DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Quizzes are the one thing that is pretty common around the world in classrooms and education systems. Here are a few quiz makers that will easily let you put your students’ knowledge to the test!
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/53956/Let-s-Get-Quizzical-Quiz-Makers-for-Teachers
Searching Gmail for attachments is basically awful. Because everything in Gmail is so text-based, searches yield results that are also text-based. But what if there was a Google Image-like search option for attachments? And what if it was one that
Great tools to help you use more technology into your classroom
https://sites.google.com/site/anchortechnologytomorrow/50-more-ways
Here are 5 Free PPT to video converters that can convert Powerpoint to video free. Download free PPTX to video converter.
http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/13/featured/free-ppt-to-video-converters.html
Skype in the classroom is a free online directory for teachers everywhere who want to use Skype to bring education to life.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/02/skype-in-classroom-using-skype-to-bring.html
A new education-based social networking site, Diipo.com, has launched in beta form. The site provides a free service for collaborative blogging and networking among teachers and students.
You will find descriptions of each tool, an overview of and samples of specific tools (if provided), and any related video (if provided).
SlideShare, the popular presentation hosting, sharing and perusal website, launched a new feature that allows users to host a live one-way video presentation right next to the deck they are discussing. The feature, called Zipcast, allows users to do video
Have you ever tried to summarize long documents about topics you don’t really understand? If you want to use the good old way of extracting the facts and figures, Topicmarks can be your friend in need.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/topicmarks-cool-web-tool-summarize-long-documents/
SymbalooEdu is a very important web2.0 tool. It is a “new way to organize, share your online life and discover that of others”. Teachers will no longer need to worry about long urls being broken when copied by students.
http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/02/symbalooedu-student-friendly-web20-tool.html…
Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years.
What options exist for teachers who want to try using a Course Management System, but don’t have one available in their school? Fortunately, there are many free CMS/LMS tools available on the Internet.
The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball