DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
This article captures three meta-aspects of future learning that seem right: equity, student-centered learning, and real-world learning. Transforming that set of expectations into pedagogy and infrastructure is another matter, however.
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/09/rethink-ed-3-hallmarks-of-the-future-of-learning…
Here are some free PowerPoint alternatives. None of them are quite as good, but many of them are good enough for most users—especially if you aren’t in a business setting. Here are the best free alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-free-powerpoint-alternatives-presentation-needs/…
In the following video you can see how to use SnackVids to create a searchable transcript of videos that you find on YouTube. As you’ll see in the video, the transcript is not only searchable but all of the keywords …
Here are my top five non-Google tools for social studies teachers and students.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/09/my-top-5-tools-for-social-studies.html…
I made a resolution in September of 2018 that I would quit social media indefinitely. This seemed to be a good decision because of the literal hundreds of articles detailing gains from the benign better interpersonal relationships to the fantastical …
Here are some best practices on how to integrate videogames in a classroom.
http://www.techedupteacher.com/how-to-integrate-and-manage-video-games-in-your-classroom/…
Technological innovations are revolutionizing the education sector. Here are insights into how emerging technologies are currently changing the way students learn and the potential technological transformations in the days to come.
https://elearningindustry.com/emerging-technologies-reimagining-students-learn…
Technology in education is changing how we think about learning and success.
Artificial Intelligence isn’t only intended to simulate human behavior, it is being developed to provide smart applications and solutions at various scales. Education is one sector which can make use of AI to improve the overall quality of teaching and …
As educators today, it’s no longer about simply planning instruction with our students in mind. We also have to consider how changing technology trends and important societal issues will impact our students both now and beyond high school. We need …
Imagine you go to a bookstore, and you notice and exciting cover. You pick the book, read the summary at the back, and the rave reviews. The plot seems intriguing enough, but when you check for the writer, it says …
If you need some help with life’s little chores, the internet is full of guidance. But which sites should you head to when you need some advice? Here are 12 how-to sites that everyone needs to have saved in their …
Screen time gets more bad press than a Hollywood star in rehab. But the fact is, not all screen time is the same. Screen time is like food: Some of it’s bad for you and some of it’s good for …