Unfortunately this is one of the few Word features that is not natively included in Google Docs. Thankfully though there is a Google Docs add-on that can replicate this feature pretty well, at least until Google officially adds this …
DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Unfortunately this is one of the few Word features that is not natively included in Google Docs. Thankfully though there is a Google Docs add-on that can replicate this feature pretty well, at least until Google officially adds this …
While the concept of content chunking to create short trainings has been there for decades, microlearning is the flavor of the season and for several good reasons. This article addresses 15 questions on microlearning covering its definition, benefits, usage, …
A BBC video starts by asking “Could computer algorithms upgrade education?”. It just gets worse from there. It’s a profile of the Alt Schools, a small chain of private schools based in San Francisco, funded by tech billionaires like …
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
Thanks to the recent advances in education technology you can now learn those coding basics for free – here’s a list of great free resources to help you on your journey. Happy coding!
https://tech.co/website-learn-coding-basics-html-free-2017-08…
From art classes to science projects, the technology tools have been increasingly instrumental to enhancing the learning process. But how can technology be applied in physical education classes? In this article, we’ll take a look at some way in …
In this article I’m going to talk about a novel use of WiFi/IP camera technology. Not as something to help students, but as something to improve the effectiveness of teachers. How? Well, that’s what we’ll demonstrate here.
University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine next week, a lot of that learning won’t take place with a professor at a lectern. The school has begun to phase out lectures in favor of what’s known as “active learning” …
Smartphone apps allow us to outsource remembering appointments or upcoming tasks. It’s a common worry that using technology in this way makes our brain’s memory capacity worse, but the reality is not that simple.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/heres-what-smartphone-apps-are-really-doing-to-your-memory…
Earlier this summer Google announced that the YouTube video editor will be “going away” on September 20th. Since then I have fielded many requests to suggest alternatives to the YouTube video editor. Here’s a run-down of the recommendations that …
There are many excellent options for creating teacher feedback for digital work. In this post we are going to take a look at four specific options. These include tools for:Text feedback, Voice feedback, Video feedback, Handwritten feedback. See below …
Despite arguments to the contrary, computers can be effective for note taking—if we adequately support students in using them.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-4ss-of-note-taking-beth-holland…
As libraries look to widen access to core texts, how can they make this affordable to both universities and students?