Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 08-05-13

by K. Walsh on August 10, 2013

(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).

Technology and Education: The Tipping Point?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m-eger/technology-and-education_b_3698440.html

‘Flipped’ classrooms turn learning around:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/05/3543638/flipped-classrooms-turn-learning.html

Wakefield Survey Reveals Technology Impacts College Students’ Pocketbooks, Performance:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-devine/wakefield-survey-reveals-_b_3709061.html

Interactive Whiteboards And The Digitisation Of Music Resources:
http://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2013/08/08/interactive-whiteboards-and-the-digitisation-of-music-resources/

History Maps for Your Students’ iPads:
http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/08/06/history-maps-for-your-students-ipads/

Start-ups focus on creating tools for teachers:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/08/05/teachers-turn-start-ups-change-education/rbZGS3ENJnvvQMvNVmxEkJ/story.html

The next disruptive frontier in online education: Tutoring?
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/08/05/tutor-matching-service-primes-next.html

FCC looks to modernize E-Rate program:
http://wraltechwire.com/fcc-looks-to-modernize-e-rate-program/12740184/

What’s the right mix for blended learning?
http://gulfnews.com/life-style/education/what-s-the-right-mix-for-blended-learning-1.1216150

From Recession’s Wake, Education Innovation Blooms:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/recessions-wake-education-innovation-blooms-19863028

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Sal Khan’s One World Schoolhouse – Powerful Ideas Persuasively Expressed
8 Great Videos About the Flipped Classroom
Teaching and Learning with the iPad – a 3 Year Review

Kelly Walsh is CIO at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY and is the founder and author of EmergingEdTech.com. As an education technology advocate, he frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author and online educator, who runs regular Flipped Class Workshops online. His latest eBook, "iPads in Education: Implementations, Apps, & Insights" is available for sale in the iBookstore. In his spare time, he records and performs original and cover songs (look for "K. Walsh" on iTunes or Amazon.com or check out his original song videos on here on YouTube ).

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