DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Yet another consumer is disturbed by the sketchy algorithms deployed by Facebook. Here’s how the app knows what you’re talking about and what to do about it.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/facebook-and-google-listening-is-more-pervasive-than-you-think/…
How should we classify student-created educational videos? The authors look at some existing classification schemes and offer one of their own; major categories include things like talking heads, whiteboard videos, acted scenes, digital animation, demo, and more.
https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-021-00295-6…
Find out which application suite is most suitable for your office needs between Office 2021 and Microsoft 365.
Patrick Winston knew how to speak. But his even greater skill was getting others to listen.
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AI tutors are being used in classrooms to boost productivity and help students better retain critical information.
https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/11/10/viewpoint-can-ai-tutors-help-students-learn/…
A little over a year after we joined forces with the Vitrine technologie-éducation and DECclic to form a new service hub at Collecto, we are very proud to unveil our new identity.Now we will continue to provide support and communicate …
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist. Science, he thinks, is now revealing the importance of emotions in cognition and consciousness. His research has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making. Also described as a neurobiologist, …
Need to digitize handwritten notes for editing or save them for later? Here are the best OCR tools to convert handwriting to text.
Making animations is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Making animations can also be a good way for students to explain and show their understanding of non-fiction things like historical events and …
These free and fast file transfer websites offer a convenient way to share large files online, without installing anything.
https://www.makeuseof.com/free-file-transfer-websites-share-data-without-email-or-software/…
The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialise, take part in leisure activities – and learn. Its development has become a priority for many tech companies, including Facebook (which recently changed its …
A wordle is a word cloud created from words. The more frequent a word appears in the input text the larger its size becomes in the wordle. Indeed, wordle arts have huge educational potential and can be used in various …
Artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated recent headlines, with its promises, challenges, risks, successes, and failures. What is its foreseeable future?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-019-00345-y…
A small new study shows that using a smartphone app to learn a second language appears to improve brain function. It also appears that the act of learning a new language—rather than being fluent in it—is what helps boost cognition.…
Google has introduced an updated citation feature for Google Docs, designed to “streamline the citations process, ensure correct formatting, and reduce the chances of manual errors.”
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2021/11/03/google-docs-gets-updated-citation-feature.aspx…