DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
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 …
Responsive eLearning is eLearning designed and build in a way that it works well on all sorts of devices by responding to the screen size of the device on that it is being viewed.
https://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2016/03/23/what-is-responsive-elearning/…
Video in the classroom is powerful, because it has the ability to make the classroom come alive, and make meaningful learning experiences and connections. Video allows you to deliver long-lasting images, and reach children with various learning styles. But …
A list of five cool tricks you can do with Google Forms and will help you to create better online surveys.
You’ve probably have heard of the Raspberry Pi – the barebones computing unit beloved by DIY hackers and coding enthusiasts everywhere. Well, now there’s a similar device on the market: it’s called the BBC Micro Bit, and every 11-year-old …
With the release of the new OneNote Class Notebook add-in, the ability to create a Class Notebook with one click right from my OneNote desktop app has made the Class Notebook the top app in my classroom.
https://blogs.office.com/2016/03/23/onenote-class-notebook-is-the-top-app-in-my-classroom…
Install the application on the devices that you want to use as hosts and clients. You can launch the application on the client device and then login to the other devices using your pre-assigned pin, or it can be …
The NaturalReader text-to-speech(TTS) application converts PDF files, MS Word documents, and e-books into spoken words. Instead of struggling to read text on the small screen of your iPhone, with this cutting edge technology you can have any text read …