DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Podcasting and setting up a school radio is surprisingly inexpensive and a fantastic way for children to express themselves, especially those lacking confidence in writing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/21/podcast-school-radio…
Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators.
Information overload isn’t a new phenomenon by any means. The sensation of being overwhelmed by information has been linked to every media revolution. With every new innovation and the mass adoption of disruptive technology, the volume of information available to …
Some in higher education haven’t accepted the flipped model, even as it gains student support.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/is-professorial-ego-driving-opposition-to-flipped-learning/…
It is difficult to prove that the Generation Y and young people today are not more technologically adapted than their older counterparts. A new study conducted by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) explored this question in an attempt …
Bruno Poellhuber, professor in the département de psychopédagogie et d’andragogie at l’Université de Montréal, discusses results from a survey conducted among Cegep students on their IT attitudes and skills as well as the advantages concerning information technology within an academic …
Unlike expensive Smartboard technology, which claims to be interactive, but actually promotes poor pedagogy, 3D provides true interactivity and engagement.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2012/05/gaia-3d-finally-ed-product-that-doesnt.html…
Educational technology companies now design effective and meaningful mobile learning tools by addressing various challenges associated with delivering content on mobile devices. This article introduces these challenges and discusses some strategies to design effective m-learning.
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/how-to-develop-your-own-mobile-learning-tools/…
What are the characteristics we would expect to see in a successful 21st century educator? Well, we know they are student-centric, holistic, and they’re teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know, too, …
Bottlenose is an application that will convert Twitter into a personalized dashboard and newspaper.
Bring the classroom to life with interactive mobile presentations that teachers create and customize themselves.
At their best, cell phones and mobile devices seamlessly facilitate what students and teachers already do in thriving, inspiring classrooms. Students communicate and collaborate with each other and the teacher.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/how-teachers-make-cell-phones-work-in-the-classroom/…
A list of excellent free Internet based web sites and resources dedicated to the use of the iPad in the instructional setting.