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Why You Should Consider Offering Audiobook Subscriptions to Your Employees

Avilar

In addition, they can listen to audiobooks about self-care, such as Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, which teaches them how to break the stress cycle and become better versions of themselves. Similarly, gaining access to audiobooks encourages them to multitask productively.

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How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome

Jigsaw Interactive

If creating fascinating lesson plans and delivering them to a highly engaged group of kids was what teaching was really like, teaching would be a whole lot easier than it actually is. The hardest part of teaching isn’t designing lesson plans, making calls home, or even the never-ending grading that has to be done.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | January 24, 2019

Mike Taylor

What I’m Listening to: Last week’s college music playlist has had me stuck on the 80’s alternative music that was a soundtrack of my days at Miami University. In Teaching, Sometimes 1+1?2! Here are this week’s finds. Thanks for reading! Go Redhawks! Last week’s most clicked item: 100 Posts on Learning Theorists in 100 Days. .

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Key Insights into the World of Digital Assistants

Epilogue Systems

This feature is particularly useful for multitasking or when manual interaction is inconvenient. This could range from recommending music based on past listening habits to providing custom news briefings or travel suggestions. Smart Integration: Digital assistants can seamlessly integrate with various software and applications.

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Don’t Try to Do So Many Things At Once

CLO Magazine

Employee attempts to multitask are putting a serious damper on their performance. Digital Third Coast Content Manager Andy Kerns defined multitasking as the act of switching back and forth between multiple tasks — different from what many people believe the behavior to be: literally completing multiple tasks on a to-do list simultaneously.

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Help! What software tool should I use to record audio?

360 Training

It features multi-track editing (so you can put music or sound effects behind your voice track) and a wide range of features. Keep in mind that higher-end tools are often geared to complexity and demands of music production. Come teach. Use whatever works best for you. More questions? Not sure how to do something? Come join us.

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Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Beyond iPoding

Kapp Notes

Moving Beyond Music or Voice As with any new technology, at first there is unbridled enthusiasm or irrational exuberance quickly followed by fear and loathing and then the technology settles down into an every day tool. It provides an opportunity for them to multitask. don't need an iPod to listen, just your computer.

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