DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
With 70 percent of its global audience living outside of the U.S., the video hosting platform introduces a new tool to make caption translations easier for video makers.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57519449-93/youtube-debuts-video-translator-for-300-languages/…
See why Twitter could be a valuable tool for your classes.
https://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-reasons-twitter-works-in-education/…
Keep reading to find out why two educators make digital connections a priority and how they do it.
http://www.convergemag.com/training/Why-Educators-Should-Spend-Time-Daily-on-Social-Media.html…
With the growing popularity of technology and social media in the field of education, more and more educators are incorporating these digital tools in their teaching. A recent research data claims that 90% of teachers use social media in their …
Some teachers embrace technology and social media. Others lurk. Many ignore. So what does the average teacher do if they’re somewhere in the middle? Below you’ll see a guide to who is using social media (pretty much everyone is aware …
Using social media in schools doesn’t have to be scary. Here, Matt Britland shares his tips for managing school accounts and some examples good practice.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/26/social-media-teacher-guide…
When the idea of using social media (e.g., Facebook) as part of my face-to-face classes was suggested to me about two years ago, I found myself in the slow lane.
The thing about Twitter is that, while it has a huge potential in education, yet many teachers and educators ignore the great arsenal of tools that can be used to get the maximum out of this tool. It is no …
Our responsibility as teachers and educators is to help students better leverage this medium and benefit from it educationally and not shun them away from it.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-guide-to-use-of-facebook-in.html…
I think that social media could be Dr. Jeckyll or Mr. Hyde depending upon the use. I believe that almost any site could be used in positive ways for teaching. We should never settle for the new tool as automatically …
If it’s simple—even mindless—to use or create with new technology, then we must question the pedagogical value of what we are doing.
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/05/30/fp_barnwell.html…
Learnist works a bit like a Pinterest for learning. Soon anyone will be able to compile content pieces onto a board or “learning.” A nifty bookmarklet makes it easy to collect content from other sites.