DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Smartphone apps allow us to outsource remembering appointments or upcoming tasks. It’s a common worry that using technology in this way makes our brain’s memory capacity worse, but the reality is not that simple.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/heres-what-smartphone-apps-are-really-doing-to-your-memory…
Earlier this summer Google announced that the YouTube video editor will be “going away” on September 20th. Since then I have fielded many requests to suggest alternatives to the YouTube video editor. Here’s a run-down of the recommendations that …
There are many excellent options for creating teacher feedback for digital work. In this post we are going to take a look at four specific options. These include tools for:Text feedback, Voice feedback, Video feedback, Handwritten feedback. See below …
Despite arguments to the contrary, computers can be effective for note taking—if we adequately support students in using them.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-4ss-of-note-taking-beth-holland…
As libraries look to widen access to core texts, how can they make this affordable to both universities and students?
Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development.
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AI has gotten good at making certain things easy. But that’s concerning. Thinking hard about things doesn’t come naturally to us. Growth and comfort cannot coexist.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-07-30-real-questions-about-artificial-intelligence-in-education…
Why don’t we take some of the money we’re hemorrhaging on expensive, print-based textbooks that aren’t interactive and don’t effectively capture students’ imagination—and use it to pay our teachers more money for their efforts instead?
http://www.theedadvocate.org/instead-textbooks-not-pay-teachers-content/…
There really is no such a thing as a free education technology product for the user — because what’s more valuable than money? Data. If educators bring free tools into classrooms or schools, they maybe be giving their students’ …
Here are six areas of AI that are particularly noteworthy in their ability to impact the future of digital products and services. I describe what they are, why they are important, how they are being used today and include …
The 8 strategies for dealing with it that he shares in his article are worth considering. It’s simple and sage advice that those of us either teaching with tech or wanting to start shouldn’t ignore.
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/8-tips-teachers-edtech-frustration…
It’s easier than ever to start recording your iPhone and other iOS device screens and turn them into a movie. It’s just a matter of mirroring your device onto your laptop with any number of apps then firing up …
Gamification is the process by which game elements, like competition and badges, are used in conjunction with other tasks to increase motivation and engagement. Gamifying math lessons does not have to be difficult; teachers can use a variety of …