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?
The article focuses on Apple Classroom, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Classroom, but the ancillary systems put Google over the top. Apple and Microsoft have a lot of catching up to do to catch up with G Suite for Education.
Most security teams use a “prohibition approach” of restricting user access to websites and applications, according to a study conducted by Vanson Bourneand commissioned by Bromium Research. However, this approach not only hampers productivity and innovation, but is a major source of frustration for users, according to the survey of 500 CISOs from large enterprises in…
Learn to access the right data: the why (why do your students not get it?) and the how (how can you reteach content to stick?). Source: 7 Steps to Becoming a Data-Driven School I prefer the term data informed. No matter what the data tells you, sometimes you have to go with your gut reaction. There…
Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died at 93 this week. She was most known as the designer of the first true word-processing computer. But she designed many other innovative computing systems and helmed Redactron Corporation, a company that helped transform offices by producing and distributing her word-processor device. Source: Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died this week—she should…
The younger generation uses technology in the same ways as older people — and is no better at multitasking. Source: The digital native is a myth I love the quote, “yeti with a smartphone”.
Researcher have found that bullying has a lasting impact on the bullied. “Students who experienced more frequent peer victimization in fifth grade were more likely to have greater symptoms of depression in seventh grade, and a greater likelihood of using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in tenth grade,” said the study’s leader, Valerie Earnshaw, a social…
New York Libraries are bring public domain books to life through Instagram stories. Source: The New York Public Library is using Instagram Stories to bring classic novels to your smartphone – The Verge Sure, you can subscribe to receive classic works in your email or on your smartphone, but the New York Libraries are taking it…
