DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
http://edreach.us/2011/08/17/socrative-a-student-response-system-for-everyone/…
Virtual learning can help districts address many needs and a new report offers insights on starting a virtual learning program from a number of seasoned experts.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/12/12/how-to-start-a-successful-virtual-learning-program/…
Just as a teacher has to re-think his or her classroom structure to incorporate a new element such as guided reading or math manipulatives, a teacher trying to incorporate and truly integrate technology in the classroom must reflect, fail and …
There is no doubt that technology has become heavily integrated into our everyday lives. Education has also been heavily influenced by the integration of technology as it is fast becoming the only way to reach students. There have been several …
Edmodo, in a nutshell it is a microblogging system designed specifically for teachers and students. Using Edmodo teachers can create a microblogging network for their classes. Here are fifteen things teachers and students can do with.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/12/15-things-teachers-students-can-do-with.html…
Moodle might be able not only to organise the life of a school, college or university, but also offer an alternative, more dynamic way of students taking an active role in their learning.
http://actionresearch.farnborough.ac.uk/files/ARP/file/MattStenningfinal[1].pdf…
The list of wikis below is just a smattering of some of the best open wikis available today. They were all nominated by teachers and administrators from around the world during this year’s Edublogs Awards.
If you haven’t tried out Google+ Hangouts yet, take the time to learn more about it and consider some of these amazing ways you can use it to add to your existing curriculum and make class time easier, more fun, …
Dropbox is an online file-sharing and folder-syncing web 2.0 tool that enabled these teachers to share resources with their students and provides an option for students to turn in work online. Previously, students’ options for turning in work electronically were …
YouTube is launching a brand new tool to help teachers and students get their learn on. “YouTube for Schools” is a portal that helps curate education materials and videos on subjects such as history and math while filtering out potentially …
Students are already very familiar with Facebook and spend a lot of time on the site. Because of this, there is usually a good amount of activity [in class related Facebook discussions] because students receive notifications of new group posts …
Salman Khan wants to weave his digital lessons into the fabric of the school curriculum — a more ambitious and as yet untested proposition.