DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
János Varga, a teacher from John Abbott College explains how cloud-based blended synchronous/asynchronous shared documents promote collaboration and active learning among students.
http://www.profweb.qc.ca/en/publications/reports/a-venir/the-issue/index.html…
A great guide for teachers developed by Dell Education.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/public/articles/K12_Teachers_open_Book_by_Dell.pdf…
The medium is no longer just the message. Now, the medium is the platform and people now represent both the medium and the message. Their digital relationships define the nature of information discovery and its course through the social graph.…
Google Docs templates make life just that much easier by providing the bare skeleton of a specific document, spreadsheet or presentation – all you have to do is fill in the blank bits with your information.
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/50-time-saving-google-docs-templates-633072…
Facebook is the most prevalent social media tool in higher education — 98% of the universities in the study said they had a presence there. Here are seven ways schools are leveraging Facebook.
http://mashable.com/2011/10/17/facebook-marketing-colleges-universities/…
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This guide hopes to lighten the burden of new technology by offering clear explanations about Facebook in education. The information in this guide can help teachers turn the challenges of social media into opportunities that benefit them and their students.…
Google just introduced a new version of its Googlde Docs presentations Web app. The app has more than 50 new features. Learn more about them.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242121/google_docs_revamps_presentations_adds_50_new_features.html…
In a move that could shake the e-learning industry, Pearson unveiled a new learning management system that colleges will be able to use for free, without having to pay any of the licensing or maintenance costs normally associated with the …
There are many scenarios where you may want to build your own maps. Let’s now look at some of the best online tools that make it easy for us to create custom maps in the browser without requiring any programming …
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