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As the pandemic has driven adoption and (over)use of videoconferencing software like Zoom, it’s required changes in American Sign Language.

https://boingboing.net/2021/03/01/how-zoom-is-changing-american-sign-language.html…

As AI (artificial intelligence) takes over many aspects of our lives, people are wondering about the role of machine learning in education.  We are now living in a world in which bots are beginning to do many of the jobs …

Class, which launches today, offers a teaching software for Zoom helping educators improve student engagement in the virtual classroom. Michael Chasen, co-founder and CEO of Class, joined Wake Up With Cheddar to discuss the launch.

https://flipboard.com/topic/educationtechnology/class-uses-teaching-tools-to-make-virtual-classrooms-feel-like-real-classrooms/a-hfQDbPV5TcS1wjLm6OuFpQ%3Aa%3A2174379230-bc8e1c4a4d%2Fflipboard.com…

A new study from Stanford University communications expert Jeremy Bailenson is investigating the very modern phenomenon of “Zoom Fatigue.” Bailenson suggests there are four key factors that make videoconferencing so uniquely tiring, and he recommends some simple solutions to reduce …

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have had to adapt their teaching for an online world. Moving away from the technology used, there are many general teaching strategies that can be adopted for a virtual environment.

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2021/02/25/making-remote-teaching-easier/…

The possibilities of IVR are myriad; it is a communication and representation tool that will be increasingly present in the architectural community. Immersive Virtual Reality is a technology that consists of creating or recreating an entirely virtual computer-generated environment in …

With the pivot to remote and hybrid learning, teachers needed a way to share their screen when instructing, but also for students to do the same while demonstrating understanding. This list, while not completely comprehensive of all whiteboard and annotation …

Random Group Generator by  Classtools is an example of an EdTech tool designed specifically to help teachers tap into the educational potential of group work. As its name indicates, Random Group Generator enables you to easily create random teams in …

Far from technology being harmful for children, some thinkers argue that it is actively beneficial, teaching them the social skills we fear they are losing.

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2021/03/growing-immersed-screens-damaging-our-children-0…

There’s a lot of information out there about using Zoom, and it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. You may have heard, for instance, that a meeting host can hear you when you’re muted. We are here to …

At Université Paris-Saclay, we have tried several new tools and methods, testing them with our students and sharing them among ourselves. Here are five tips that have improved (in part at least) our daily lives as lockdown lecturers.

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ideas-distance.html…

A new update for Microsoft Word arriving next month is bringing a feature that has been long due. Predictive typing or the ‘Text Prediction’ feature will automatically suggest new words as you are typing a sentence. While it may be …

Critical pedagogy aims to deeply question our epistemological assumptions—about teaching, about education, about power, about expertise—and while this can be exhilarating, it is almost never a picnic.

https://www.seanmichaelmorris.com/reflections-on-teaching-through-the-screen/…

Microsoft has tried its hardest to convince people that working on the cloud is the future, but some users like the idea of owning a product instead of leasing it out for a monthly fee. If the words “subscription model” …

Mote lets you add voice comments to Google Classroom, Slides, and Docs. As of yesterday it lets you add voice comments to Gmail messages. Mote recordings in Gmail can be played by anyone who receives your email. Recipients don’t need …