DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
OneNote is like a digital binder, an online notebook where you can take notes on individual pages, then organize the pages within subject tabs. Because the binder is digital, you can also hyperlink text, embed video and audio, add drawings, …
The “Ed-Tech Top 40” analysis is based on real-time online activity from over 300 schools and districts during the school year. It was generated from more than 2 billion data points using a plug-in on Google’s Chrome browser that identifies …
When sharing videos with students in an online format, add some questions for them to answer or ideas for them to consider as they watch. Here are five tools that are good for doing that.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/09/ten-tools-for-teaching-with-youtube.html…
Stephen Downes will be offering a MOOC called “E-Learning 3.0” this fall, launching at the Global Online Learning Summit | Online Learning 2018 in mid-October. The course will explore some of the major themes underlying what has been called Web …
With the increase in technology, the classroom studies have changed a lot. Distance education and online classes have also come into the picture and are playing a major role in the education sector. It’s great how with the help of …
Online MBAs – and quality digital tools – secrets of success for people seeking qualifications to get on in careers, but lack time and chance to study full-time
I want to bring your attention to this awesome free educational resource from Apple called Apple Teacher Learning Centre. This is an online platform designed specifically for teachers implementing Apple products in their instruction. It provides a wide variety of …
The abundance of resources available 24/7 makes Information Literacy an essential life skill for one’s working, civic and personal lives. Recently, there have been a release of new tools to support this endeavour; along with some updates to some of …
Facebook has announced the launch of a new set of educational resources focused on helping young people think critically and behave thoughtfully online. The Digital Literacy Library, as the new site is being called, is aimed at educators of children …
This is a list featuring some popular platforms that provide open digital textbooks. Textbooks are arranged into different categories and content areas. Some of the textbooks are available for free download in various formats others can only be read online. …
No matter why you want to create a course, LearnPress can help you build it in WordPress. LearnPress is a free learning management system (LMS) plugin offered by ThimPress. It essentially allows you to turn your website, or at least …
The web is a treasure trove of interesting resources to use for a variety of educational purposes. To leverage the educational potential of the web and be able to make the best of it in your instruction, you need to …
There are many tools and platforms available that allow students to publish online. WordPress is the tool of choice for the large majority of professional bloggers and online publishers. WordPress can also be an excellent choice for our students. This …
A backchannel is an informal way for students interact with you and their classmates in an online forum designed to complement classroom activity.
https://practicaledtech.com/2018/06/03/tools-help-give-every-student-voice-class/…
Speaker Deck is a bare-bones service, but it is easy to use and could be useful for sharing presentations that are image and text heavy. For schools that don’t use Google Slides or the online version of PowerPoint, Speaker Deck …