DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Technology has its place. Simply rejecting it outright is as dangerous as accepting it blindly. The point is to think critically about it and to do so with a sense of humility.
http://www.educationrethink.com/2013/04/ten-myths-about-technology.html?spref=tw
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So how about having a paperless classroom ? In this regard I have crafted this little guide to help you better integrate technology into your teaching and drive paper away from you classroom, opps I mean most of it .…
Here is a summary of the 10 most commonly-cited reasons students don’t finish a MOOC.
http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/10_reasons_you_didnt_complete_a_mooc.html
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mmixr is the ultimate “All in One” presentation tool to help individuals, universities, and companies to create, manage and share engaging and animated presentation.
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Presentation.io is a new service that is designed to help your audience follow along with your presentations, allowing the members of your audience to see your slides on their laptops, iPads, and Android tablets and watch them change when you …
Quite simply, they’re useful and free ways to bring high-level thinking and through-provoking ideas into the classroom and your home. What could be better than that?
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/why-ted-talks-have-become-so-popular/…
Can technology be used to improve the educational experience? Or is it the harbinger of a depressing future in which anonymous institutions educate thousands of students who never meet their professors?
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The future of education technology is not a new app, tool, or teaching method.
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/2-predictions-for-the-future-of-education-technology/…
Universities are ahead of the curve in adopting open source. We should now lead the public sector in exploring its full potential.
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Smore will let you quickly, easily, and efficiently create flyers using an incredibly simple drag and drop and WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor.
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/create-amazing-flyers-using-smore/
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Here are six free resources you can use to get started capturing student’s thoughts and ideas for free using whatever device they have whether it’s a phone, tablet, or laptop.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2013/03/6-free-ways-to-capture-student.html
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Apowersoft Online Audio Recorder allows you to record audio online, free of charge, on Windows OS or Mac PC.
http://www.apowersoft.com/free-audio-recorder-online
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A Canadian educator reveals why she fell in — and out — of love with the flipped classroom model of instruction.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/03/why-i-flip-flopped-flipped-classroom
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