We believe user interfaces have been pivotal to some of the world’s most important innovations. And since the line between an “interface” and an “invention” can be quite fuzzy, we thought we’d explore that line – and take a …
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 believe user interfaces have been pivotal to some of the world’s most important innovations. And since the line between an “interface” and an “invention” can be quite fuzzy, we thought we’d explore that line – and take a …
Google has announced its own tool to help you measure your website’s speed and mobile-friendliness. The site takes your URL and measures on a scale of 1-100 your mobile design and loading speed. It looks at things like CSS, …
Some of the things you can do with these apps include: highlight extended chunks of text, share your highlighted text with others, initiate discussions around highlighted text, add notes on a webpage, archive and bookmark pages and many more.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/06/4-powerful-tools-to-annotate-webpages.html…
Use VideoAnt to add annotations, or comments, to web-hosted videos. Export your annotations in a variety of data formats. You can even embed your Ants on a personal website, learning management system (like Moodle), or anywhere HTML is allowed.…
Teachers intuitively know that neither their nor their students’ learning is steady and constant, the same day in and day out and moment to moment, consistent from topic to topic. Learning is dynamic, social, and context dependent because emotions …
Here’s a list of the 22 best antivirus software for Windows 10 Home PCs, as suggested AV-TEST. Just like the previous lists, Bitdefender has managed to score the top position by scoring perfect 18 points in three tests.
http://fossbytes.com/22-best-antivirus-software-windows-10-home-pc/…
Almost 90% of teachers and 74% of students preferred laptops over tablets, according to a survey conducted by the Maine’s Department of Education.
Here are three different things you can investigate to see just how safe you are from online miscreants.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tell-computer-vulnerable-hackers/…
You can now easily convert your old laptop or PC into a powerful Chromebook. I did this for a Dell Mini and a Dell laptop that I bought in 2009. Those two devices were collecting dust and were destined …
My presentation at the annual Moodle Day on May 27th, 2016 at Dawson College.
http://www.slideshare.net/rscapin/the-best-moodle-modules-and-plugins…
At a time when we all seem to be looking to the cloud to store our data, Microsoft is looking to the sea. The company has been experimenting with a prototype underwater data centre, dropping it into the ocean …
This time we scaled our list up to include the top 200 influencers and brands driving the edtech and elearning discussion.
http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/edtech-and-elearning-2016-top-200-influencers-and-brands/…
The right technology makes lesson planning and essential tasks much easier and efficient for teachers. Check out these tips on how to utilize Office templates for shortcuts that help you save time for the important things you do in …