(2025 archive) EDMS 621 - Sparkles. But wait, there's more! by Eric Hamilton

Brittany Reese: Ice Breaker - Synthesia.io

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-16 22:26:16 UTC

Mercedes Cordoba Meeks

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-16 22:26:30 UTC

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-16 22:26:53 UTC

Some recent ERH Sparkles

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-17 00:01:13 UTC

From TikTok to 小红书

2025-01-26 01:21:10 UTC

Exploring what the TikTok ban means as well as the future of social media (Fediverse)

Grief Apps

richardponce — 2025-01-26 01:25:24 UTC

Discovering grief apps and what the incorporation of AI means for human relationships and the future of grieving.

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-27 02:54:58 UTC

FOMO anyone?

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-29 23:32:08 UTC

As a friend suggests, exhausting. On the other hand, mes amis, as doctorates in the field, we need to be on top of as much of this as is possible.

Harpa ai :)

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-29 23:32:23 UTC

To add to our convo on relevant research

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-29 23:59:21 UTC

Skydio

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-01-30 06:00:49 UTC

Small drone "piloted by the most advanced AI in the sky." I read an article on government AI use, and I found that the U.S. Border Patrol is using these autonomous drones to "improve national security." Previously, I only associated using a drone for photography or film purposes. I feel we are only beginning to explore the capabilities of a drone. Let alone, an AI-piloted drone.

Viana - Your AI Strengths Coach

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-01-30 06:13:51 UTC

In this week's reading in Dr. Kirnon's 606 class, the chapter we were assigned recommended taking an assessment test for this site. Upon exploring the site, I found out they have an AI Strengths Coach?! The tool is meant to provide instant guidance according to your individual strengths/assessments. I can't say I'm not tempted to try this out.

Send a voice message?

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-01-30 06:24:21 UTC

I'm not an avid podcast listener, but I recently heard an episode from this influencer who shared a platform called "SpeakPipe." This platform allows your podcast listeners to record a voice message and send it directly to the podcaster without needing a phone number. I thought it was a different and personal method that allows the audience to engage with the brand that doesn't involve the traditional "comment, like, or share. "

Ebb: my new AI therapist

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-01-30 09:10:59 UTC

Guided meditation was foreign to me throughout my life but has now become an essential part of my routine. Headspace provides a wealth of resources, meditations, workouts, and now Ebb, an AI mental health companion. Ebb has been lovely for processing thoughts!

Deepseek

richardponce — 2025-01-30 21:34:43 UTC

Deepseek, a Chinese-developed AI platform, challenges US-made AI systems. Deepseek is a Chinese-based AI system that was developed for a mere fraction of the cost of some US companies that have invested in R&D for their AI platforms. Deepseek does not use the latest chips or software, rather it was developed off of older chips out of software requirements. Deepseek has also been shown to be more energy efficient than the US based main competitor, OpenAI. Deepseek is an open sourced program, meaning that anyone can take the software, tweak it to their desire and produce their own AI model. While Deepseek has shocked the world at the efficiency, cost to produce, as well as its quality of reasoning and conversationalism in version R1, it does not stand up to par with OpenAI's latest AI model, GPT-4o.

A comprehensive review from 2021

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-30 22:19:29 UTC

Adobe Firefly

ayashinkawa — 2025-01-30 23:06:49 UTC

Adobe Firefly is an AI-powered tool that generates images, designs, and videos from text prompts. It allows users to create professional-looking visuals without advanced design skills. Teachers can generate educational materials and students can make creative projects.

Rednote: my favorite social media!

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-01-30 23:07:43 UTC

As a young person in a love/hate relationship with social media, I am constantly reformatting my views and opinions on the topic. I regularly delete and redownload apps in an attempt to find a healthy balance. I recently became one of the many "tiktok refugees" jumping to the Chinese app Rednote, and it has been a wonderful, refreshing experience. It reminds me of social media before the influx of advertisements. I have learned new things about Chinese culture, like the Chinese New Year, traditional Chinese medicine, and Chinese lifestyles. Join me on Rednote!

Tiny (but mighty) online tools

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-01-30 23:14:21 UTC

I recently found this website called Tinywow which offers hundreds of online tool solutions for annoying tasks like merging PDFs, converting files, editing photos and videos, etc. One website for many purposes, so helpful to people(like me) who get stuck in little managerial tasks:)

DeepSeek

ayashinkawa — 2025-01-30 23:39:38 UTC

Although Richard has already introduced DeepSeek, I would like to share my own experience using this newly launched AI, which became available just a while ago. DeepSeek is similar to ChatGPT, but I’ve noticed some differences in its performance.

