DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
A practical guide explaining how Microsoft Copilot can be used in education, covering its features, classroom applications, benefits, limitations, and integration within Microsoft 365 tools.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Microsoft-Copilot_Education_Guide.pdf…
People creatively reduce phone use by adding friction, like keeping it in another room, using blockers, or replacing scrolling with alternatives like writing questions in a notebook.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5752170/clever-effective-ways-to-stay-off-your-phone…
The concept of “cognitive surrender” describes how people increasingly defer to AI for thinking, often trusting it even when it’s wrong, reducing critical reasoning while boosting misplaced confidence.
https://gizmodo.com/cognitive-surrender-is-a-new-and-useful-term-for-how-ai-melts-brains-2000742595…
A structured classroom intervention using ChatGPT showed that, with guidance, students can critically evaluate AI outputs, enhancing AI literacy, self-regulated learning, and ethical awareness in physiology education.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/advan.00174.2025…
Discover 15 future-proof skills that AI can’t replace, from data analysis to emotional intelligence, ensuring your career stays relevant.
https://www.gadgetreview.com/skills-you-need-to-learn-to-make-yourself-future-proof-to-ai…
AI literacy is now essential across fields, and free self-paced courses from Harvard University and MIT offer accessible, high-quality training for both beginners and developers.
https://aitoolsclub.com/get-certified-by-harvard-and-mit-10-free-ai-courses-you-can-start-today…
Pedagogy of risk is a teaching approach that embraces the iterative nature of the learning process. It relies on scaffolding assessments, and seeing failure as a natural part of the learning process. The focus is not on grades, but on …
One professor was surprised to learn how easy digital technology makes it for students to cheat on class participation assignments and some exams.
With just a few changes, my iPhone screen got decluttered and easier to follow.
Considering ditching ChatGPT for Claude? I tested both on the same 10 tasks. Here’s which came out on top.
As higher ed institutions pay tech companies millions to provide students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, some faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back.
Duolingo helped start learning Spanish, but repetitive practice led to disengagement, with Google Translate becoming the primary practical tool.
https://www.androidpolice.com/thought-duolingo-enough-until-using-google-translate…
AI-driven learning analytics can predict at-risk students from Moodle data, enabling early intervention, adaptive course design, and more equitable, evidence-based teaching.
AI is widely promoted as a fix for higher education’s flaws, but this paper argues it cannot solve deep structural issues like inequality and quality, advocating instead for a technology-agnostic approach where tools are adopted only if they clearly outperform …
An AI-driven model like Alpha School aims to transform education through a two-hour learning system where students use AI early and apply skills in real-world projects.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/ai-school-seeks-revolutionize-education…