DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
In PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 there is a little feature called Presenter View that could help you get rid of your printed notes and track better your time when presenting.
http://www.howtogeek.com/61390/how-to-master-your-presentations-using-presenter-view-in-powerpoint/…
Learning All About Creative Commons And Copyright For Educators.
tildee lets you very easily create a simple step-by-step tutorial for just about anything. You can add text, maps, videos and photos. And you don’t even have to register for the service.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/05/23/easily-create-a-tutorial-with-tildee/…
Students enjoy viewing and sharing visual content online. Visual tools create a connection between the content and viewer. Many videos on YouTube are academic and professional in nature and when used properly will reinforce classroom discussions and engage college students …
Marielle Beauchemin (Vanier College) believes that you’re aware of the moment that you make a conscious decision to adopt technology, however, you never know where it’s going to take you.
We all know Google Reader as a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline, but it can also perform various other useful tasks.
http://hellboundbloggers.com/2010/12/26/google-reader-unique-uses/…
Spider Scribe is an online mind map creation service. Spider Scribe can be used individually or be used collaboratively. What jumps out about Spider Scribe is that users can add images, maps, calendars, text notes, and uploaded text files to …
If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn’t for you. But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should …
I’ve come up with what I think is a better way to generate memorable, unique passwords. Here it is.
http://www.groovypost.com/howto/how-to/memorable-secure-passwords/…
ePub stands for e-Publishing. It has been adopted as the international standard for publishing e-books. Once you have published your e-book you can then give your student access to the document or you can publish it via your itunes. If …
Facebook does many things, but boost academic performance isn’t one of them, right? Wrong. A new study suggests that social networking sites may help college students both socially and academically.
http://socialtimes.com/want-better-grades-new-study-says-try-facebook_b61652…
An illustrated guide on how to create and manage a Moodle site.
Google announced last week a “new kind of computer” and a new program aimed at schools: Chromebooks for Education. These new devices look like laptops, but they run on Google’s new operating system Chrome OS and are truly Web-based and …