DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
With a new generation of teachers coming into the work force, there’s a discrepancy between what principals expect of teachers-in-training and what they’re actually learning in school.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/are-teachers-of-tomorrow-prepared-to-use-innovative-tech/…
This is the first in a short series of guest posts. Each guest will be sharing their story of transformation. Each illustrates how one teacher transformed their classroom and their teaching practice.
This collection of blogs, articles, and videos from Edutopia aims to help teachers deploy social media tools in the classroom to engage students in 21st-century learning.
The English Montreal School Board will be Quebec’s first education network to put the Hall Monitor App to work and the board believes that the technology will allow administrators to get better acquainted with its 34,000 students spread over 79 …
A great poster on copyright and fair use guidelines for teachers.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/02/a-must-have-poster-on-copyright.html…
One of the key advantages of Dropbox is that it’s so easy to use—you simply set it up and then forget about it — but if you dig a bit deeper into the application you’ll find that it has more …
As cheap online educational options spread like wildfire, critics are sounding the alarm. They’re too late.
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/08/the_internet_will_not_ruin_college/…
There are many institutions using tablets of all kinds to supplement learning in a variety of subjects. We’ve linked to each of them below (along with the description provided in the report) so you can check out some of what …
If you couldn’t attend the Canada Moodle Moot last week in Vancouver, here are the notes of all sessions and workshops.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbbHUEM3KjDfm-tOJZhysBQBSrDAUcycuBLjg5E0VV0/edit…
Here is a great list of the best WordPress plugins divided into categories.
http://www.socialable.co.uk/101-of-the-best-wordpress-plugins-for-2013/…
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The following are simply some of our favorite digital learning activities we’ve written about over the past couple years. Each activity consists of either a web tool, app, or other useful methodology being used by teachers right now.
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/digital-learning-day-activities/…
Remember handwriting? The old-timey art of transferring ink or charcoal to paper has been largely sidelined by technology, but a technology-infused pen is looking to bring handwriting into the current century.
Can iPad really replace a “proper” computer? Can a ten-inch, 128GB tablet do the work of an eleven-inch 128GB MacBook Air? The answer is yes. Here’s our guide to replacing your Mac with an iPad. Specifically a Retina iPad, but …