DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
There are so many amazing voices and resources at our fingertips. The folks at OnlineDegrees have made connecting to those resources a bit easier with their annual list of the Top 100 Technology Blogs for Teachers.
http://www.angelamaiers.com/2010/06/top-100-technology-blogs.html…
Do you want to know what the biggest cities in the world looked like during their vintage years? Then you should check out SepiaTown. This Google Maps mashup hosts a comprehensive historical image collection of cities and landmarks.
There are many ways for professional photographers to put together a sleek photography portfolio that reflects their style and portrays a certain image. The great thing about Pullfolio is that it literally “pulls” the photos from Flickr, so you don’t …
Working on the computer, you have to deal with text all day long. Be it programming, typing an email, updating your social networks, taking notes and countless other things, you are more often than not working with text. Ever ran …
Toshiba has announced a dual-display tablet that folds like a book. The company says it’s a “concept PC,” but it will be on sale in limited quantities and is priced at $1,100.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/toshiba-dual-screen-pc/…
Interesting set of definitions of the PLE, compiled into a slide show. Via Mohamed Amine Chatti
http://www.slideshare.net/ibuchem/definitions-of-personal-learning-environmentple-4029277…
Canonical, the company behind Linux OS Ubuntu, is preparing a touch-specific OS for tablets that it will build on Ubuntu 10.10. The OS should be available sometime early next year.
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/06/11/ubuntu-multitouch-os-coming-for-tablets-next-year/…
Free software sites are dime a dozen so why bother looking into a new one? Well, for starters, SoftLogr is not an average collection of free software where every Tom, Dick and Harry can upload a software. It is a …
Slide presentation by Jane Hart at the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s “Making technology work for you” conference. She mentions some old favourites as well as some new tools that are appearing on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 …
Want to spice up your presentations a little? Tired of the same old “default” themes that Powerpoint brings along for the ride? Check out these 20 free Powerpoint templates that…well…don’t suck.
http://workawesome.com/software/20-free-powerpoint-templates-that-dont-suck/…
Ana Maria Menezes has just published a 53 page free ebook titled 20 WEBTOOLS Applied to Teaching. In addition to some well-known services like Animoto, Ana Maria has included some lesser-known tools that could be particulary useful for ESL/ELL instruction.…
Brainstorming is a technique employed to gather ideas about a certain topic. When we have gathered many ideas, we start filtering the good from the bad; as a result, we achieve the best ideas we can think of. Whether we …
Feature article describing types of cloud computing services, advantages of cloud computing, discussion of future trends, and examples of cloud computing in action. “Many CIOs do indeed view the cloud as a key strategy for the future,” write the authors, …
Social media and networking-oriented web browser Flock has become somewhat schizophrenic today. Touted as “the social browser,” Flock is basically another web browser — previously Firefox now Google Chrome — with a bunch of social networking features on top.
We’ve all been there. You’re interested in a website or a download, but the site wants your email address before letting you near the goods. But what if you could instead supply a temporary email address that was forwarded to …