DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Tech giant has outmanoeuvred Apple and Microsoft with powerful combination of low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/05/13/how-google-took-over-us-classrooms.html…
Several technology-driven trends are disrupting education systems around the world. Together, these trends are offering innovative solutions for a flawed system and contributing to more impactful learning experiences.
Hackers are discovering that it is far more profitable to hold your data hostage than it is to steal it. A decade-old internet scourge called ransomware went mainstream on Friday when cybercriminals seized control of computers around the world.…
I’ve been playing around a bit with auto-annotating news articles to foster better literacy reflexes in students. Here’s the latest work in progress: I’ve made an annotation bot that goes out and finds articles mentioning industry front groups and …
Google made almost all its money from ads. It was a booming business — until it wasn’t. Here’s how things looked right before the most spectacular crash the technology industry had ever seen.
https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-google-collapsed-b6ffa82198ee…
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella adds commitment to education-minded products at event introducing $189 laptops, 3-D and collaborative apps, new Windows 10 S and tools for managing devices.
http://edscoop.com/microsoft-unveils-next-wave-of-collaborative-products-for-educators…
Younger students in colleges and universities say they’d like their personalized data to be leveraged toward a more beneficial, meaningful experience—right away.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/big-data/students-colleges-use-data/?all…
Colleges and universities are employing robots on wheels to connect online students with face-to-face classes.
The Padagogy Wheel is designed to help educators think – systematically, coherently, and with a view to long term, big-picture outcomes – about how they use mobile apps in their teaching.
http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/blooms-taxonomy/the-padagogy-wheel/…
Virtual reality sounds like a far-off futuristic concept. When we hear the words “virtual reality” we may think of people wearing big helmets that transport them to another location from the comfort of their home (or classroom). However, virtual …
“Machine learning and AI is a horizontal enabling layer. It will empower and improve every business, every government organization, every philanthropy — basically there’s no institution in the world that cannot be improved with machine learning.”
Teachers are embracing OER and related open products and services and challenging their colleges and universities to embrace “open source” as a principle in their work in online learning and student support. Now is the time to reflect on …
Canada is spending millions to ensure all citizens have access to home internet with download speeds of at least 50Mbps and upload speeds of 10Mbps in the next 10 to 15 years.
https://futurism.com/canada-to-spend-750-million-to-ensure-all-citizens-have-internet-access/…