Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 03-26-12

March 30, 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). Schools Chief Finalist: Technology Should Engage Students, Not Cut Teacher Costs: http://barrington.patch.com/articles/superintendent-finalist-views-technology-as-tool-to-engage-students-not-cut-costs New Research Shows Promise of Tech To Help Teachers Reach Individual Students: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-research-shows-promise-of-technologies-to-help-teachers-reach-individual-students-but-cant-replace-emotional-work-of-classrooms-2012-03-28 Universities [...]

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How Are Learning Analytics Being Used in Education?

March 28, 2012

Guest writer Andrianes Pinantoan sheds some light on this emerging education technology. Wikipedia defines learning analytics as, “the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.” The concept of learning analytics evolved in the first decade of the [...]

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15 Favorite iPad Apps As Selected By Teachers

March 25, 2012

Out of 125 responses from teachers indicating their top 3 apps, these are the apps that were listed most often. Over the last few weeks, we ran a survey asking teachers to tell us about two or three of their favorite iPad apps that they use in an education-related context. Today we share the apps [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 03-19-12

March 23, 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). Harnessing Laptops in class – Best practices for laptops in the classroom: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/best-practices-for-laptops-in-the-classroom/39064 Getting a Free Education, in Huge Online Classes (MOOCs from MIT): http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Getting-a-Free-Education-in-Huge-Online-Classes-143735006.html ‘A [...]

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Are you using technology to positively impact K-12 student learning? Get recognized.

March 21, 2012

It’s probably a lot easier than you might think to get recognition as the Teaching Superstar you are! The Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum is currently accepting applications, with the early decision deadline of April 1 fast approaching. The final deadline for all applications is May 15th. The forum itself will be held [...]

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Fully Functional Windows 2010 on the iPad, for Free (plus 2 GB of storage) – Onlive Desktop

March 18, 2012

Onlive Desktop’s free Office 2010 on the iPad is brilliantly conceived. A couple weeks ago my son showed me Word 2010, the real thing, working on his iPad, and it didn’t cost him a dime! A closer look revealed a fully functional virtual desktop, courtesy of Onlive Desktop. These folks had been using VD to [...]

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

March 16, 2012

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: [...]

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10 Recommended YouTube Edu-tainment Channels

March 14, 2012

These YouTube channels provide a wealth of entertaining educational content for use in or out of the classroom. Guest Post By Katie Brunson YouTube can be a great technological resource for teachers to use in the classroom. But with so many videos and channels, how can educators find quality content without watching hours of video? [...]

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4 Powerful Free Cloud Apps for Teachers

March 11, 2012

These popular free Internet based tools provide excellent functionality that you can access from many devices. The buzz about “the cloud” just seems to keep growing, but the fact is the cloud has been around for years – if you’re using an Internet based tool, you’re using the cloud. Search Engines, YouTube, Facebook – these [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 03-05-12

March 9, 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). Cutting Edge Classroom Part I- Teachers and technology: http://bit.ly/z3F4fL An example of how technology can change education: http://thegazette.com/2012/03/04/an-example-of-how-technology-can-change-education/ 10 Cool Gaming Tools in MBA Education: http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/10-cool-gaming-tools-in-mba-education/ [...]

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