Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 07-22-13

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

Plan a Successful iPad Launch or other Ed Tech Implementation in your school or district:
http://www.educationinamerica.com/blog/summer-to-do-plan-a-successful-ipad-launch/

‘Innovation Index’ Launched to Guide Ed-Tech Decisionmakers:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2013/07/innovation_index_launched_to_guide_edtech_decision_makers.html

How to Quickly Create Simple Online Quizzes:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/how-to-quickly-create-simple-online.html#.UfJa7mPbCSo

Diane Ravitch: 3 Dubious Uses of Technology in Schools -
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=diane-ravitch-3-dubious-uses-technology-in-schools

The Problem with Ed-Tech Adoption: Infrastructure -
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/reimagining/2013/07/the_problem_with_ed-tech_adopt.html

Students, faculty want more support for eTextbooks:
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/students-faculty-desire-more-support-for-etextbooks/

3rd Annual Ed+Tech Survey Shows Students’ Growing Dependence on Mobile Devices, Digital Materials:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/22/5585349/coursesmarts-third-annual-survey.html

Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector -
http://www.ecampusnews.com/business-news/bill-gates-mooc-providers-should-take-a-lesson-from-for-profit-college-sector/

5 Services for Creating & Sharing Audio Recordings Online:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/5-services-for-creating-sharing-audio.html#.UfGtDWPbCSp

Another school implementing a BYOD program (this one in grades 7 to 12):
http://columbustelegram.com/news/local/scotus-allows-student-phones-other-devices-in-classroom/article_5386184e-cff8-5631-af92-2fcb9bf00d77.html

#Infographic – The Use of Social Media in Schools:
http://www.bestmastersineducation.com/social-media/

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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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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

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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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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 7-15-13

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

Faculty members deliver practical approach for using instructional tech in early childhood (book):
http://stories.illinoisstate.edu/2013/07/colleges/college-of-education/faculty-members-deliver-practical-approach-for-using-instructional-technology-in-early-childhood/

Study: Technology in the classroom enhances creativity, learning -
http://www.voxxi.com/technology-in-the-classroom-learning/

Udacity Founder Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517181/sebastian-thrun-on-the-future-of-learning/

Millions join the education free-for-all on the internet:
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/millions-join-the-education-free-for-all-on-the-internet-1.1466419

WizIQ Announces MOOC for Teachers on English Language Teaching Techniques:
http://www.wiziq.com/course/26903-elt-techniques-vocabulary

Discussion – Do Improvements in educational technology lead to improvements in pedagogy?
http://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_Improvements_in_educational_technology_lead_to_improvements_in_pedagogy

What Real Collaboration Between Teachers and Techies Looks Like:
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-07-12-what-real-collaboration-between-educators-and-entrepreneurs-looks-like

10 New Educational Web Tools for Teachers:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/10-new-educational-web-tools-for.html

County schools to allow students to: Bring your own technology -
http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=38314

Great list of “Edtech PR Tips”:
http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/edtech-pr-tips-2/

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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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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 06-14-13

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

Virtual and Physical Learning Spaces Combined in Online International Collaboration:
http://www.pil-network.com/HotTopics/virtuallearningenvironments/international-collaborations-SUNY-COIL-CW

Virtual Universities Abroad Say They Already Deliver ‘Massive’ Courses:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/virtual-universities-abroad-say-they-already-deliver-massive-courses/44331

65+ Ways to Use ThingLink In Your Classroom:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/06/65-ways-to-use-thinglink-in-your.html

Empowering Learning with Video (video taped webinar from eSchoolNews):
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/02/empowering-learning-with-video/

MOOC-Skeptical Provosts in high-level talks to create an online education network:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/19/big-10-provosts-question-partnerships-ed-tech-companies#ixzz2Wl4nlmDv

Tablets thrust Thai classrooms into digital era:
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/19-Jun-2013/tablets-thrust-thai-classrooms-into-digital-era

Technology brings postgrads in from the cold:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jun/18/technology-and-the-future-of-learning

U of Minn engineers have developed tech that that lets people fly robots w/their minds (omg!):
(Not really ‘ed tech’ per se, but too wild not to share!)
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_23388055/u-m-researchers-develop-thought-controlled-robots

