DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Last week, Google juiced up its word processor with a new feature called Add-ons: extra tools meant to make your writing process smoother. Join me as we tour the best of these new gifts for Google Docs.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/supercharge-your-google-docs-with-these-six-helpful-new-79872542135.html
…
Even if you’ve never embarrassed yourself by unknowingly spreading an urban legend as fact to friends and family, you’ve at least been on the receiving end of one of these misinformed messages. Next time an email, tweet, or link seems …
What do you get if you combine WiFi technology with SD card storage? You get a wireless SD card, obviously. But what benefit does that actually offer, and if you’re in the market for one then what should you be …
The hour long webinar covers modules, tips, tricks and suggestions to help your Moodle course become more engaging for learners of all ages.
In an increasingly connected and digital world, the things a student needs to know are indeed changing. Technology is again changing the kind of “stuff” a student needs to know. Of course, these are just starters. Such a list really …
Two-factor authentication is one of the easiest ways you can dramatically boost security on your online accounts. But which sites actually support it? Fortunately, a new, community-driven list keeps a running list of all the big sites that have some …
It links your smartphone to a PC or Mac via a website. And, using that website, you can send and receive standard texts with phones, regardless of what cellular network they are on, what operating system they use, or whether …
Kunerango is a platform for instructors to create branded online schools where they can sell courses, reckons there’s room for not-so-massive alternatives.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/kunerango/
…
Where can you get a list of every ad that you have clicked on Google? Where should you go if you don’t remember your administrator password? What are your interests as determined by Google? Here are 10 important links that …
If you’ve scratched your head over suggestions to manage your “digital footprint,” you aren’t the only one. A surprisingly large percentage of people have never even heard the phrase. We’ll talk about ways you can help students understand and manage …
Google Hangouts is Google’s free video-conferencing a. It’s a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. This site will provide teachers with step-by-step directions how to get started on Hangouts.
https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/hangoutsforteachers/
…
Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and open to all.
…
SXSWedu is unlike any educational technology conference I’ve ever attended. There is no warehouse of booths at its core but a full schedule of lectures and discussions set amid a whirlwind of networking events. While some found the sessions lacking, …