Ken Fogel (Computer Science Program Coordinator at Dawson College) has been coordinating a project involving the five English language CEGEPs to develop a framework for encouraging enrollment in technology programs using Computer Science as the test bed. The result is …
Future of Virtual 3D Environments for Learning
What do you think of environments like Second Life? Do you think these have a great future in the world of learning for adults? Read this article and take your own conclusions.
http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/future-of-virtual-3d-environments-for.html…
Canadian Internet Use (2009)
An interesting document from Statistics Canada showing the use of Internet in Canada in 2009.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100510/dq100510a-eng.htm…
Sync.in – real-time collaborative word processing
Sync.in is a web based word processor for people to collaborate in real-time. “When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone’s screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate with …
Five Ways Students Can Build Multimedia Timelines
Here are five ways students can create multimedia timelines.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/05/five-ways-for-students-to-build.html…
Dawson iPhone App
Dawson Mobile application puts all the essential College and Academic information at your fingertips: check for class cancellations, view your schedule, final grades, etc.
For the Love of Learning and Teaching! – Inspirational Video
As the end of the school year approaches, the feelings and emotions of teachers may be up and down and all over the place! From being stressed one minute, to feeling absolutely exhausted the next, those last few weeks can …
Google Wave Opens to Everyone – Now It’s Useful
Google Wave could be a great way to have a backchannel discussion in a course. In Wave you can play back the entire course of a conversation. This option could be useful for students who were absent from a class …
10 Most Downloaded Software For Audio Files
This week we will be looking at MP3 & audio software. These are the apps that we use to convert, organize or listen to our digital audio files as well as rip physical music to a digital format. There are …
Draw.to: Quick & Simple Drawing Tool With Easy Sharing
Draw.to is a really simple drawing tool to quickly sketch something and share it online. It’s a fun service that doesn’t require registration to use it. You can get started right away by clicking on one of the tools at …
Nurph Creates An Instant Chatbox On Any Site
Nurph is a new exciting site that lets users embed a chat box on any Web site they please.
The service is incredibly simple to use. You go to the Nurph homepage, enter any URL you want into the text …
Arabic websites make history with native script addresses
Internet addresses written in Arabic are making history as the first online domains in non-Latin characters, with Chinese and Thai expected to follow close behind.
3 Audacity Tips To Enhance Any Recorded Interview
One of the nice things about recorded interviews is that they work well as an audio podcast either available for download from your own blog, or distributed as a podcast at any podcast directory. Many avid audio enthusiasts may find …
6 Reasons GTalk is The Best Free Instant Messaging Service
In this post, I’d like to show you 6 very cool ways that you can access your gTalk service no matter where you are.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-reasons-gtalk-free-instant-messagin-service/…
A Single Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster than Your PC
A demo of a quantum calculation carried out by Japanese researchers has yielded some pretty mind-blowing results: a single molecule can perform a complex calculation thousands of times faster than a conventional computer.