DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Can issuing students with iPads instead of textbooks make a difference to their education? Rhiannon Williams visits the Danish institutions looking to the future.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11470850/How-the-iPad-is-changing-the-way-we-learn.html
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Trello is an awesome project management tool that makes collaboration easy and, dare I say, even fun. But this visual list tool can do so much more, whether you’re organising work projects, family chores, travel plans or just about anything …
The book contains 47 pages of lesson ideas for using Book Creator for iPad, divided into 8 subject categories.
http://www.redjumper.net/blog/2015/03/get-your-copy-of-the-book-creator-teacher-guide/
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The following 7 online website builders are my favourite picks, in no particular order. As you may expect, they are advertised predominantly with business owners in mind, but they will all work superbly as immersive classroom applications.
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/7-awesome-website-tools-for-students
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One of the biggest obstacles most instructors report facing, however, is simply learning how to use Wikipedia to the point where one feels comfortable enough to teach with it.
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The following is a comprehensive guide of tips, tricks and hacks that’ll help you make better use of Google services you use. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned expert, you’re likely to find something here that you can add …
Creating videos is a process that students enjoy because the final product is something that they can share with a potentially large audience. If your school doesn’t block it, YouTube is a good way to share (depending on your situation …
Yahoo just launched ‘on-demand passwords,’ which it says will eliminate the need to ever have to remember your email password; it gets sent via SMS to your mobile phone whenever you need it.
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While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away, the software maker has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/17/8230631/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-internet-explorer-brand
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While some of the plugins I’ll discuss apply to a range of email clients — and browsers in some cases – the focus is on how they apply to Gmail and how these plugins can help you to make the …
More and more technological innovation and business development is in the clouds, where developers say the power of computing and connectivity allows them to embed training, service and support into the core product offering.
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Everyone uses Google for random queries, but it’s way more powerful than a traditional search engine. Check out these Google tips and tricks that’ll change the way you look for stuff online for good.
http://news.distractify.com/mark-pygas/google-tips/
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Do you associate it with the frustrating clunkiness of trying to synchronize everyone’s work? Many collaboration tools require an account to even get started before you benefit from their collaboration features. So lets take a look at these “rule-breakers” of …