DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Before you can really dig into most of these tools, you’ll need at least a foundation in programming. Not all of these tools even require coding skills, so you might be able to jump right in.
http://lifehacker.com/the-best-free-tools-for-making-your-own-video-games-1689905461…
By integrating video conferencing technology with external smart devices, ProctorExam creates a 360° secure examination environment anywhere.
For learners who don’t want to invest in a full residential college ride, or who want to avoid the massive amounts of debt associated with university studies, a program called MITx could be a viable alternative.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/download-full-courses-worlds-prestigious-universities-free/…
In this brief essay, I’ll take snapshots of nine realities, possibilities, and concerns, all driven by our tech-accelerated move from an Industrial Age into a Global Knowledge/Information Age, even an Age of Knowledge Creation and Breakthrough Thinking.
Book Creator for Windows takes a blank-canvas approach to creativity that makes publishing and sharing ebooks easier than ever. With a simple and intuitive design, people of all ages can create their own international standard ePub files, and with …
Extensions are created to add more functionality to the browser, which ultimately people can use it to their benefits. Let’s check out some popular Chrome extensions that teachers are using to make teaching less boring and more fun.
http://blog.nsays.in/2014/11/11-chrome-extensions-every-smart-teacher-loves-use/…
Personalization caricaturizes us and creates a striking gap between our real interests and their digital reflection.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/25/the-future-of-algorithmic-personalization/…
Virginia Commonwealth University, like lots of U.S. colleges, has worked to keep its freshmen around for sophomore year. Now the school is turning to big data to help it identify students who are most at risk of falling through …
Schools are designed based on the average. But the problem is that no student is average on every dimension, “Every student has a jagged learning profile. We blame kids, teachers, and parents, but it’s just bad design.”
http://gettingsmart.com/2015/06/nobody-is-average-every-student-deserves-personalized-learning/…
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Technology allows students to become more independent in the classroom. But is the change from teacher to facilitator a positive move for the profession?
Broadly, it starts with reconfiguring the physical space of learning — students are clustered in small groups with a centralized teacher able to move through and around the room to provide personalized, direct instruction. The goal is to shift …
New services from Facebook and Google extend the reach of facial recognition. Do people still find it creepy?