DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
P2PU isn’t just revolutionary because it’s online, it’s revolutionary because it’s reshaping traditional educational models by replacing them with a community of people who are both teachers and students.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680741/an-online-university-reinvents-what-learning-can-be…
Students, teachers, and parents have all gotten onto the social media train. But is everyone happy they’re on board? A study from Dell sheds some light on just how much support social media has among teachers, students, and parents.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/an-in-depth-report-on-social-medias-role-in-education/…
Below you can find a list of free online courses offered by leading universities. Most of these free courses offer “certificates” or “statements of completion.”
Many educators say that Twitter is the most effective way to collaborate and that they’ve learned more with Twitter than they have from years of formal professional development. Here are some of the specific ways educators are using Twitter to …
The Trove search engine feeds on everything you and your friends have shared.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429547/a-startup-finds-a-better-way-to-mine-your/…
The language, Dog, is designed to reduce the complexity of existing programming languages.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429544/new-programming-language-makes-social-coding/…
A simple guide to the basic terminology, usage, and details of Wikipedia. It’s organized in a simple question-and-answer format so feel free to scroll through the questions you already know.
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. Learn more about how to use them with this practical guide.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/what-are-infographics-do-they-really-help/…
A Chrome extension called PrivacyFix will walk you through your privacy settings and let you make changes so advertisers cannot track what you do on the web in order to make ad revenue. It also ensures that friends you’re connected …
Here, we highlight just a few of the edtech incubators that are making waves in the world today, a list that’s sure to grow rapidly over the next decade.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/10-cool-edtech-incubators-aiming-to-change-education-forever…
Your students have smartphones. If you’re looking for some simple and straightforward ways to easily integrate these powerful little devices into your classroom, look no further. The following 40 tips are simply that: tips. So use a few and toss …
A great list of Android apps being used in Education.
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/50-free-android-apps-being-used-in-education-right-now/…
Students who are Facebook users spend 1-5 hours per week studying, and non-Facebook users spend 11-15 hours per week studying. Effectively, it would seem like students are losing 6+ hours per week of study time to Facebook!