Technology for Learning Blog

A colleague shared a BBC article on the rise in popularity of audiobooks recently. Serendipitously, I was searching Audible and came across an area of the site I had not seen before. They have conveniently classified their catalogue by length of time. So, next time you’re on an adventure and you know the approximate length of the journey, you can search for something to listen to based on genre and journey time.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Brian

At the recent PTG Tech Talk we discussed some of the ways in which we can achieve the magical ‘zero inbox’ status. I’m not a believer in New Year’s Resolutions, but, perhaps for the month of January, every time an email comes into your inbox that does not add value, rather than delete it, take a few seconds to scroll to the bottom of the email and click the (usually small and greyed-out) unsubscribe button. Just think of the ‘one-less-email’ you’ll regularly receive, not to mention the reduction in

We also explored the wonders of advanced search (see below) and other tips to save valuable seconds in our lives.

Today’s Tech Tip: Info from YouTube on the classification of new YouTube videos:

Last September, we announced a series of changes that we’d be making to better protect kids and their privacy on YouTube, and to address the concerns raised to us by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Specifically, that all creators would be required to designate their content as made for kids or not made for kids in YouTube Studio, and that personal information from anyone watching a video designated as made for kids would be treated as coming from a child, regardless of the age of the user.