DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
One important metric is engagement, or how long students’ attention is focused. One-on-one learning certainly is more engaging than a lecture, but does this trend translate over to MOOCs? How do interactive, personalized lessons compare to passive video content …
Clips is an interesting app. It does not have a plethora of video editing options, but that is kind of the point. Simplicity, remember?
http://jonathanwylie.com/2015/04/25/clips-a-free-video-editor-for-ipads-iphones/…
Apple recently added a new section to their App Store called ‘For Educators‘. Here, teachers can find resources – apps, guides, iBooks and iTunes U courses which Apple recommends.
http://www.redjumper.net/blog/2015/04/apple-publish-for-education-collection-on-the-app-store/…
Here are my top 5 “Mistakes” (in no particular order) which I see, read and hear about as I travel the world to learn and work with schools, teachers and students:
The ever-increasing hunger for data will fundamentally change the way we live our lives over the next decade. That’s according to a new report by the Institute for the Future, a nonprofit think tank that has released a set of …
Vialogues is a free service that allows you to build online discussions around videos hosted online and videos that you have saved on your computer.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/02/try-vialogues-to-build-discussions.html
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The immense computing power we possess will only make learning easier if we acknowledge it will never make it effortless.
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One of the most important lessons schools must accept is that technology integration in the classroom is a must. With technology, everyday learning will be able to meet society’s ever growing expectations and prepare students for the real world. BYOD …
Classmill is a new service for creating self-paced online courses. On Classmill you can create public or private (invitation-only) courses. Courses are built as a series of modules. In each module you can include videos, text, images, links, and file …
Here are some more good tools that students can use to analyze their own writing.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/04/a-handful-of-tools-that-help-students.html
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A new app called Snapsolve allows students to take photos of their homework and then get tailored, personalized responses and help from both tutors and their peers, and it’s available for the iPhone now.
http://www.redmondpie.com/this-app-can-do-your-homework-using-iphone-camera/…
The below five tools are not just a starting point to help your students manage and maintain their online privacy, they should be the beginning of an ongoing discussion detailing the importance, consequences and risks associated with online privacy and …
Google tools can make classrooms more efficient, effective and interesting. Here are nine tricks to add to your repertoire.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/04/16/google-greatness-9-google-tricks-i-had-never-seen/
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