DawsonITE – Page 389 – DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).

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Teachers Manual to A Paperless Classroom

So how about having a paperless classroom ? In this regard I have crafted this little guide to help you better integrate technology into your teaching and drive paper away from you classroom, opps I mean most of it .…

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MOOC Interrupted: Top 10 Reasons Our Readers Didn’t Finish a Massive Open Online Course

Here is a summary of the 10 most commonly-cited reasons students don’t finish a MOOC.

http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/10_reasons_you_didnt_complete_a_mooc.html

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mmixr: The Ultimate “All in One” Presentation Management Tool

mmixr is the ultimate “All in One” presentation tool to help individuals, universities, and companies to create, manage and share engaging and animated presentation.

https://www.mmixr.com/

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The Role of Learning Analytics in Improving Teaching and Learning

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Presentation of the Week: Designing for Open/Networked Learning

Designing for Open/Networked Learning from Alec Couros

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05/04/201303/04/2013

Presentation.io: Sync Your Presentations To Your Audience’s Laptops and iPads

Presentation.io is a new service that is designed to help your audience follow along with your presentations, allowing the members of your audience to see your slides on their laptops, iPads, and Android tablets and watch them change when you …

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We have much to learn about educational technology

Can technology be used to improve the educational experience? Or is it the harbinger of a depressing future in which anonymous institutions educate thousands of students who never meet their professors?

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Opinion+have+much+learn+about+educational+technology/8178732/story.html

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05/04/201303/04/2013

Why TED Talks Have Become So Popular?

Quite simply, they’re useful and free ways to bring high-level thinking and through-provoking ideas into the classroom and your home. What could be better than that?

http://edudemic.com/2013/03/why-ted-talks-have-become-so-popular/…

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Open source in higher education: how far have we come?

Universities are ahead of the curve in adopting open source. We should now lead the public sector in exploring its full potential.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2013/mar/28/open-source-universities-development-jisc

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2 Predictions For The Future Of Education Technology

The future of education technology is not a new app, tool, or teaching method.

http://edudemic.com/2013/03/2-predictions-for-the-future-of-education-technology/…

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6 free ways to capture student responses without costly clickers

Here are six free resources you can use to get started capturing student’s thoughts and ideas for free using whatever device they have whether it’s a phone, tablet, or laptop.

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2013/03/6-free-ways-to-capture-student.html

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Create Amazing Flyers using Smore

Smore will let you quickly, easily, and efficiently create flyers using an incredibly simple drag and drop and WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor.

http://instructionaltechtalk.com/create-amazing-flyers-using-smore/

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