DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Chrome Extensions are tools that live inside of your Chrome Browser and provide additional functionality by connecting to other web utilities. Learn the best extensions to enhance student learning.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/top-10-google-chrome-extensions-that-enhance-student-learning/
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MIT App Inventor is a Google supported platform where you can get to create awesome apps using just drag and drop. It enables you to customize the look and feel of your apps, add buttons, attach objects and many more. …
With all the technology being developed these days, it’s easy to imagine how technology can transition into classrooms. See a list of new technologies that could revolutionize education.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/09/7-technologies-that-could-revolutionize-education/
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Guided Learning Pathways is a result of the companies’ joint research program focused on overcoming the challenges in traditional online learning systems, including finding appropriate learning materials and personalizing learning pathway of learners.
Are online education and MOOC the same? Is any difference important? Learn more reading this article.
http://mfeldstein.com/moocs-and-online-education-a-real-difference/…
A list of some important educational web tools selected from a variety of blogs and websites.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/10-new-educational-web-tools-for.html
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Google’s educational programs provide opportunities, funding, and build the next generation of innovative computer science workers and teachers. From these programs, we have compiled a list of the most cutting-edge and interesting educational programs that Google has recently initiated.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/google-and-their-educational-opportunities/…
Online assessments could be a boon to your teaching, whether for blended learning, a flipped classroom, eLearning, to better communicate learning progress to parents, or for students to track their own mastery.Take a look on these 26 teacher tools to …
TouchCast is an app that uses your iPad, its camera, and an array of widgets to create unique, fun and interactive videos. TouchCast allows you to record yourself or another subject (either video or just audio) to narrate your production.…
State governments are moving toward digital open-source college textbooks to reduce costs.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2013/07/06/death-of-the-textbook/2456621/…
The lessons that are remembered by students happen because of three reasons outlined by Kevin Allocca: tastemakers, participation, and unexpectedness.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/how-to-get-your-lessons-to-go-viral-with-students/
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Tagul is a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds (aka word clouds) that you can place on your webpage or share with friends. Tagul clouds have numerous advantages against ordinary text clouds like words inside words …
We have a romantic attachment to skills from the past which are no longer relevant on a curriculum for today’s children.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jun/15/schools-teaching-curriculum-education-google
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