An interesting use of computer vision and machine learning to generate metadata about student engagement. This could (should|will) be used for more than just lecturing, and what if students had access to their own data? This could be a powerful tool to support self-reflection on teaching and learning…
An approach to computers in the classroom that is pretty innovative. By watching students, the computer can deliver a report to the teacher on who was engaged and who wasn’t engaged, and at what points in the lesson the students switched. Pretty fascinating stuff!
As teacher resignation letters increasingly go public – and viral – new research indicates teachers are not leaving solely due to low pay and retirement, but also because of what they see as a broken education system. In a trio of studies, Michigan State University education expert Alyssa Hadley Dunn and colleagues examined the relatively…
A new study in Frontiers in Psychology finds that children prefer storybooks containing more causal information. The results could help parents and teachers to choose the most engaging books to increase children’s interest in reading, which is important in improving early literacy and language skills. Children have a burning urge to understand the mechanics of the…
Here is a look at the top posts and shared items for the week. ⓔ Who is gutsy enough to use The Most Dangerous Writing App in their classroom Self destructing text if you stop typing? What’s not to love? ⓔ Email subaddresses (plus aliases) in GMail (and others) A post from almost a year…
In the real world, there’s no textbook or curriculum. There’s no way to practice. There’s no source of continuous feedback. There are no teachers — it’s just you and whoever you can convince to help you. So how do you learn something no one can teach you? How do you become a world-class expert on something few…
10 Google Apps Tricks to learn for 2017. Increase your digital literacy with these Google Apps tricks: Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive Source: 10 Google Apps Tricks to Learn for 2017 – Teacher Tech One skill I’d add to this list is to learn how to bookmark individual files and folders in your browser toolbar for…
It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. After all, what better way to secure a foothold in the market than impressing one’s brand to future consumers at a young age? Source: Battle of…
