people began working and learning from home. As faculty, instructors, students, administrators, policy-makers …

What makes increasing your knowledge even easier is that you can do so from anywhere using your smartphone, tablet, or even a Chromebook that can run Android apps. The various education chosen for today’s roundup proves that learning new things …

Making word clouds doesn’t have to be time-consuming, the Word Art word cloud generator does the work for you. Here’s all you need to do.

https://www.makeuseof.com/word-art-how-to-make-word-clouds/…

The creation and use of NFTs or (non-fungible tokens) are popular topics of emerging technologies.  How will NFTs be used in the world of work and, more importantly for us, in education? What do we need to know to help …

Blooket is a game-based learning platform that allows teachers to create educational games to share with students. You can host live games that students can play using a generated ID or assign games as homework for students to play at …

Students using the Moodle learning platform can now listen to learning content in more than 50 languages, thanks to a new integration with digital voice and text-to-speech tool ReadSpeaker. ReadSpeaker is the first text-to-speech provider to become a Certified Integration …

On average, one educational application for iOS harvests data across more than 8 data segments, such as name, email, phone number and more.

https://egreenvilleextra.com/featured/top-10-educational-ios-apps-that-collect-the-most-personal-datatop-10-educational-ios-apps-that-collect-the-most-personal-data/

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In Educational Duct Tape, classroom teacher and edtech expert Jake Miller equips you to overcome the paradox of choice and select the right edtech tools for your classroom so you can start using them tomorrow.

https://jakemiller.net/get-the-educational-duct-tape-an-edtech-integration-mindset-book-in-bulk/

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There are many long-requested features to OneDrive. In this article, we’ll be looking at the change to the OneDrive file size limit for uploads and what it means for users.

https://www.cloudwards.net/what-is-the-onedrive-file-size-limit/…

Brush Ninja is an animated GIF maker that is suitable for kids and students of all ages. Using the platform’s integrated tools (e.g., brushes, colours, marker, pencil, etc), students can draw their own animations and share them with others. The …

This article discusses the changing context of education brought about by technology and the COVID pandemic and its implications for teachers and teacher education. Specifically, the article argues that technological changes have made instruction much less important for teachers because …

If you find yourself mindlessly picking up your phone all day long, it’s a sign you need to reframe its purpose, says this expert.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90790459/want-to-stop-endlessly-scrolling-on-your-phone-do-this…

Immersive, interactive technologies are changing the way we learn, teach and conduct research and the Center for Immersive Experiences — CIE — is helping prepare the Penn State community to take advantage of the opportunities emerging from this brave new …