I have tested the R1 Model (The deep think model) by giving it math and coding questions. It provided accurate answers with well-structured steps, which I found impressive. However, I could not access it without using a VPN, which significantly slowed down the response time. If anyone has a more efficient way to use the R1 model, I would love to hear your suggestions.
I ask it to complete the same tasks in both Chinese and English separately. I noticed that DeepSeek performed better in Chinese, which makes sense given since it is developed in China. Similarly, ChatGPT tends to generate better responses in English.
I also attempted to use the Web Search function, but haven’t been able to get it working yet. I’m still exploring how it functions and would appreciate any insights from those who have successfully used it.

I look forward to sharing more insights as I continue testing DeepSeek. If anyone else has experiences with it, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

NED from Jacob

eric_hamilton2 — 2025-01-30 23:40:09 UTC

RubiStar

ayashinkawa — 2025-01-30 23:52:00 UTC

RubiStar is an online tool that helps teachers create rubrics for grading assignments, projects and presentations. It provides customizable templates, making assessment easier and more consistent. When you visit the homepage, you can choose from a wide range of categories for different types of assignments from different subjects, making it a very flexible tool. The rubrics can also be easily edited to fit specific needs, allowing educators to tailor their assessments. I think it provides a great starting point for creating rubrics, helping teachers set clear expectations and ensuring fair grading.

NotebookLM

richardponce — 2025-02-05 03:21:00 UTC

NotebookLM is advertised as an AI, note-taking, and research assistant. NotebookLM has the ability to create digital notebooks where you can upload PDFs to it. The AI will then summarize the documents and/or extract what are the similarities between the two documents. You can also have the AI create a "podcast" out of your uploaded documents and it will create a conversation on it using digital voices. The podcast is supposed to remain conversational and not express opinions on the subject at hand, rather it will remain objective and simply read out the main points of each of your documents and highlight similarities and differences. A demonstration can be given in class...

Adobe Captivate

richardponce — 2025-02-05 23:21:31 UTC

Adobe Captivate is an instructional designing software that allows you to create engaging lessons that adapt to PC and mobile learning automatically. This tool is commonly used within the ID field to deliver training, lessons, and other e-learning experiences in an aesthetically pleasing and easy-to-use format. Adobe Captivate provides a variety of interactive learning experiences such as software simulations, interactive widgets and components, as well as the ability to incorporate quizzes and tests into your programs and evaluate the learner's results all within the same program.

Fathom

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-02-06 09:24:02 UTC

Fathom is an AI notetaker listed yesterday on Synesthesia.io as one of the best free notetaker tools available now. I downloaded it to give it a try, and it requires extensive permissions. The platform claims to automatically record, summarize, and share meeting notes with attendees on all video calls. I'm excited to try it out (with permission) in our Zoom class tomorrow.

NoteGPT

ayashinkawa — 2025-02-06 16:56:34 UTC

NoteGPT is an AI-powered note-taking tool designed to enhance learning efficiency by summarizing content from various sources. It can summarize YouTube videos, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, and images and provide concise overviews of complex materials. Users can also generate AI-created mind maps to visualize information structures, aiding in better understanding and retention. Additionally, NoteGPT offers an AI chat assistant for interactive learning and deeper content explanations. You can get a 3-month free trial with student email.

Pepper - AI Humanoid robot in museum spaces

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-02-07 00:18:05 UTC

Smithsonian Museums launched an experimental program introducing "Pepper" robots meant to interact and enhance the visitor experience. These robots can translate information, provide additional information, and answer visitor questions. Personally, I would not want to hear a robot while I casually stroll and read about the artifacts throughout a museum. However, I can see myself appreciating access to this resource if I were visiting a museum in a foreign country.

AI Video Generator

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-02-07 06:56:05 UTC

While looking for video generators to support the remake of the course videos, I came across invideo AI. This platform allows users to "Type your idea, add the specifics—like length, platform, voiceover accent and get AI-generated videos that put your ideas into focus." I used it to create a remake of the course introduction video.

Blaze - AI Social Media Content

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-02-07 07:09:02 UTC

I'm supporting an aunt of mine with content creation to promote her nail art designs on social platforms. Creating content is very time-consuming and only viewed for a few seconds to a few minutes. This is a subscription-based platform. However, it offers a free trial period.

