Just like 90s Photoshop, Google’s tricks are opening up image manipulation to a wider audience, while challenging our definition of what a photo actually is.
A Search Tool For Serendipity
The fun of stumbling upon random old media with “LOC Serendipity”.
https://clivethompson.medium.com/a-search-tool-for-serendipity-eb6916562939…
Cybersecurity: Why schools must improve their data defences
The Department of Education issued new cybersecurity standards – and recent attacks on schools and trusts show how important it is that education settings protect themselves, says this trust IT director.
How to Create Your Own Search Engine
Thanks to Google’s Programmable Search tool it’s much easier to create your own search engine than you might think it is. In the short video embedded below I demonstrate how to create your own search engine.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2022/10/how-to-create-your-own-search-engine.html…
How Web3 is Reshaping Education in the Metaverse
The upcoming Web3 education platform is ready to transform the education system with its unique model. This platform has the potential to change the way students learn through the latest technology like AI/ML, AR/VR, blockchain, and the metaverse. Education in …
Tips and Tools to Help Students Study, Take Notes, and Focus
Whether you’re in elementary school or college, these apps and services offer study guides, mindfulness exercises, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/tips-apps-help-students-study-notes-homework-help/…
How to Add Background Music to PowerPoint Presentations
In this short video I demonstrate how to add background music to your PowerPoint presentations and play it on a continuous loop. In the video I also mention a great place to find free music to use in your presentations.…
Remove your personal info from the top 7 people search sites without charge
I always say that what you post on the internet is forever. That’s why it’s crucial to protect your personal information. Think, for example, how bad it would be if a risqué photo you thought was safe on your computer …
How to Spot Fake News- Classroom Poster
Helping students spot fake news is an important part of their overall media and news literacy. In a digitally focused world where all kinds of news are just a tweet away, students are required to develop robust skills and practices …
Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing
E-Ink tablets have a small but devoted following, and Amazon seems to think it can take them mainstream.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/28/23375663/amazon-kindle-scribe-e-ink-tablet-stylus-event-price
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Design for Learning
This is an open access book that came out last year. The first part focuses on the design practice itself, while the second part underpins that practice in theory. It makes an excellent introductory text, covering a lot of ground, …
Best Online Tools for Creating Interactive Maps for Students and Teachers
There are several tools that students and teachers can use to create interactive maps. Here you will find an updated version of the best map creation tools out there.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/9-excellent-free-map-creation-tools-for.html…
Towards Sustainable Open Educational Practices: The NWU OER Fellows as a Case Study
This paper (10 page PDF) reports on an OER fellowship program at North-West University in South Africa. The project featured a number of lecture-oriented and student oriented resource development projects. There were also opportunities for students to participate in the …
Get ready for the next generation of AI
Just when the AI community was wrapping its head around the astounding progress of text-to-image systems, we’re already moving on to the next frontier: text-to-video.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/03/1060561/get-ready-for-the-next-generation-of-ai/…
Hidden trackers invade your browser. Here’s how to delete them
Advertisers are notorious for watching what you do and where you go online. That’s valuable and very profitable information. Here’s one way to stop some of the spying.
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