Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 07-30-12

by K. Walsh on August 3, 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).

A Pioneer of Free Online Courses Explains Their Promise (G. Siemens):
http://chronicle.com/blogs/techtherapy/2012/08/01/encore-episode-a-pioneer-of-free-online-courses-explains-their-promise/ …

Learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum; how social networks are adding a new dimension:
http://vator.tv/news/2012-07-30-resetting-education-social-networks-for-the-classroom …

Can Anyone Catch Khan Academy? The Fate of the U in the YouTube Era:
http://www.xconomy.com/national/2012/07/20/can-anyone-catch-khan-academy-the-fate-of-the-u-in-the-youtube-era/ …

The Flipped Classroom: A Pedagogy for Differentiating Instruction & Teaching Essential Skills
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/flipped-classroom-pedagogy-differentiating-instruction.php …

Nicolas Shump: Preparing for the future –
http://cjonline.com/opinion/2012-07-29/nicolas-shump-preparing-future …

Big Data on Campus. ASU leveraging data mining, predictive analytics to enhance retention:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/education/edlife/colleges-awakening-to-the-opportunities-of-data-mining.html …

Panel (incl. PBS, E.L. Haynes, ASU) Really Shows What’s Possible in Education Technology:
http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/07/panel-shows-whats-possible-in-education-technology/ …

Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher (Updated for 2012):
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2012/07/22/top-100-tools-for-the-twittering-teacher-updated-for-2012/ …

Educause Report Identifies Top Ten IT Issues in Higher Education:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/07/27/educause-report-identifies-top-ten-it-issues-in-higher-education.aspx …

Opinion: Technology is a tool, not silver bullet, to bridge Latino education gap -
http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/27/opinion-technology-is-a-tool-not-silver-bullet-to-bridge-latino-education-gap/ …

What Higher Education Will Look Like in 2020 [STUDY]: http://mashable.com/2012/07/27/e-learning-higher-education/ …

‘Library of the Future’ Gets $1-Million Boost From Humanities Endowment: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/library-of-the-future-gets-1-million-boost-from-humanities-endowment/38277 …

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
100 Ways to Teach With Twitter
Education Technology Twitter Post Weekly Summaries
Facebook in the Classroom. Seriously.

About

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 ).

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