We give a lot of information, but little processing time in class. Luckily, there are easy ways to change that. Today, we talk 30 second videos. The idea is to record a 30 second or shorter video explaining, or …
DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
We give a lot of information, but little processing time in class. Luckily, there are easy ways to change that. Today, we talk 30 second videos. The idea is to record a 30 second or shorter video explaining, or …
Moodle just announced an updated release of their Moodle Mobile App. The Moodle Mobile 3.2.1 release brings with it a number of features and improvements at enhancing users experience and performance.
https://moodle.com/2017/02/28/moodle-mobile-3-2-1-landed-new-exciting-features-improvements/…
“The world is changing. It’s looking for people who are creative and entrepreneurial, and that’s not going to happen in a system that tells kids what to do all day,” Samantha says. “So how do you do that? Well …
The right Add-on can go a long way toward streamlining your process for completing common classroom tasks like keeping track of supplies or organizing classroom volunteers. Here are the five Google Forms Add-ons I refer people to more than …
Here is a great selection of some very good iPad apps to use with blind and visually impaired students. While some of the featured apps are free, others are are not. You may want to go through the collection …
Sentiment Analysis is the process of determining whether an information or service provided leads to positive, negative or neutral human feelings or opinions.
https://simplified-analytics.blogspot.ca/2016/05/sentiment-analysis-in-age-of-digital.html…
Trend usually implies that something is short term, like a one-hit wonder on the radio, but when we talk about educational technology, these trends are here to not only stay, but grow. While it is hard to choose the …
We are facing unprecedented threats to the digital safety of our personal information. Here are nine tips to foil hackers, ransomware, online trackers, data brokers and other menaces.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-protect-your-digital-privacy-in-the-era-of-public-shaming…
Should you pay for all those features you’re never going to use, or should you find yourself a free alternative to Microsoft Office? You can use other great office software like LibreOffice and Google Docs, and save lots of …
Vocaroo.com is a website that allows you to record audio and share it in a BUNCH of different ways. It even houses the recordings for you, though not permanently. Think of the possibilities here!
http://www.thepaperlesstrail.com/2015/08/09/vocaroo-in-the-classroom/…
You can download YouTube video or any image, audio, video, software directly to your Google Drive. To do this you’d require a Chrome extension called Save to Google Drive. This extension, developed by Google, allows users to save anything …
The Internet of Things (IoT) is disrupting businesses, governments, and consumers and transforming how they interact with the world. Companies are going to spend almost $5 trillion on the IoT in the next five years — and the proliferation …
The NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). This 14th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to …