DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
W3C has announced the third version of its standards for the inclusion of mathematical expressions in Web pages. MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) is aimed to make math on the Web more accessible and more international.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/10/w3c-announces-mathml-3-new-sta.php…
8 easy steps to put even your most reluctant faculty on the pathway to social media mastery.
Adobe has just released Project ROME, an all-in-one content creation and publishing application for use at home, work or school. It is intended for virtually anyone who wants to add the power of video, audio, photos, graphics, text or animation
Comic strip enthusiasts who want funny but don’t care about pretty drawing can have their strips, those who want artistry have theirs, and even those with very specific tastes can find something just right. The best part about these developments
For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list
Some interesting views on how to use Technology with college students by Jacob Gutnicki.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/lessons-i-learned-about-web-20.html
Just about four years ago, Google launched Apps for Education – a version of Google’s online productivity tools (including Gmail and Google Docs) that is geared towards K12 schools and colleges. Now, Google just announced, there are over 10 million
BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high quality learning experience to remote students, for free.
Since 2004, the annual ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) study of undergraduate students and information technology has sought to shed light on how information technology affects the college experience.
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/ECARStudyofUndergraduateStuden/217333
Twiducate is a free platform for creating your own micro social network in a Twitter-like format. Twiducate allows you to create a private network for posting assignments and messages to your students or other people you invite into your network.
Bing and Facebook just made search social. Will your online life ever be the same again?
http://www.fastcompany.com/1694805/five-things-you-should-know-about-the-new- bing-facebook-features