DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
What’s the next big thing? The Semantic Web is, according to some tech insiders (including Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Internet), the next big thing on the Internet.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/09/semantic-web-technology-and-the-future-of-learning/…
Here is a list of predictions Terry Freedman made in 2001 about the classroom of the future. What are your predictions for the next ten years? And is it worth bothering to make such predictions anyway?
Trying to make your photos more interesting? How about achieving similar results by nothing more than point and click? Check out the following sites to add funny, interesting and artistic effects to your photos.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-sites-to-add-amazing-effects-to-your-photos/…
Let’s walk through a few ways to get all of your documents organized and in similar formats so you never have to wonder where they are.
http://lifehacker.com/5843845/how-do-i-organize-my-piles-of-paper-into-something-manageable…
The world’s largest social networking site has become a habit. From sharing links to photo albums, Facebook is a virtual timeline of our lives. Thus, it is the next best thing to a digital diary. Learn how to download all …
An overview of subjects discussed in the last New York Times’ Schools for Tomorrow summit. Among other subjects, panelists addressed challenges with the school system that obstructed progress towards innovations, practical and ideological concerns about using technology in school, and …
Narrate your decisions and your rationale and you will be teaching your students how to make good decisions online and off. Good behavior online is trickle down, after all. Model it, live it, talk about it. It’s all “using” technology.…
Adding a few simple accessibility features to your school’s Web site will transform the experience for those with vision or hearing impairment–and everyone else as well.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/09/22/8-simple-tips-to-improve-accessibility.aspx…
The official Moodle mobile application for iPhone designed to work with your Moodle learning management system has been released. The app is not intended as a replacement for the standard Moodle interface, but rather, it provides some new tools for …
A teacher describes a project to implement the concept of Flipped Classroom. An interesting reading!
The popularity of social media and its rapid ascension into our daily lives is nothing short of astounding. Sites that weren’t even around 10 years ago are now visited every day. What’s more, 56 percent of the faculty surveyed said …
A great list of tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Google Docs. Some of these you may know already, others maybe not.
http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/09/02/15-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-google-docs/…
There is a wealth of experienced, constructive knowledge shared in this content. If you wish to learn about what the flipped classroom is and what it isn’t, or just better understand how teachers have used this new-age model, then read …