About EmergingEdTech

Welcome
Welcome to “EmergingEdTech”! I’ve believed for years that properly implemented and supported technology can help make classroom work and course assignments more engaging for students, which can in turn improve learning outcomes. Now I’ve devoted myself to learning more about how to do just that and sharing this learning journey with others who are interested in learning as well.

Each weekend, I research a relevant topic, and write an article and create a video providing information, insight, and/or opinion about that topic. I post these articles and videos at the start of each week. I occasionally create a series of such posts, to cover a topic more in-depth. I also post a brief “mid week update” each week, about some interesting product, idea, or intriquing article I came across that week. Then I wrap it up at the end of each week with a post consolidating some of the Tweets I posted that week on Twitter about Ed Tech articles and web sites that I think my blog readers might find informative and useful.    

There are right ways and wrong ways to approach “Ed Tech”. Technology just for the sake of technology is a mistake. Just like any successful business project, technology implementations in schools and classrooms, no matter how small or large, will benefit from planning. Failing to properly learn and plan how technology will be used in an educational setting is a sure way to give Ed Tech a black eye, and sour students, educators, and parents on the prospect. I try to offer guidance, and hindsight, on the “right ways”, and ways to avoid furthering the disconnect that often exists between technology and the classroom. 

Come learn and explore with me, and share your insights with others!

This Introductory Video provides a tour of the site:  

My qualifications
I have been in the information technology field for over 20 years, working at a senior management level for more than half of that time. I have been an avid user of Internet technologies for many of those years, and in 2008 I joined The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY (where I am currently Chief Information Officer) and focused increasing attention on instructional uses of current and emerging Internet technologies. There is so much that can be done to engage students with these evolving technologies. I also feel strongly that educators should strive to be aware of these technologies, and to provide students with insight into them. I do not claim to be an expert in many of these technologies. I am rather, probably much like yourself, very interested in them, and willing to devote some time to exploring them and sharing my experiences in a way that I hope is useful.          

I really hope to encourage a dialogue - to hear back from readers who have used these and similar technologies and can share their experiences, perspective, and knowledge.         

Subscribe, Comment!
If you are also interested in the use of Internet technologies and other emerging technologies for use in and out of the classroom, please join me on this journey. Subscribe to this blog, “fan up” at the Facebook Fan Page, or subscribe to the YouTube Channel, and pass a post to a friend! I also welcome and encourage comments, so please weigh in with your thoughts, and don’t hesitate to ask questions. Thanks!         

Kelly Walsh

Kelly Walsh
Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY.          

[Disclaimer: This is a personal weblog. The opinions expressed here represent my own, or other posters, and not those of my employer.]        

AND NOW FOR A LITTLE SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION (OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NATURE!)  

In addition to blogging, another little hobby of mine is music. I write, sing, play guitar, and record my own original songs, and the occasional cover song. I’ve also put together a few videos – some performance videos and some more produced videos. I share these on my YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/minstrel. I hope you’ll stop by and check some of these out.         

Here’s a couple of my original songs and videos (by the way, I used Windows Movie Maker to do the top one, and Sony Vegas Pro for the bottom one):        

Thanks so much for watching, and for visiting!