A diverse range of breakthrough technologies, including batteries capable of providing power to whole villages, “socially aware” artificial intelligence and new generation solar panels, could soon be playing a role in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, according to a list published today by the World Economic Forum. Source: These are the top 10 emerging…
Media specialist Samantha Edwards wants noise in her library—and she hears it.Last fall, Edwards, the librarian at Fogelsville Elementary School in Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, opened a modest self-publishing center in the library outfitted with an iMac, a printer and a machine to bind books. She noticed how excited her students were to create…
Source: Today We Learned: Empower parents to start better learning conversations. Today We Learned is a free site that’s designed to streamline communication with parents. Teachers are given message starters to help create messages to be sent, and also teachers can send alerts and notifications to all parents or to a particular student’s parents. There…
On many occasions, I have seen/read about App Smashing being leveraged in a way that is entirely anti-inquiry. In instances such as these, an overly contrived and smooth, risk free process is followed, all for the sake of a “cool” product. Source: The Problem with App Smashing A different take from mine on app smashing.
The teen’s misdemeanor invasion of privacy charges stem from what he said was him merely playing a joke on another student “to get a laugh.” The boy on the receiving end was joking around, too, not really masturbating but pretending to, according to a juvenile witness. But in the end, that didn’t matter. The boy…
“We are in a new era, one in which we are building systems that can’t be grasped in their totality or held in the mind… Source: The World Depends on Technology No One Understands I find this both fascinating and scary. With complexity comes more power, but if no one understands the system, can we…
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 52 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 52.0.2743.82 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered…
At the heart of making is the idea that all students are creators, and hands-on learning plays a key role in maker education. Source: Why Making Is Essential to Learning It’s funny to me the popularity of the maker movement. I grew up on a farm, and as such, have always experienced the maker movement.
Flippity.net: Easily Turn Google Spreadsheets into Flashcards and Other Cool Stuff Pretty sweet collection of tools that build off of Google Sheets. 3 Ways Pokémon GO Can Create Meaningful Learning Opportunities | EdTech Magazine I’m not surprised an article about Pokémon Go made the top 3, not at all. Simple Graphic Design for The Classroom –…
Something rare is happening, and it might not last long. Today, right now, anyone with a $300 laptop can use the very same tools as the people at the top of just about any industry. Source: The very same software During the dot com boom of the late 90s, it required tens of thousands of dollars…