DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Mobile technology has potential to change the student-teacher dynamic for the better but only if implemented correctly. Here are a few ways I think all teachers can benefit from smart mobile technology use.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-lynch-edd/why-mobile-technology-enh_b_4246796.html
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Your students have smartphones. If you’re looking for some simple and straightforward ways to easily integrate these powerful little devices into your classroom, look no further. The following 40 tips are simply that: tips. So use a few and toss …
From multimedia to geocaching, the possibilities for using mobiles to engage learners are endless. Teachers tell how and why they are using the devices in school.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/sep/10/mobile-phones-classroom-teaching…
Get inspired by some of the seriously cool, creative ways the following schools have harnessed mobile media for current and future students.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/05/10-colleges-most-creatively-using-mobile-technology/…
Can teachers afford to keep ignoring this dominant means of communication?
School principals and district administrators are more likely than the general public to be adopters of smartphones and tablet computers, according to a new report based on data from the 2011 Speak Up survey.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2012/05/educators_more_likely_to_use_m.html…
Educational technology companies now design effective and meaningful mobile learning tools by addressing various challenges associated with delivering content on mobile devices. This article introduces these challenges and discusses some strategies to design effective m-learning.
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/how-to-develop-your-own-mobile-learning-tools/…
Mobile phones are a distraction in class. There’s no debate about this. But mobile phones can allow us to make the most of modern information technology in our classrooms.
The use of mobile phones in the classroom doesn’t have to be limited to under the table texts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2011/oct/26/mobile-devices-classroom?CMP=twt_gu…
With the ubiquity of cellphones, many schools are facing questions about what to do when students bring cellphones to school. Ban them outright? Require they be kept in a locker or backpack? Require they be turned off? Allow them to …
The National Association of Secondary School Principals is looking to change the conversation about mobile computing and social media in schools.
With all of the new mobile tools on the market today, teachers can more easily work from satellite locations, share educational resources and access school-related data directly from their cell phones. Here are 100 mobile tools for teachers that make
Web-enabled smartphones (and their applications) have converged with cloud computing to change the ways people interact with each other and their environments. The study reported here examined the mobile websites of large research universities and their libraries in the United
Using mobile technologies to enhance your teaching does not need to be complicated. In fact, some of the easiest ways to use these technologies can improve your communication and relationship with students, enable higher-order thinking in your assignments, engage your