July 2010

Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 07-26-10

July 30, 2010

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 blog readers). Internet blamed for increase in classroom cheating: http://bit.ly/aEwEUm iPads for Everyone at Seton Hill University: http://bit.ly/9kHwcD New open source learning content platform launched – Nixty.com: http://bit.ly/doBnFo Professors Say [...]

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Flatworld Knowledge – a chance to escape the high price of school text books

July 28, 2010

The site provides “Remixable textbooks by expert authors. Free online and affordable offline”. Have you heard about this? Remixable free online textbooks? Check out the introductory video: Seems like a pretty awesome idea to me, yet there are only a couple dozen books published or in development on the site. The site is quite new though. [...]

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Steven Laster’s 8 Factors for Successful IT Management

July 25, 2010

Harvard Business School’s CIO delivered an engaging keynote address at the Campus Technology 2010 Conference. It included this set of recommended practices that all IT shops should strive to incorporate. For this week’s post I’m taking off my Ed Tech hat, and swapping it for my ”IT Manager” hat. While I am undeniably an Education Technology enthusiast [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 07-19-10

July 23, 2010

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 my blog readers). A lot of focus on things I learned about at Campus Technology 2010 Conference this week… Flatworld Knowledge – Remixable Textbooks by Expert Authors, Free online! How [...]

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Campus Technology 2010: Time and Money Well Spent

July 22, 2010

The cost of attendance has been more than justified by the learning, technology exposure, and networking opportunities. I’ve been attending the Campus Technology 2010 Conference in Boston for the last few days, and I learned a good deal in most of the Conference Sessions that I’ve attended. I heard some folks gripe a bit about some of the sessions [...]

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Collecting studies focused on the impact of Education Technologies

July 19, 2010

Gathering empirical evidence supporting the positive results that education technologies can help to deliver. EmergingEdTech is seeking out online reports and studies that examine the use of education and instructional technologies, and how effectively they have been used to improve learning outcomes. With the growing availablity of high speed bandwidth, the advent of Web 2.0, and other technology improvements, the education technology [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 07-12-10

July 16, 2010

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 my blog readers). Is anyone listening to students speaking up about education technology (video)? http://bit.ly/ao6zdC Report indicates increased use of tech in K-12 has positive impact on student learning: http://bit.ly/cvamgJ [...]

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Lecture Tools – another free, hosted LMS tool

July 15, 2010

Deliberate Engagement of Computers in the Classroom I first read about Lecture Tools in this article from The Chronicle. This home brewed LMS tool from professor Perry Samson of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is available for free to instructors. While this application does not compare to the extensive functionality of full fledged LMS [...]

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Can I Learn Spanish Online For Free?

July 12, 2010

This week I’m checking out online applications that can help me learn introductory Spanish for free. Being able to learn a language online is a nice example of the many types of solutions that today’s education technology makes possible. I want to start learning Spanish so I can help my sons use it more at home – they both [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 7-5-10

July 9, 2010

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 my blog readers). ImagineCup’s 2010 Worldwide Winners to be announced today! http://bit.ly/NkzyK Customers question Ed Tech industry’s takeover spree: http://bit.ly/9s3v5r  Blackboard’s at it again (acquiring potential competitors, that is): http://bit.ly/bOkYOF [...]

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