Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 12-10-12

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

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

Edutopia’s 2011 Holiday Gift Guide for Teachers (a year old but lots of good ideas here!):
http://www.edutopia.org/holiday-gift-guide-teachers-2011

Will technology take precedence over paper, pens, and writing? Should it? (discussion forum):
http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/will-technology-take-precedence-over-paper-pens-and-writing

20 Education Technology Books You Should Be Reading:
http://www.earic.com/art-education/music-arts-education/20-education-technology-books-you-should-be-reading-edudemic-into-the-drivers-seat-5.html

A New Place To Find Educational iPad Apps:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/12/a-new-place-to-find-educational-ipad.html

New Platform Lets Professors Set Prices for Their Online Courses:
http://chronicle.com/article/New-Platform-Lets-Professors/136251/

“Technology Integration Matrix” – assess ‘correct’ integration of tech in classroom:
http://edudemic.com/2012/12/correctly-integrating-technology/

Why Our Schools Need EdTech Professionals:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caleb-clark/why-our-schools-need-edte_b_2258038.html

Just came across this flipped classroom survey infographic:
http://classroomwindow.com/flipped-classrooms-improved-test-scores-and-teacher-satisfaction/

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

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 ).