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Robot Tutors

Teachers Technology
Virtual teaching, is it here? With robots acting as tutors and class assistants the days of TA's and undergrads answering emails and questions from students may be coming to an end. Meet Watson, a robot that is able to answer emails and questions.

50 Favourite Classroom Apps

Teachers Technology
Educators and students are quickly becoming more comfortable with classroom technology, allowing them to shift from thinking about the technical side of integrating a new tool, to focusing on how it improves learning. The sheer number of education apps is still overwhelming, increasingly teachers have found what works for them and they are sticking to them.

IRISPen: A Digital Highlighter

Teachers Technology
One of the hottest tech gadgets of this year, the IRISPen. A tool that can scan textbooks and transfer items in note form to other digital platforms like tablets and laptops. Every university student will want one.

5 Google Resources You Never Knew Existed

Teachers Technology
With all the new Edtech resources popping up, it is easy to miss some of the good ones that would be most useful in the classroom.

10 Free Apps and Tools for Staying Organized

Teachers Technology
Get ready to start the next school year off right with being organized. There is no one-size-fits-all. It is all about finding something that works for you and pick something that you can and will actually use. There are lots of options for you to choose from.

Using Emojis to Teach Critical Reading Skills

Teachers Technology
Internet- inspired trends may not seem important, but the way students seamlessly navigate emoji usage is similar to critical reading skills practiced in class. Emojis offer an engaging opportunity to transfer digital skills to a written context.

6 Ed Tech Tools To Try Out

Teachers Technology
These are six hand-picked resources for teachers that deserve more attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but each one brings something special to the classroom.

Livestreams and Dynamic Video Content Engage and Inspire Students

Teachers Technology
Ideas for Live streaming, Skype in the classroom and Virtual reality in one quick article by Meghan Bogardus Cortez. With so much happening with EdTech in classrooms, this short article has great ideas to get started.

Recording Feedback with Screencastify

Teachers Technology
If you have never thought of using a video for sharing feedback, it is now time to start. Screen casting as you provide comments and feedback. Capture your entire desktop with Screencastify.

What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves?

Adults Technology
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements, bridges that span vast rivers and the tallest skyscrapers on earth.

How BYOD Programs Can Fuel Inquiry Learning

Teachers Technology
"Instead of this just being a technology initiative, it really is an instructional initiative, so all of us from different departments can get on the same page." (Tim Clark, coordinator of instructional technology of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia).

5 Myths About Teaching in a Virtual Classroom

Teachers Technology
With every new method of teaching comes new issues and in turn solutions to those issues. Here are five myths of teaching in a virtual classroom all of which bring new ideas and approaches to learning.

Optimizing Google Classroom For The Way You Work

Teachers Technology
As education evolves, so do the needs of students and teachers. Google Classroom has updated Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything.

What's a smartphone made of?

Adults Technology
As of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper.

Cannon Shock Waves in Ultra Slow Motion

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What does a cannon ball look like being shot in super slow motion?

What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?

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What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically impossible. This week I went inside a vertical wind tunnel to bring you the true shape of rain.

This Toy Can Open Any Garage

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Or almost any garage - it's particularly good with fixed code gates and garages. Samy proposes other weaknesses with rolling codes.

How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY

Adults Technology
Did you know that we could start building a Lunar Base today?

How iPhone Changes the Smartphone Market Every Year

Adults Technology
The launch of Apple's iPhone X brought face recognition, animoji, and the notch into the mainstream. Many of these features appeared before Apple incorporated them into their phone, but once Apple does it everyone seems to follow along.

Launch Pad Tour with Tory Bruno

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Rocket built to touch the sun?

The AMAZING Design of the Parker Solar Probe

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Dustin tells about the Parker Solar Probe on Smarter Every Day