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This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets.

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


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The New TED-Ed YouTube Channel and Website Provide Powerful Capabilities For Teaching

May 16, 2012

TED-Ed combines excellent content with innovative features to deliver a powerful resource for today’s educators. Earlier this month, educators and technology advocates across the world were delighted by the launch of the new “TED-Ed” YouTube channel devoted exclusively to educational content. After just two short weeks, the channel already has 50,000+ subscribers and over a [...]

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8 Great Free Web Resources Focused on Using the iPad in Education

May 13, 2012

Some of the Internet’s best resources dedicated exclusively to educational uses of the iPad. The popularity of the iPad in our schools continues to grow, and with it, the proliferation of related web articles, tips, how-to’s, and so on. This week we searched out some excellent free Internet based web sites and resources dedicated to [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 05-07-12

May 11, 2012

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). For Exams, is Using the Internet Considered Cheating? http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/for-exams-is-using-the-internet-considered-cheating How one family has been helped by the Khan Academy: http://www.ktvb.com/news/How-one-family-has-been-helped-by-the-Khan-Academy-150251315.html Groups Team Up to Turn Free [...]

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The Importance of Source Evaluation and Content Credibility Skills for Today’s Students

May 9, 2012

Effective evaluation of the credibility of sources is more important than ever for students faced with an overwhelming array of content. Guest post by Patrick J. Walsh As an author, journalist and former college professor, I am fascinated by the widespread implementation of education technology. The emergence of new modes of instruction is obviously enabling [...]

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Plagiarism Detectives at Work (plus 5 Top Plagiarism Detection Applications)

May 6, 2012

A brief introduction to this increasingly essential category of education technology. Guest Post collaboratively written with Jennifer Scottson. Since the beginning of time, man has tried to find ways to beat the system and get away with less work. Today’s computer technologies have made it easy for individuals to try to use different methods to [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 04-30-12

May 4, 2012

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). MIT + Khan Academy = We All Win. http://edudemic.com/2012/04/mit-khan-academy-we-all-win/ What Tech in Schools Really Looks Like: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/04/digital-divide/what-tech-in-schools-really-looks-like/ The Imperfect Art of Designing Online Courses: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Imperfect-Art-of-Designing/131671/ Technology [...]

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Should hands-on technology be kept out of early grades? When is it okay to introduce technology?

May 2, 2012

Looking for reader feedback on this controversial issue. Do you think it’s okay to introduce technology use to students in Kindergarten? If not, how about first grade, or second? When is the right time to bring technology into the classroom, and at what grade levels should students not be using tech tools? This New York [...]

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The Flipped Classroom is Hot, Hot, Hot

April 29, 2012

Reverse instruction is a hot news topic these days. Here’s 15 news stories from the last month about flipping the classroom. There are news stories and web articles about reverse instruction, or ‘flipping the classroom’, published just about every day lately. Here’s 15 news stories from the last 4 weeks focused on this instructional technology [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 04-24-12

April 27, 2012

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). NMC Horizon’s “Most Significant Metatrends [in education & tech] for the Next 10 Years”: http://bit.ly/ImOmsr ‘Flipped classroom’ makes most of hands-on time: http://bit.ly/IrLlFa 6 Education Technology [...]

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