DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
A wide variety of interactive videos have been created on YouTube since the Annotations tool launch in 2008. With this tool it is very easy to link from one video to another.
http://tubeteaching.blogspot.ca/2012/11/interactive-educational-video.html…
How-to video for creating digital storybooks using custom animations in PowerPoint.
Do you look out at your class and it seems as if only two or three students are listening to you? Here are some ideas that might help you stimulate your classroom.
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/increase-engagement-in-the-classroom/…
Tablets are launching a full scale assault on education. We take a look at the adoption of tablets in schools and which tablet will reign supreme in the evolving world of education.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/tablets-invading-the-classroom/…
A fabulous new infographic spells out exactly how undergraduate students are using technology, what they prefer, and how they want teachers to use tech. In other words, this infographic is beyond useful and worth passing around to your colleagues.
These language podcasts will help you hone your listening skills and increase your proficiency in no time!
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/50-great-language-learning-podcasts/…
Wibbitz is a text-to-video platform that can automatically turn any text-based article, post or feed into a short video. Using Wibbitz almost any article, post or feed on the web can be instantly turned into a short video clip.
Here we highlight just a few of these under-the-radar free learning sites, that run the gamut from providing full degree programs to simple job-skill training tools, offering a little something for every kind of learner.
http://www.teachthought.com/trends/elearning/15-free-learning-tools-youve-probably-never-heard-of/…
Canada’s first-ever teacher technology survey to better understand the emerging needs of classroom teachers across Canada.
http://mindsharelearning.ca/2012/11/07/canadian-edtech-teacher-survey-infograph/…
Check out our new, up-to-date collection to discover the very best search engine for finding the academic results you’re looking for.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for-academic-research/#…
Here, we offer just a few tech-focused ways to help students learn grammar, essay-writing, and, most importantly, why good writing is so important to their futures.
http://edudemic.com/2012/11/10-high-tech-ways-to-teach-writing/…
An infographic I created for a MOOC at Stanford: Designing New Learning Environments. Made with too little space, too little skills, too little time and too little research. Lots of fun though.
Online courses provided by some of the top universities in the United States are going to be used by students at local community colleges, in a project funded by the Gates Foundation.