AI Copilot: Your Teaching Assistant

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-02-07 07:26:00 UTC

Research on iPads in the university classroom

richardponce — 2025-02-07 23:04:23 UTC

With all of this talk on tablet learning, I wanted to see if the iPad has any credibility in the classroom like its PC counterparts. It seems the application of the iPad differs from PC tablets but still shows promising data that iPads produce more engagement in learning. As for the apple pencil...no mention...

iPad+Apple Pencil: Case Study

richardponce — 2025-02-08 17:04:51 UTC

In this case study, the pairing of Apple Pencil and iPad Pro is studied to see if it supports increased engagement in the students. While a program to view each individual iPad screen is not utilized, the case study shows that there is a measurable increase in engagement in students who used the Apple Pencil with their iPad Pro.

Become a Citizen Scientist with iNaturalist

richardponce — 2025-02-10 00:11:26 UTC

Using geolocation tagging, the mobile app iNaturalist allows everyday citizens to add to meaningful wildlife research. Every day people can catalog and document wildlife they come across and document it with the snap of a photo. People can post pictures on forums, and scientists will respond and identify the organism. The app has recently introduced AR integration that allows AI to identify organisms on the go for the curious explorer. Allowing people to add to necessary scientific research adds data for scientists to use that can help determine where a species can be found, if its habitat is shifting, and how the species might physically change over time (mutations).

How We Feel

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-02-13 01:22:59 UTC

How We Feel is a free, collaborative mental health resource to aid in increasing emotional intelligence. The most prominent functions include a feelings map with emotions divided by energy level and positivity and negativity. Each use of the app consists of an emotion, "who you're with," "what you're doing," and "where you are." You can choose to share or not share each check-in with friends, and the app automatically creates palatable data sets over time to show your trends.

MERLIN

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-02-14 20:39:21 UTC

Guys, when I tell you I love this app, I don't think you truly understand. I really love it! It's an instant bird identifier app! You can start a live sound recording from wherever you are and Merlin will scan the database, triangulate your location and time of year, and give you great answers to what you're currently hearing or seeing. You can do a sound recording or a step by step identification. Just this morning, from my window, I heard raven, dark-eyed junco, Lincoln's sparrow, song sparrow, and bushtit! This is what a sparkle is all about!

AI Studios - AI Video Generator

richardponce — 2025-02-15 03:31:50 UTC

This software is an all-encompassing video editor with AI incorporated into every aspect of the editing process. You can generate AI videos from prompts and create scripts from a prompt. This program sets itself apart by allowing AI to adapt longer videos to more appropriate short-length videos for social media apps like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube shorts. In addition, the AI can translate your speech into any language, including subtitles and even the text on the screen. What I found most interesting about this program is how it can convert documents into videos and provide an AI avatar to talk about the document's highlights. This program will also use your PowerPoint and create a video with an AI avatar to talk about the presentation for you, reading off the slides and including presenter notes. I found this final feature to be an excellent tool for those who want to create digital lessons rapidly without recording videos of themselves.

Monica - All-in-one AI Assistant

ayashinkawa — 2025-02-16 12:15:33 UTC

Monica is an all-in-one AI assistant that combines multiple advanced models, such as GPT-4, into a single, convenient platform. By paying one subscription fee, users can access a wide range of features, including AI chat, content generation, translation services, and web search enhancements. This integration streamlines workflows, allowing tasks like drafting emails, creating marketing copy, translating web pages, and summarizing content to be performed seamlessly. I saw lots of user comments praising Monica for its versatility and efficiency, noting that it has significantly improved their productivity by consolidating various AI tools into one accessible assistant.

HeyGen - AI Video Generator

ayashinkawa — 2025-02-16 12:26:21 UTC

HeyGen is an AI video generator that enables users to create high-quality videos featuring AI-generated avatars and voiceovers. It offers over 120 AI avatars, 300 voices, and 300 templates, making it versatile for various applications. You can create your own digital human by uploading pictures or videos of yourself. In educational settings, HeyGen can transform traditional lessons into engaging visual content, enhancing student understanding and retention. Educators can produce explainer videos, tutorials, and interactive lessons without needing advanced technical skills or equipment.

Gamma - AI Presentation Slides Generator

ayashinkawa — 2025-02-19 03:08:14 UTC

Gamma AI is an AI-powered tool that helps you create presentation slides quickly and easily. It offers features like AI-generated content, customizable templates, and a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, making it simple to design professional-looking slides without advanced design skills. You can import existing PowerPoint presentations for quick updates and collaborate with others in real-time, or you can use AI to help you make a new slides from the beginning. You can specify they topic and the content on each slides by copy paste your script to it. I used this Gamma AI to create my slides comparing NoteGPT and Harpa AI, and it made the process much faster and more efficient.

