DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Educators facilitate others’ learning experiences, but their own learning experiences are far from over. Through podcasts, educators can learn even more about their field and the forces impacting it — especially education technology.
http://www.edudemic.com/edtech-podcasts/
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Remixing the curriculum – compiling resources from a variety of sources such as free online texts, proprietary information from publishers, and self-created media such as podcasts – is starting to push its way into K-12 and higher education. Get ahead …
DisplayNote work as an overlay to the computer desktop and give you a bank of interactive tools that you can use from your computer or any interactive display.
VLine is a free cloud video conferencing platform that enables easy, seamless video communication over a browser.
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Do Android phones and tablets slow down over time? Many people seem to think so. We’ll look at the reasons why devices slow down and how to battle slow downs.
http://www.howtogeek.com/183004/why-android-phones-slow-down-over-time-and-how-to-speed-them-up/…
Glean is a new service designed to help teachers and students locate educational videos. As a teacher you could have all of your students watch a video and enter their their questions in the margin next to the video.
Sometimes those little pieces of bitmapped magic need just a wee tweaking before they’re ready for prime time in an email or on Tumbr.
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What’s the single most important consideration in working to ensure a successful technology-enabled presentation?
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So what technology trends might you see if you walk into tomorrow’s classroom, today? If your school is lucky enough to have the required funds, these would make it cooler than James Bond dropping you off at the school gates.…
The handy infographic below takes a more in depth look at connected learning. What are the main concepts, and why is it good in our classrooms? Simple and to the point!
http://www.edudemic.com/connected-learning/
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Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could just drop a PDF in a folder and it would automatically show up on your Kindle? Or if imported photos automatically scaled themselves down to a smaller size? Or if your PDF documents …
From apps that keep time, do one calls, choose groups, promote desired behavior, keep notes, create to-do lists, record grades, or make calendar sharing social, there are 31 here that can help make your life as a teacher easier.
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/30-ipad-apps-smoother-running-classroom/…
Normal teaching is hard enough, right? Well, let’s just add one more layer of complexity to it: flipped classrooms. So let’s get a few things out of the way first about flipped learning:
http://blog.quizbean.com/how-to-make-the-transition-to-a-flipped-classroom/
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