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The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialise, take part in leisure activities – and learn. Its development has become a priority for many tech companies, including Facebook (which recently changed its …

A wordle is a word cloud created from words. The more frequent a word appears in the input text the larger its size becomes in the wordle. Indeed, wordle arts have huge educational potential and can be used in various …

Artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated recent headlines, with its promises, challenges, risks, successes, and failures. What is its foreseeable future?

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-019-00345-y…

A small new study shows that using a smartphone app to learn a second language appears to improve brain function. It also appears that the act of learning a new language—rather than being fluent in it—is what helps boost cognition.…

Google has introduced an updated citation feature for Google Docs, designed to “streamline the citations process, ensure correct formatting, and reduce the chances of manual errors.”

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2021/11/03/google-docs-gets-updated-citation-feature.aspx…

ClassPoint is a PowerPoint tool that at first glance you might think it’s just a poll and quiz tool. However, when you look a little deeper you’ll see that ClassPoint is more than just a polling and quizzing tool. ClassPoint …

You can use the app on your iPhone (or iPad) to carry on a back-and-forth conversation with someone speaking a different language.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-apples-translate-app-to-translate-a-real-time-conversation/…

We put the top three voice assistants to the test. Who will reign supreme?

https://www.makeuseof.com/siri-vs-alexa-vs-google-smarter-answering-questions…

With the well-being of students as a top priority, LaSalle College invested in ultra-high-tech classrooms to facilitate hyflex teaching, where both remote and in-person classes are taught simultaneously. The name of the game: provide versatility and flexibility to students without …

Artificial intelligence has proven that complicated board and video games are no longer the exclusive domain of the human mind. From chess to Go to StarCraft, AI systems that use reinforcement learning algorithms have outperformed human world champions in recent …

If you’ve become hyper-aware of being tracked online and having your data collected without your explicit consent, you’ve arrived at the right place. We describe how to stop yourself from being tracked, or how to limit it anyway.

https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/129779-how-to-see-who-s-tracking-you-online-and-stop-them-easily-why-give-away-your-data-for-free

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Google Books is one of my favorite search tools. Unfortunately, students often overlook it as a research tool unless they’ve been shown how it works. In this short video I provide a demonstration of the key features of the current …

Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it, will be “in the experience, not just looking …

Google’s new AI architecture could turn machine learning systems from one-trick ponies into much more versatile and insightful programs.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-unveils-pathways-a-next-gen-ai-that-can-be-trained-to-multitask/…

Should children be taught computer programming and be exposed to high-tech at an early age? ‘After reading, writing and arithmetic, ‘one expert stresses, ‘it’s important for kids to know programming’.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-early-should-kids-learn-to-code-1.10337868…