DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
This free program gives teachers the ability to create iBooks that can be shared with students by adding them to individual devices or published to the iBookstore to share with the world.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-reasons-try-ibooks-author-monica-burns…
QuizBean is a nice platform for creating simple image-based quizzes that your students can complete online. The service allows you to assign quizzes to students on a class-by-class or individual basis.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/quizbean-offers-new-option-for.html…
Whether you’re a student in college (or earlier) or a lifelong learner, Google is an essential tool for learning. Here are a few tips for using Google search and other apps more effectively to further your education.
http://lifehacker.com/google-tips-and-tricks-every-student-should-know-1508121671…
While there are so many iPad apps that deliver content, one of the best uses for technology in education is to make something with what you’re learning.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/7-creative-apps-that-allow-students-to-show-what-they-know/
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Here are three dead-simple ways to control your home computer from anywhere—your laptop, phone, or even a friend’s computer—as though you were sitting directly in front of it.
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There are many ways to use a smartphone in the classroom, but it continues to be a touchy subject. See 50 reasons that show it’s time to start embracing them into our classrooms.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-reasons-smartphones-belong-classroom/
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The app explosion continued through 2013, with digital storytelling and math being some of the most popular topics covered.
http://www.techlearning.com/magazine/0007/top-100-apps-of-the-year/54558
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Technology has brought more information to our fingertips, but does it also make us forget things more easily? The handy infographic below takes a look at how Google and its tools have changed how we find and retain information.
You want some great ed tech tools to use in your classroom? You got em’—50, to be exact! This article written by the folks from Edudemic features an extensive list of some of the most awesome technological tools you can …
If you travel a lot, you may want to listen to Wikipedia articles. Pediaphon provides a way to do this.
http://www.howtogeek.com/178730/how-to-create-mp3-files-from-wikipedia-articles/…
3D printing really does sound more like a plot point in a science fiction film than an implementable educational tool, but it’s swiftly becoming an accessible option to educators everywhere.
http://www.avatargeneration.com/2014/01/how-3d-printing-can-really-be-incorporated-into-schools/…
I’ve chosen some of the most useful tools to present in this list, which will hopefully be implemented in the teaching techniques of an increased number of educators during this year.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/10-best-tools-for-teachers-and-students-use-2014.html
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The NSA has used secret technology to input and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden, computer experts, and American officials.