DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
It takes two easy steps to install WordPress but you may tweaking some of the default settings to further optimize the performance and also improve the security of your WordPress website.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/wordpress-optimization-guide/3931/…
There are a lot of different theories out there on what works and what doesn’t in education. The infographic below showcases the results of a study that looked at a number of different items and if they negatively or positively …
Based on surveys and data from a variety of sources, ReadWrite has put together a list of seven of the most sought-after tech skills for this year.
http://readwrite.com/2013/01/30/top-7-in-demand-tech-skills-for-2013…
Google cofounder Sergey Brin said only half-jokingly back in 2002 that his company aimed to create the equivalent of the intelligent computer HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but without the bug that resulted in it, you know, killing …
Here is a list of file sharing tools for students and teachers. Using these tools can help you avoid having an email inbox that is overflowing with file attachments.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/15-free-tools-for-collecting-storing.html
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We’ve selected a few that we know to be some of the most popular screencasting tools in use today by teachers, students, and many others.
http://edudemic.com/2013/05/most-popular-screencasting-tools/…
Here are five steps the nation’s best online teacher says every program should take.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/05/5-must-have-elements-every-online-class
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The rise of the Internet of Things means billions of physical objects will soon generate massive amounts of data 24 hours a day. Not only will this make traditional search methods nearly impossible to use, it will also create an …
Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might be more difficult because of it.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/how-does-multitasking-change-the-way-kids-learn/
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Best practices for using the latest technologies to create 21st century classrooms.
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Whether you’re a lurker, a power-user, or middle of the road catch-as-catch-can user of technology, there may be some surprising inferences to be made about your teaching style.
http://edudemic.com/2013/05/what-your-online-habits-say-about-your-teaching/…
With Keeeb you can save sentences or paragraphs, single images and videos from any webpage. Thus you can save, organize and share your favorite content from any webpage and easily keeeb your highlights.
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Draft is a new collaborative writing tool that makes you focus on writing and revising by providing a simple user interface.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/draft-simple-collaborative-writing-tool.html…