As many in education know, commentary about ChatGPT is appearing on the news, social media, and the internet. As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). This post describes its use in education …
10 Digital Libraries Where You Can Download Ebooks for Free
If you’re looking for free ebooks to download and dive into, these digital libraries are worth checking out.
https://www.makeuseof.com/digital-libraries-download-ebooks-free/…
Do Your Practices Respect the Act on the Protection of Personal Information?
The Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 25) modifies the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information. This Quebec Act defines the obligations of public …
What Makes a Web Browser Secure? Look for These Features
Most browsers claim to care about your security, but that doesn’t mean they do (especially out of the box). Here are some features to find and enable.
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-makes-web-browser-secure-look-for-features/…
Some Excellent Social Bookmarking Tools for Teachers
Social bookmarking is a way for users to save and share their favorite webpages, allowing them to easily access and organize their bookmarks from any device. They are mainly used for content curation. They are especially useful for users who …
The Future of Education is Personal
How will machine learning disrupt education, say five to ten years down the road? My guess: individualized tutors. Imagine a tutor working with you teaching you important concepts, walking you through examples, answering your questions, going at your own pace.…
The AI future for lesson plans is already here
This article is about the future of AI-generated lesson plans and how we might think about this development today and into the future.
Z-Library: The price of academic knowledge
Z-Library, recently taken offline by the FBI, was a free, online shadow library that offered students relief from these expenses. Users could download textbooks from numerous academic publishers through the site for free. For students, the shutdown of Z-Library seems …
OpenAI’s Amazing ChatGPT: Is It Promising for Niche Topics?
OpenAI has recently released their latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot prototype powered by a model from the GPT-3.5 series. It provides a service where you can ask questions and it comes back with a detailed answer in a conversational way. …
The Brains of Teenagers Look Disturbingly Different After Lockdown
The stress of living through pandemic lockdowns has accelerated aging in the brains of teenagers. A recent study by researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, concluded the pandemic had ‘sped up’ some of this reorganizing, …
Vanier College launches the Campus Biodiversity Network during the UN COP15 Conference
Vanier College is proud to announce that the newly created Campus Biodiversity Network will be launched during the United Nations COP 15 Conference on Biodiversity to be held in Montreal December 7-19, 2022. The new Campus Biodiversity Network is a …
Online solutions to new post-pandemic realities
COVID changed education, and post-pandemic learning will look different–here’s how edtech plays a crucial role.
https://www.eschoolnews.com/2022/12/06/online-solutions-to-new-post-pandemic-realities/…
A Short Guide to Using Pictures from the Web
The first thing that all students and teachers should know about Google Images is that it’s an image search engine, it is not a host of the images that it displays. Second, by default, Google Images serves up results from …
Is Google Tracking You? Here’s How to Check and Stop It
Google apps on your phone might be keeping track of you, but you can stop them.
On the Path To an Enhanced Pedagogy: Globalised Education In the Age Of Metaverse
With decreasing attention spans and increasing complexity across the disciplines studied, newer pedagogical methods are imperative.