Create Multimedia Presentations & Quizzes in Edmodo:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/06/create-multimedia-presentations-quizzes.html

Inside Instructional Tech (findings from disseration on instr. tech @ small liberal arts colleges):
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/inside-instructional-technology#ixzz2WZIwusXo

Education technology trends and the role of the school librarian:
http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/06/education-technology-trends-and-the-role-of-the-school-librarian/

Revamping school projects to engage students, demonstrate learning, & push 21st century skills:
http://www.biteslide.com/blog/educator-stories/how-we-revamped-school-projects-to-engage-students-demonstrate-learning-and-push-21st-century-skills

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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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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 06-24-13

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

Professional development stressed at education tech conference:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Professional-development-stressed-at-education-4624203.php

Infographic offers perspective on how admins, faculty perceive value of online ed, moocs:
http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/assets/downloads/reports/changing-course-survey.pdf

How Badges Really Work in Higher Education:
http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/06/20/How-Badges-Really-Work-in-Higher-Education.aspx

How Technology Will Change Entry-Level Higher Education:
http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/06/how-technology-will-change-entry-level-higher-education/

New technology is poised to disrupt America’s schools, and then the world’s (The Economist):
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21580136-new-technology-poised-disrupt-americas-schools-and-then-worlds-catching-last

Improving the developing world through technology & scholarship enhanced education:
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/06/27/improving-world-scholarship-education/

Technology and teaching: New ideas from EduTECH:
http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2013/06/27/3791060.htm

Use These 4 Creative Web Tools in Class And Never Touch Glitter and Glue Again:
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2013/06/25/Use-These-4-Web-Tools-And-Never-Touch-the-Scissors-in-Your-Classroom-Again.aspx

iPads In The Classroom: Worth Doing Right:
http://www.informationweek.com/education/mobility/ipads-in-the-classroom-worth-doing-right/240157153

A ‘Consumer Reports’ for ed tech: Common Sense Media launches reviews site for teachers:
http://gigaom.com/2013/06/24/a-consumer-reports-for-ed-tech-common-sense-media-launches-reviews-site-for-teachers/

Solar Powered Open Education Library in a Box for Schools in Sierra Leone:
http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/58257

How online education can create a ‘global classroom’:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/21/business/opinion-koller-education-petersburg-forum/?hpt=hp_c5

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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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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 07-01-13

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

5 Tips To Drive Up Learner Engagement Online:
http://elearningindustry.com/5-tips-to-drive-up-learner-engagement-online

Soo Meta – combine videos from YouTube, pictures, text, voice to create a presentation:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/best-of-2013-so-far-soo-meta.html#.UdQdyWPbCSo

SPOCs may provide what MOOCs can’t (acronym may be new, but SPOC concept isn’t):
http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/spocs-may-provide-what-moocs-can%E2%80%99t

Call for Paradigm Shift – Education for ALL can only be achieved through use of technology:
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/243731-call-for-paradigm-shift-in-education.html

10 of the Best ABC iPhone Apps for Kids:
http://www.hireananny.org/blog/10-of-the-best-abc-iphone-apps-for-kids/

Customizing the Learning Experience with an Adaptive Learning Strategy:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/07/03/customizing-the-learning-experience-with-an-adaptive-learning-strategy.aspx

How A New Free Online Computer Science Course Could Bring College Prep To Everyone:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/03/how-a-new-free-online-computer-science-course-could-bring-college-prep-to-everyone/

Faster Outreach to Students, Through a Mobile App:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/faster-outreach-to-students-through-a-mobile-app/44613

Create Interactive Videos on WireWax:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/best-of-2013-so-farcreate-interactive.html#.Uda74WPbCSp

Kinect technology captures imaginations – software replicates human skeleton & organs:
http://techday.com/educate/news/kinect-technology-captures-imaginations/165293/

30 Blogs with the Best Tips on Helping Your Child Prepare for Standardized Testing:
http://www.nationalnannies.com/blog/30-blogs-with-the-best-tips-on-helping-your-child-prepare-for-standardized-testing/

EdX President discusses, predicts an online learning transformation:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/102b69ec-dce4-11e2-9700-00144feab7de.html#axzz2XnCXLkZz

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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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