The easiest way to caption and translate any video. The most powerful and flexible subtitling platform in the world.
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The easiest way to caption and translate any video. The most powerful and flexible subtitling platform in the world.
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It is becoming quite clear that, despite the ubiquity of computers and interactive technology in their lives, students preferred textbooks over e-books for learning.
http://clintlalonde.net/2013/08/09/the-business-of-textbooks/
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Yann Brouillette (Dawson College faculty) has created videos that reflect his interests in chemistry, film and active learning. As these films have been posted on YouTube, teachers can use them in the classroom or as a model for other productions.…
A really good, detailed overview of learning analytics as an “emerging discipline”. Even some good coverage of the institutional adoption of learning analytics.
http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/learning-analytics-the-emergence-of-a-discipline/
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This week we take a look at the Samsung Chromebook, an affordable, yet stylish Chromebook which garnered mostly positive reviews and has been at the top of Amazon’s top sellers list for months. For $250 it looks like a steal, …
Word clouds or tag clouds can be put to lot of uses because they help to jog our brains and make it see the mundane in alternative ways. Isn’t that the trigger for creativity? Let’s find out with some examples.…
There are a vast and rich array of resources for online learning available – some very well known, others less so, but all offering an engaging and efficient way for students to widen their knowledge. Here are some of our …
Chantale Giguère, a Dawson teacher, gave a blended French as a second language course using the VIA platform for a synchronous online lesson every second meeting. Both she and her students found the platform user-friendly, and unexpectedly, Chantale felt that …
A student’s overview on using a Chromebook laptop.
http://newmindgroup.blogspot.ca/2013/08/chromebooks-for-education-students-view.html
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Learn how to use Google Forms to create image-based quizzes.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/08/how-to-create-image-based-quizzes-in.html
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Linkedin has launched a new aspect of its service, this one centered on education. The central idea is to create University Pages for colleges and universities, intended to attract prospective students, existing students, alumni, and employers and getting them all …
Learn how to use your iPad to give lectures to your students.
Whatever you’re looking for, make sure you know about these apps and web tools before stepping foot into the classroom. These tools can be used as part of your ‘teacher toolkit’ or ‘arsenal’ depending on how aggressive you view your …