DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
I’ve tried countless note-taking apps over the years: OneNote, Google Keep, and everything in between, from the ultra-minimalist to the overwhelmingly feature-packed. Yet none have made me want to write quite like Anytype.
https://www.makeuseof.com/anytype-beautiful-open-source-note-taking…
The author built a local AI-powered mind-mapping system using Obsidian, LM Studio, and custom prompts to turn notes and documents into structured visual maps. This setup offers privacy, control, and flexibility—outperforming online tools like Xmind by allowing deeper customization and …
Comet, a Chromium-based browser by Perplexity AI, integrates an AI assistant that automates web tasks, summarizes content, organizes tabs, and provides contextual guidance. Unlike Chrome, it acts as an agentic browser, handling emails, research, shopping, and scheduling through natural prompts …
OpenAI’s new browser, Atlas, replaces real web content with AI-generated material, blurring what’s authentic online. It also shifts control, users must guess commands while effectively working for the browser instead of it serving them.
Studying effectively means going beyond cramming to truly retain knowledge for the long term. Writing notes by hand remains one of the best ways to boost memory and understanding.
Chatbots now ace the mathematician’s famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.
ChatGPT has broken out of the chatbot. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it is launching a web browser called ChatGPT Atlas, which it says will reimagine the browsing experience from the ground up, now built around a chat-based experience for …
For over 20 years, Google has expanded digital capacity worldwide, and now with the surge in AI demand, they’re launching Google Skills, a unified platform offering nearly 3,000 courses, labs, and credentials from Google Cloud, DeepMind, Grow with Google, and …
Over time, even powerful PCs can slow down without proper maintenance. Fortunately, Windows includes built-in tools to help keep your system stable and efficient with minimal effort.
https://www.makeuseof.com/run-these-useful-windows-pc-maintenance-commands-regularly…
The study develops a GenAI-specific literacy framework for education, identifying five key competencies: understanding, applying, evaluating, ethical use, and attitudes toward GenAI. It finds students moderately informed but struggling with prompt design and critical evaluation, highlighting the need for ethics, …
AI education is evolving from theory to practice, emphasizing real-world problem-solving, mentorship, and creativity. Programs now focus on helping everyone, from beginners to business leaders, apply AI knowledge effectively and ethically.
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
The essay is in crisis as generative AI undermines its legitimacy as a measure of learning. Instead of abandoning it, the paper argues for redefining the essay as an exploratory process rather than a fixed product, aligning assessment with its …
As AI tightens its corporate grip, education risks deepening divides. Openness, not black-box metrics, offers a path to equity, transparency, and shared progress.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/open-education-principles-resisting-metrics-ai-black-boxes…
A Deloitte survey shows that while over half of Americans now use generative AI, 69% worry innovation is moving too fast and that tech companies ignore risks, especially around privacy and security. Despite rising usage and paid subscriptions, most users …