Happy New Year 2017!

Stephen Colbert warned us when he coined the term “truthiness” for those things that feel satisfyingly true, but have no actual basis in fact. And now we are swimming in it. From a Washington Post piece about brexit: All of this has come about thanks to a world that is increasingly suspicious of experts. Please,…
This is part 13 of 13 Gmail hacks for teachers. Writing this turned out to be more difficult than I thought it would be. The problem is the iPhone, it’s pretty locked down when it comes to wanting to put icons on the home screen. iOS makes it easy enough to put website bookmarks on…
To start with, big universities are still offering what I call the broadcast model of learning, where the teacher is the broadcaster and the student is the supposedly willing recipient of the one-way message. It goes like this: “I’m a professor and I have knowledge. Get ready; here it comes. Your goal is to take…
Before we can pick a path to follow into the future of authentication, we must first overcome some myths and misconceptions around passwords that are still widely held, even by security professionals. Source: It’s Time to Dispel These 6 Dangerous Password Myths I would add one more, forcing password resets on a regular basis does not…
Factitious is an online game to help people recognize fake news. This would be a great way to teach students how to check sources and identify fake news sites.
Today I will be presenting at the CREATE Conference. Here is my presentation along with the links to everything discussed. Presentation links: Keyboard shortcuts: Pop up keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, on a Chromebook, and more New freebie – Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet ⓔ My favorite Gmail keyboard shortcuts Speed up your iPhone and iPad…