NED: Effects of Screens on People

richardponce — 2025-02-27 22:45:23 UTC

Here is the link to my NED Talk: The Effects of Screens on People! Let me know your thoughts and let's have a discussion!

My Focus App: Forest🌲

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-02-28 00:05:36 UTC

Forest is the cutest focus app I've ever seen. And it's free! Plant a tree or flower or rock for a set number of minutes and stay off your phone to keep it alive! Your productivity and focus soon creates a cute little digital forest of your accomplishments.

Grok 3

richardponce — 2025-02-28 00:50:56 UTC

Grok is a large language model that was developed by xAI, or to vibe more specific Elon Musk. It can do MOST of what chat got can do and seems to be geared more towards research and Q and A. The only thing I have found that it cannot do is edit video, unlike chat GPT. The highlight of its model is Deep Thinking where it seems to be on par with chat GPT, showing itself to be a true competitor. A question that arose while playing with Grok and chatGPT is, will there ever come a time when AI produces answers too fast that would make you think the answers were immediately false or faulty? How long of a pause in between gathering an answer and giving it to you makes you feel like it will produce a factual answer?

AGENCY

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-02-28 22:04:56 UTC

Attached is my rough draft of a flowchart centered on Agency. These principles flow into and from a sence of agency or ownership within the student. The lower items/theories/concepts build agency and agency builds the upper items. Cognibehaconstructivism = ✨👩🏻‍🎓📚🌎🚀💫

Canva Magic Studio

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-03-09 04:54:05 UTC

Canva is an excellent design tool for wannabe designers like me. This is a recent design I made for an instruction tool. The AI part of it is so great for icon and image finding. If you search in the "Elements" tab, it will generate cute, relevant images. But it doesn't stop there. Once you click on the image you like, it "Magically" generates more in the same style. Very convenient.

Reclaim

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-03-09 05:07:56 UTC

Reclaim.ai is a smart calendar system add-on to sync your Google or Microsoft calendars and "reclaim" your time. The Google extension was relatively easy to add and free, but the Outlook extension is "coming soon." The calendar tracks your work, personal time, and habits to optimize productivity and rest based on your priorities.

NED: New Roles of the Teacher

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-03-12 22:06:32 UTC

Artivive - AR Tool

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-03-13 04:18:42 UTC

The reason I love visiting museums and learning about art is because of the storytelling involved. This app allows anyone to utilize AR to transform and bring artwork to life. I immediately thought about the visual stories this could bring to still-life artworks. Previously, I only imagined AR to be a still object and never thought about its ability to create a story using the same objects within the artwork.

Kangaroos AI - "AI Tool for Teachers"

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-03-13 04:39:20 UTC

This tool promotes itself as the "best AI tool for teachers" capable of creating, grading, or writing lesson plans and quizzes. I was drawn to the tool because of the intentional support and community they have built and offered as an online resource and service. I inputted our class name and the objective for module 3. I think it generated a decent group of lesson plans without me providing any further information other than the objective and class name.

Manus - Your AI agent

ayashinkawa — 2025-03-13 07:21:42 UTC

Manus is a general AI agent that bridges minds and actions: it doesn't just think, it delivers results. Manus excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest. What makes it different from the traditional AI is that Manus does not stop at generating ideas, instead it delivers result for you. Since Manus works and synchronise in Cloud, you can close your computer while Manus is working.

This AI agent has not fully released for everyone since it just came out recently. You can try to get an invitation code through this website https://manus.im/invitation. After you get the invitation code, you can try Manus, but I am still waiting for mine. It's very excited to see Manus trying to reach the next step of AI.

Google Lense

richardponce — 2025-03-13 21:22:54 UTC

Google Lens is a function available on the Google app on iOS and Android that allows users to snap a photo, and Google's AI will bring up relevant search results. The app also allows users to snap a photo of math problems and either aid in solving it or solve it entirely, translate languages in real-time, and identify plants/animals/landmarks, among many other things. The app utilizes geolocation and compares your photo to millions of other photos to generate the most accurate search result.

