Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 03-12-12

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

(Originally posted on Twitt1er by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).

• Gesture-based tech: A future in education? http://zd.net/wSAu9Q
• Education: It’s Time To Be Innovative (something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms). http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-03-16/education-its-time-to-be-innovative/
• Khan Academy launches on iPad: Is this education’s future? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/khan-academy-launches-on-ipad-is-this-educations-future/2012/03/12/gIQA8ORm7R_blog.html
• TED-Ed: The World’s Great Teachers & Animators to Spread Lessons Beyond the Classroom. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/introducing-ted-ed-uniting-the-worlds-great-teachers-and-animators-to-spread-lessons-beyond-the-classroom-2012-03-12
• POINT: Technology in classrooms has wasted potential – http://www.cm-life.com/2012/03/14/point-technology-in-classrooms-has-wasted-potential/
• Saint Francis High School Selects Apple’s New iPad for Full-Scale One-to-One Program: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saint-francis-high-school-selects-apples-new-ipad-for-full-scale-one-to-one-program-2012-03-12
• Three TED talks, a look at Education Technology around the world. http://bit.ly/AhdMIf
• Cutting Edge Classroom Part II: Student learning in the digital classroom – http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/community/142630136.html
• Teachers share tips for using smartphones as learning tools in class, at home:pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atl…

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
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About K. Walsh

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, and 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 ).