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Whiteboard.chat allows teachers to create whiteboards for their students. Teachers can then remotely monitor the whiteboards to see what their students are doing on those whiteboards. It’s great for doing things like asking students to solve a math problem and …

Two-stage assessment is an approach in which students first answer questions individually (Stage 1) and then discuss them in teams prior to resubmitting their answers (Stage 2). The student’s grade is determined by a combination of the scores at both …

For decades, artificial intelligence has been depicted as a sinister force in science fiction. Think of HAL-9000, the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. But while applications of AI and machine learning are indeed sophisticated and carry …

Looking for the cheapest cloud storage possible? We show you the best budget cloud storage for 100GB, 1TB, and other tiers.

https://www.muo.com/tag/cheapest-cloud-storage…

Discover how data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence are shaping the future and the differences between each discipline.

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/differences-data-analytics-machine-learning-ai…

In the present article, I suggest ways to move away from traditional written exams or essays, during which it is more difficult to be sure of the students’ honesty. There are many cases where it is not easy to find …

“The article gets into a few technical concepts like connection weights, overfitting and local minima, but it does so in a way that makes them clear. If you know nothing about deep learning but would like to know what …

Plagiarism is on many teachers’ minds, especially in the context of distance learning. While there is no silver bullet against academic dishonesty, I offer you different strategies so that you can be confident that your students did write the answers …

In an hour or so, covers how to set up a live stream broadcast in YouTube using Open Broadcasting Systems software. This will allow you to broadcast your camera, applications, online meetings, and basically anything you want to a live …

Pandemic forcing schools to ask: ‘How do we make sure we’re engaging students?’

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/07/whats-wrong-with-online-learning-we-asked-sal-khan-the-worlds-most-prolific-tutor/…

A Teacher’s Guide to Philosophy for Children by Topping, Trickey, and Cleghorn is a short, comprehensive approach to coaching and engaging students in the process of thinking for themselves. Instead of being the giver of knowledge, teachers can focus on …

The idea that people learn better when taught in a way that matches their specific “learning style” — auditory, kinesthetic, visual or some combination of the three — is widely considered a myth.  Despite evidence, a large proportion of people …

Maintaining student’s attention is one of the constant challenges in virtual teaching. But that doesn’t appear to be an issue for gamers, who can regularly engage with audiences for long periods of time — sometimes upwards of 12 hours.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/zoom-fatigue-in-students-professor-on-twitch-says-take-a-lesson-from-gamers-1.5299216…

Teachers and administrators from pre-K through 12th grade named these tools their top picks for this year and beyond.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-teacher-picks-best-tech-tools…

The UAE, as an example of a country where students have access to devices, a quality internet service and a variety of educational platforms, was able to continue education in such tough circumstances as presented by the pandemic.

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/education-during-a-pandemic-lessons-from-the-united-arab-emirates…