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A little over a year after we joined forces with the Vitrine technologie-éducation and DECclic to form a new service hub at Collecto, we are very proud to unveil our new identity.Now we will continue to provide support and communicate …

Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist. Science, he thinks, is now revealing the importance of emotions in cognition and consciousness. His research has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making. Also described as a neurobiologist, …

Need to digitize handwritten notes for editing or save them for later? Here are the best OCR tools to convert handwriting to text.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/convert-handwriting-text-ocr…

Making animations is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen.  Making animations can also be a good way for students to explain and show their understanding of non-fiction things like historical events and …

These free and fast file transfer websites offer a convenient way to share large files online, without installing anything.

https://www.makeuseof.com/free-file-transfer-websites-share-data-without-email-or-software/…

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 …