Google is trying to save users from the back-click button, by giving them the option to see a visual preview of the page they are thinking of clicking on.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/google-instant-previews/
DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Google is trying to save users from the back-click button, by giving them the option to see a visual preview of the page they are thinking of clicking on.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/google-instant-previews/
Google launched a new community on YouTube for Google Docs users to share tips and ideas for using Google Docs in education and other arenas. The community features how-to videos created by Google and by Google Docs users just like
If you have ever tried editing a page on Wikipedia or any other Wiki based website, you know how different the formatting syntax is – more so when you are used to working with rich-text editors like Microsoft Word or
Lecturers and speakers often record their presentation’s audio and appoint somebody to transcribe it. By converting the audio into text files, the audio can be made searchable on the web, making it easier for others to find. A web service
Online you will find many programs that help you create flowcharts and diagrams. But most of them come with a hefty price tag and are not suitable for people who want to make only basic diagrams. For those simple diagrams,
This article attempts to make it clearer for everyone which Flickr photos are allowed to re-use and how to easily find and credit them. Anyone who has a blog may have used images published on Flickr but not everyone knows
Shwup is a new service for creating videos based on your images and audio files. At its most basic Shwup is a place for creating collaborative private photo albums. As the creator of an album you can select the best
Sorting, searching, and making sense through thousands of e-mails can be very messy. Even if powerful e-mail clients today like GMail and Outlook can handle being your conversation assistant, you still end up spending more time searching past e-mails to
Professors at nine universities are enlisting their students to update Wikipedia entries on public policy after a request from the Public Policy Initiative of the Wikimedia Foundation. Students will write and publish articles and edit existing Wikipedia entries. The test
An article about DawonITE on ProfWeb
http://www.profweb.qc.ca/en/news/columns/the-anatomy-of-a-referred-site/index.html
Digitally ‘native’ children are not digitally ‘literate’ – they just accept digital technologies as part of their everyday lives, argues ICT teacher Tristan Ashman. So how, he asks, can teachers meet pupils’ expectations?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/classroom-innovation/lessons-for-digital-natives
We’ve been living in the 21st century for a decade now, and it’s time more of our classrooms looked like it. The good news is that process is not only easier than ever, it’s also easier to receive support as