DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
We came across a great site that offers free Kindle books. One Hundred Free Books offers exactly what it says it does – A hundred books for your Kindle that you can download for free.
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/how-to-get-free-books-for-your-kindle/…
If you’re wondering what MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are about, here’s a brief overview. All in 1 minute. For fast readers.
A smart phone won’t get you too far without at least a few great apps, and Android’s no exception. As you customize your new phone to your liking, here are 25 of the best (and free!) Android apps to get …
U.K.-based Unbound is a new way for you to play a critical role in the publishing of books. It’s a familiar layout on the site and shows how far along each book / project is in terms of fundraising.
Are they the ‘next big thing’ or merely an expensive way to produce lots of ‘small, useless, plastic things’? Apart from adding considerably to planetary waste, what impact will 3D printers have in learning?
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/3d-printers-gimmick-or-game-changer.html
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A great list of best Facebook practices to help teachers better use Facebook.
We’ve all heard about Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Some teachers out there may have heard of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Below are our 7 habits of highly effective teachers who use technology:
http://blog.alwaysprepped.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-teachers-who-use-technology/…
Dropbox is a simple service, but you may not realize there are several ways to amp up the user experience. Check out some useful ways you can get more out of Dropbox.
In the below infographic from Online Universities, you can see how each online course provider differs, what they currently offer, and even find out what they’ll cost you. Whether you’re a teacher, student, parent, or simply a lifelong learner … …
Youblisher is an excellent publishing platform for teachers and students. It provides a wonderful visual method for users to easily upload their PDFs and turn them into online magazines with page turning effects. As a teacher, you can use this …
The new iPad Mini and the iBooks Author are a great duo for Education.
A great article on learning on the digital age by Stephen Downes.
http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2012/10/learning-in-digital-age-reality-and-myth.html
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Using the Chrome Remote Desktop App you can grant access to your computer to another person who also has the Chrome Remote Desktop App installed. If you want to share your desktop just click “share now” and Chrome Remote Desktop …