DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
In a nutshell, teachers who use brain-based techniques do their “neuroscientist” hats and focus on creating experiences that cater to the inner workings of their students’ brains. The result: better learning experiences and better retention.
http://www.edudemic.com/brain-based-learning-techniques-classroom/
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Here’s a brief look at how a few of the web’s biggest user-driven platforms suggest getting in contact with them so you can gain control of a deceased loved one’s account or have shut it down completely.
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The internet powerhouses are using their billions to challenge in sectors far removed from their original business models.
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We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.
https://medium.com/matter/heres-why-public-wifi-is-a-public-health-hazard-dd5b8dcb55e6
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Google’s new Stars interface for the Chrome Bookmark Manager has launched on the Chrome Web store. Downloading the extension completely replaced Chrome’s old bookmarks interface, so you’ll want to keep that in mind if you’re thinking of installing.
http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/10/29/google-releases-new-stars-bookmark-manager-chrome/
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Are you looking for ways to integration technology in your lesson plans and courses that provide for an engaging experience for you and your students? With that in mind, here are 10 highly engaging uses of technology in the classroom, …
A list of Ten Hottest Disruptive Technologies in Higher Education from the latest EDUCAUSE conference.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/10-hottest-technologies-i_b_6089740.html
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A list of 21 of the more interesting (and academic-focused) presentations so that you can have a look-see. You can use them in your classroom for their content, or use them as models for students to see what’s possible.
Can technology improve the way we learn and think? Google’s head of research argues we’re headed into a new era of education.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141022-are-we-getting-smarter
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Google Drive is fantastic for many reasons. The “out of the box” uses for Google Drive are what makes it great – Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings. This is what we all started with, and what our students start …
While there is growing awareness of the existence of MOOCs, there persists a good deal of confusion about what they actually are and what they can do.
http://www.yourtrainingedge.com/what-a-mooc-is-and-what-it-isnt/
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Microsoft has announced that all Office 365 accounts will come with unlimited OneDrive storage. Gone are the 1 terabyte caps that were recently introduced. If you pay for Office, your storage is free.
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There is a variety of opinions in the media these days regarding online learning. Depending on what you read, online education can appear to be either a cure-all or cancer. In an effort to cut through the smoke, here are …