DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
After testing nearly every major browser, the author argues that choosing a better browser matters more than most people realize and Zen ultimately replaced them all.
https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-chrome-arc-opera-and-firefox-with-one-free-open-source-browser…
Google is expanding the AI Opportunity Fund throughout the Asia-Pacific region with $10 million to equip 4.7 million students, teachers and workers with AI skills.
The author argues that in the age of generative AI, educators should be neither blindly pro- nor anti-AI, but focused on creating strong learning environments where experimentation, expertise, trust, and perseverance guide student learning.
Boston officials are reviewing Alpha School Boston, a proposed private AI-driven school using two-hour adaptive tutoring blocks and afternoon enrichment workshops for up to 50 students.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/alpha-school-boston-ai-tutors-proposal/71185200…
Google Translate is celebrating its 20th birthday, marking the occasion with something users have been requesting for a long time. Google is introducing pronunciation practice, which is now available on Android for English, Spanish, and Hindi in the US and …
In the age of AI, meaningful active learning helps students build agency, critical thinking, creativity, and real-world skills that AI cannot replace.
Nature retracted a meta-analysis claiming ChatGPT improves student learning because serious discrepancies undermined confidence in the study’s analysis and conclusions.
https://www.404media.co/nature-retracts-paper-on-the-benefits-of-chatgpt-in-education…
Most teachers are not resisting AI; they need practical, step-by-step guidance to build real AI literacy and use it critically, confidently, and responsibly.
Gen Z’s growing backlash against AI is driven by fears of job loss, ethical concerns, environmental impact, weakened critical thinking, and frustration with AI’s rapid intrusion into work and education.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-z-turning-against-ai…
AI literacy in Canada will depend on how provinces embed it in curricula and whether they frame it as basic app use or as digital citizenship grounded in concepts, ethics, and critical thinking.
A deep reflection on Khan Academy’s mission, international strategy, and the gap between ambitious goals and ground realities in resource-constrained classrooms. Drawing from my interview experience and secondary research across India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
https://guptasudhir.com/blog/decoding-khan-academy-mission-world-class-education…
Study shows students had low and often ineffective reliance on ChatGPT-4 in quizzes, with persistent misuse patterns and clear behavioral predictors, highlighting the need for better training and smarter AI design to support effective and ethical use.
Windows already includes a free built-in cleanup tool, Storage Sense, making many third-party PC “optimizer” apps unnecessary.
https://www.makeuseof.com/wasted-money-on-cleanup-apps-before-realizing-windows-had-one-built-in…
There are a bunch of reasons you should prioritize investing in a new display before you cast off your current graphics card. Resolution and refresh rate upgrades are key, as is the sheer pedigree of the underlying quality of your …
Each chapter in this open access book describes the research on an evidence-based practice, the iterative development process the authors used to create a prompt that enacts the practice, the methodology by which the prompt’s performance was evaluated, the results …