Rows

ayashinkawa — 2025-03-13 23:26:43 UTC

Rows is a new kind of spreadsheet that makes working with data easier and more powerful. Unlike regular spreadsheets, Rows lets you connect to tools like Slack, Salesforce, and Google Maps, so you can pull in data without extra coding or plugins. You can quickly import data, automate tasks, and even turn your spreadsheets into interactive dashboards or forms with just one click. It’s designed for anyone who wants to organize and analyze information more efficiently, whether for sales, marketing, project management, or reporting. It makes spreadsheets smarter, helping people work faster and create their own tools without needing to be a developer.

Viggle AI

ayashinkawa — 2025-03-17 01:48:39 UTC

Viggle AI is a platform that allows users to animate and control human characters through text prompts, using an AI model that understands physics for realistic movements, accessible through both desktop and mobile platforms. You can upload one video with movement and one picture for another character. Viggle will generate a video with the character in the picture but doing movement in the video. It's

Interactive Hologram

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-03-19 06:17:16 UTC

Another way advanced technology is changing how we tell and remember a story! The Illinois Holocaust Museum recorded hours and hours of interview questions with Holocaust Survivors. It used the film to create a high-definition holographic interview recording paired with voice recognition technology that enables Survivors to tell their deeply moving personal stories and respond to questions from the audience, inviting visitors to have personalized, one-on-one ‘conversations.’

Nearpod

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-03-20 22:52:26 UTC

Nearpod is a website and app based tool allowing teachers to quickly create digital interactive lessons, using resources like

YouTube, Google Slides, and Microsoft PowerPoint. The power of Nearpod is in the variety of interactive activities and games it can create. Students can draw directly on slides, use student led or teacher led modes, and do work that is differentiated for student levels.

NED: Future AI Roles in Learning

ayashinkawa — 2025-03-20 23:34:14 UTC

Meta and Ray-Ban

richardponce — 2025-03-21 00:04:20 UTC

Glasses producer, Ray-Ban, has partnered with Meta to create smart glasses. These smart glasses integrate Meta's AI and paired with built in cameras and microphones, located in the corners of the glasses, allow for the wearer to translate conversations, search monuments and objects, identify music that is playing aloud, and take videos and pictures all using your voice as a command.

Perplexity

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-03-30 05:26:05 UTC

This free AI-powered search engine is similar to ChatGPT. It synthesizes information from various sources and presents it in a conversational format. The platform allows for group collaboration by creating a group called "Space" where people can each upload documents and links and share search results. I can see this being used during class where groups of students can share their findings in real time.

Beyond the Light - Digital Art Space

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-04-02 03:31:51 UTC

Beyond the Light is a digital art exhibit produced by ARTECHOUSE, in NY, in collaboration with NASA. Visitors get to experience a 25-minute video experience of projected images collected by the Webb telescope, followed by three supporting installations. The technology available brought motion and sound to otherwise still images, transcending the boundaries of traditional scientific storytelling.

https://youtu.be/7Qy_eKfFZcI?feature=shared

Riverside - Online Video Editor

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-04-02 05:01:18 UTC

"Riverside is an online platform that facilitates high-quality remote podcast and video recording, offering features like studio-quality audio and video, AI-powered transcription, and built-in editing tools, all while bypassing the need for excellent internet connections."

This platform has an AI-powered audio editing feature to remove background noises and the "us" and "ahs" within the recording. I might have to try it myself and report back.

NED: Augmenting Human Intelligence in Museum Spaces

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-04-03 07:05:02 UTC

Reclaim.ai - Smart Scheduling App

richardponce — 2025-04-03 20:20:13 UTC

Reclaim is an AI-powered productivity manager that can assist someone in organizing their day for maximum efficiency. The company claims that with their AI, they can help users reclaim 4 hours a week in time that would have once been dedicated to "unnecessary meetings" or time lost due to scouring for free time in your calendar. Reclaim can also gather data on frequently created events, scan for other habits input on a calendar, and preemptively mark down those times in the future as reserved.

Gamma - Presentation Aid

richardponce — 2025-04-03 20:26:30 UTC

Gamma is a service that allows people to create presentations and websites. Gamma allows users to enter prompts, and their AI generates themes and ideas based on the input. Gamma can create entire presentations for you, or you can simply use it for idea generating and even to enhance aesthetics. Unlike other AI models, Gamma advertises that there is no limit to the number of images you can create on a free account.

Udio - AI music Generator

richardponce — 2025-04-03 20:31:23 UTC

Udio is an AI that allows anyone to create music based on a descriptive prompt. The site guides you through a set of characteristics to create a song just for you. It seems to be a fun little tool, and I think it would be interesting to create a song with you as a class.

