DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation’s largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking.
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/19/should-teachers-and-students-be-facebook-friends/…
We’ve come up with a few handy ways to use the content discovery site to actually benefit teachers, students, and education administrators.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/5-ways-teachers-can-use-stumbleupon/…
With 845 million active users visiting the site every month, I think it’s safe to say that Facebook is everybody’s favorite time-killer. However, checking in on the site might do more than just fill a few minutes if you’re pressed …
Could students find themselves breaching copyright rules by sharing their own work online?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/students-file-sharing-work-on-facebook-is-it-legal/15067…
Facebook has transformed how we keep tabs on friends. A site called Wavii opened to the public earlier this week that wants to do the same thing for topics, with short bursts of news on everything from corporate acquisitions to …
In a throwback to its college-only days, Facebook has launched a new type of community page for schools. Within individual schools’ Groups for Schools pages, their students and faculty members can exchange files, create events and message each other.
http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/facebook-groups-for-schools/…
Facebook isn’t just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what’s happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students …
A list of interesting ways teachers can start using this image-based social network.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/ways-educators-use-pinterest…
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Edmodo is a free easy-to-use social learning platform–Facebook for schools with a lot of free content. “Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for classrooms connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices.”
http://gettingsmart.com/news/edmodo-from-social-network-to-learning-platform/…
Professors and instructors use many social media platforms, but the world’s most popular social site remains a student preference.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/facebook-pages-for-college-classes-students-say-yes-please/…
While social networking is the technology of the moment, it may not be the technology of the moment in two years or five years or a decade,” says Keith R. Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). “If …
As social media become nearly inescapable on college campuses, a pair of recently published studies supports what many professors already have concluded: Students using Facebook or text messaging during a lecture tend to do worse when quizzed later.
Twitter is on the leading edge of breaking news, sharing resources, and inspiring educators. Take a look on these great Twitter visualization tools for your class.
http://theasideblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-with-twitter-visualizations.html…