DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Our favourite feature in this collection is number four which allows Drive file owners to set expiration dates for access to files they share with others. After the expiration is over ,file receivers are denied access.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/04/4-new-google-drive-updates-teachers.html…
Facebook will begin automatically describing the content of photos to blind and visually impaired users. Called “automatic alternative text,” the feature was created by Facebook’s 5-year-old accessibility team.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/5/11364914/facebook-automatic-alt-tags-blind-visually-impared…
According to a new survey from digital entertainment company Defy Media, Gen Z and young millennial consumers consider digital video “their daily lifeline.” A majority (65%) of 13-to-24-year-olds watch content from the start of their day (such as before school …
Most video editors out there support different forms of annotations but if you are looking for some easy and simple ones to use with students the list below has you covered. These are great applications that allow you to …
This 13th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education.
http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-education-edition/…
DocentEDU lets teachers turn any website into a lesson. They can embed questions, discussions, videos, insight, and anything with an embed code directly into the page. As a result, students stay focused, engaged, and active participants in their learning. …
Below is a collection of some cool educational web tools and mobile apps to try out. The purpose is to provide you with new EdTech tools that might add some value to your teaching.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/04/7-new-educational-web-tools-for-teachers.html…
PlayPosit is an online learning environment to create and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any online video (screencasts, Khan Academy, TED, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students, with time-embedded …
Choosing your first Linux distribution could turn out to a life-changing decision for you. The right Linux flavor can either sweeten your computing experience or turn Linux into a bad dream. Trying to answer these questions, we have tried …
An online tool under development will help education leaders make the right decisions on their next major tech purchases.
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A new report studies what worked and didn’t for five districts’ digital learning strategies.
My favorite playlists have purpose. I have playlists for running, when I need a consistent, high-energy beat, and playlists for paddle-boarding, when I prefer something I can zone out to. You can build a customized learning playlist to get …
No matter which foreign language you’re studying, there is an app that can help you learn new language independently. More often than not, there are several apps, maybe even a handful. And while it can seem like overkill to …