Some cool tools for a hot topic: social learning

Slide presentation by Jane Hart at the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s “Making technology work for you” conference. She mentions some old favourites as well as some new tools that are appearing on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 …

10 Emerging Technologies 2010

Each year, Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. The winners are chosen based on the editors’ coverage of key fields. The question asked is simple: is the technology likely to change the world?…

Teaching in a socially networked classroom

Since social networking is such a huge part of our students’ lives, we should be incorporating it into the classroom. Both students and teachers can benefit from using such tools. Collaboration and communication can be made easier by using these …

Canada’s Smartest Cities 2010

Is your city one of Canada’s smartest, a place that has what it takes to help you get ahead? Or is it falling behind? Check out how Canada’s major cities stack up, and whether they’re improving or slipping down the …

Robot Teachers Enter the Education Workforce

You may have had some instructors during your school years that seemed like they were simply carrying out pre-programmed, robotic orders, but not quite as literally as these profs. Singularity Hub reports that robot teachers have successfully passed a first …