DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
All too often, science lab activities at the college level are limited to a step-by-step approach that students follow without really understanding it. To do better on the pedagogical level, inquiry-based labs are a promising way.
https://eductive.ca/en/resource/inquiry-based-labs-more-engaging-and-useful-labs/…
The premise of Focusable is that you can do anything for five minutes. Based on that idea Focusable gives you a brief breathing exercise to do then a five minute timer appears. Your goal is to work for five minutes …
A school in Miami, Florida worked with Samsung to boost the classroom experience for both teachers and students. Here’s how they did it.
When a school decides to cut a check for an edtech product, the end goal isn’t about owning a shiny new piece of hardware or app. The administrators who sign off are thinking about how students will benefit long-term from …
Mastodon is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to the Twitter service, which are offered by a large number of independently run Mastodon nodes (technically known as instances), each with its …
Ed tech companies and college leaders shared their predictions for higher education’s future during Educause’s conference in late October.
The study, called the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth never ended and is now nearly 45 years in the making. It has followed countless kids from middle school into their careers as some of America’s top politicians, scientists, CEOs, engineers, …
In this guide, we’ll give you a quick rundown on how to quickly get online using a hotspot, and how to find free Wi-Fi anywhere in the world. (You can also learn how to tell if your Wi-Fi is slow …
While the list is created with teachers and educators in mind, anyone else looking for easy to use form builders will find this collection helpful.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2022/10/best-form-builders-for-teachers.html
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Experts warn educators to think twice before jumping on new technologies.
https://hechingerreport.org/what-does-the-metaverse-mean-for-education/…
Learning is the one differentiator, for your career and for yourself, that’s under your complete control. It’s how we grow, how we find our place in the world, how we enrich our minds —hopefully those around you as well. In …
Below are five great QR Code scanners you can use to scan any QR Code or Barcode. There are tons of QR Code scanners out there but the ones I handpicked for you below are specifically curated for students and …
In a lecture that’s been viewed over 13 million times, MIT professor Patrick Winston revealed 10 great secrets to giving a great speech.
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Duolingo is ready to branch out to other subjects when it comes to their language learning app. After months of being in a beta version, the American educational technology company launched their new math app — Duolingo Math.
https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/duolingo-math-app-for-kids…
Google updated its Chrome browser to version 107 a few days ago. It fixed some security issues, and brought a couple of new features, including a way to compare search results directly from the sidebar.