Mureka Music Generator

ayashinkawa — 2025-04-03 23:22:38 UTC

Mureka is a cutting-edge AI music generator that empowers everyone—whether you're a beginner or a seasoned musician—to create unique music effortlessly. With AI technology, you can generate songs tailored to your style, from pop to funk, electronic to jazz. You can also use it to create an AI Avatar music video with premium version.

Perceptuomotor Integration

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-04-04 00:53:42 UTC

I'm still processing the source, but this might interest you, Dr. H.

Brisk Teacher AI

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-04-08 08:17:36 UTC

Brisk is a teacher AI Chrome extension that houses 40+ generative AI tools, including a targeted feedback generator, presentation maker, and a quiz maker. This type of AI has huge potential to save valuable teacher time by accomplishing digital tasks. As an educator myself I feel relief knowing that not all of my time will be spent formatting presentations and writing quizzes!

SchoolAI

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-04-08 08:47:52 UTC

SchoolAI is a learning platform that connects students and teachers in real time. Instead of teachers talking to only one student at a time, they now have a dashboard and AI assistance to help every students. The platform integrates into already existing LMS's like Canvas and Google Classroom.

Habits of Mind

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-04-08 21:01:12 UTC

During my learning scientist interview today with Shad & AJ, they mentioned the "Habits of Mind." The habits are metacognition, persisting, managing impulsivity, striving for accuracy, listening with understanding, thinking flexibly, posing problems, thinking interdependently communicating with clarity, applying past knowledge to new situations, gathering data through all senses, creating, taking responsible risks, finding humor, responding with awe, and remaining open to continuous learning.

These are so important for students and lifelong learning. Wonderful principles to consider.

Globe Explorer AI

ashleyparker2_1 — 2025-04-08 21:12:05 UTC

My favorite way to test new AI tools has been to ask it to explore or summarize learning theory. Globe Explorer generates visuals to explain and "explore" topics of interest in a cute retro looking platform. My search query resulted in five main learning theory categories of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, Humanism, and Connectivism, breaking each one down into subtopics with visuals for each topic. Such a cool way to get a quick overview of a topic!

Firebase Studio

ayashinkawa — 2025-04-10 23:06:37 UTC

I want to share this tool called Firebase, which is made by Google. Firebase helps people build apps more easily by putting everything you need in one place. For example, you can use it to store data, let users log in, send notifications, and even host your app online. You don’t need to set up any servers or do a lot of technical work—Firebase takes care of that for you. I think this is great for anyone working on a small project, because it saves time and lets you focus on building your idea. It’s also very beginner friendly. I feel like tools like Firebase can help us learn by doing, and give people a chance to build real apps even if they don’t know a lot of coding.

Edclub (Typing Club)

ayashinkawa — 2025-04-10 23:20:57 UTC

Edclub is an online platform that helps people learn typing and other basic computer skills. Its most popular tool is TypingClub, which teaches typing through fun lessons, games, and videos. The program tracks your progress and gives feedback to help you improve over time. It’s often used in schools and is easy for both students and teachers to use. Edclub makes learning to type more fun and interactive. The lessons are like games, with videos, voice instructions, and even little stories that make learning fun. It keeps track of your progress so you can see how much you improve. I think it’s great for students, especially those who are just starting to type or want to get better at it. Teachers can also use it to see how their students are doing. It’s a simple and fun way to build an important skill we use every day.

OpenAI Operator

richardponce — 2025-04-10 23:52:39 UTC

Operator by OpenAI is a virtual assistant that can execute web-based functions and tasks. Operators can be used to do tasks that they observe throughout the day in repetition and in cyclical cycles. Its intent is to be able to handle these tasks so the human can be more efficient and not "waste time" with these mundane tasks and reserve more energy and space for operations that require more thinking and tactfulness.

MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS

nathaliesanchez7 — 2025-04-11 01:20:59 UTC

Big Hero 6 (about a robot whose sole purpose is to take care of people)
Radical (Comments on a not so "radical" approach to teaching & learning)
Sleep Dealer (older film, depicts a dystopian future to explore ways in which technology both oppresses and connects migrants)
WALL-E (Predicted future where tech takes main control)

Brilliant.org

2026-02-17 21:35:41 UTC

Interactive problem solving that’s effective and fun. Breakfast for Sparks Grand Kids

Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development

eric_hamilton2 — 2026-03-12 21:43:17 UTC

A former teacher and now a neuroscientist is making these rounds