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This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets.
(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).
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Infographic provides insights into Academia’s adoption of Cloud Computing:
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/08/29/going-to-the-cloud/ [3]
The “Flipped Learning” Resource Center from eSchoolNews:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/events/conferences/flipped-learning/ [4]
Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Fall Semester 2012:
http://lifehacker.com/5938782/plan-your-free-online-education-at-lifehacker-u-fall-semester-2012 [5]
(Nice article by teacher) Benefits of using technology in the classroom & how to get started!
http://www.voxxi.com/benefits-technology-in-the-classroom/#ixzz24wFI5ADc [6]
From Legos to Raspberry Pi: The Most Creative Startups in Education Technology -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-meeker/new-technology-school-classrooms_b_1834855.html [7]
Check out the many excellent chapters being considered for inclusion in Classroom 2.0 Book:
http://www.scribd.com/Classroom20Book [8]
Students see technology as crucial in the classroom while teachers are becoming guides:
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Opinion+Generation+blazes+learning+trail/7142455/story.html [9]
Training tomorrow’s Netizens to navigate the ‘Net safely:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21407006/training-tomorrows-netizens [10]
How Big Data is Changing the College Experience [Infographic]:
http://www.onlinedegrees.org/how-big-data-is-changing-the-college-experience/ [11]
Students Find E-Textbooks ‘Clumsy’ and Don’t Use Their Interactive Features:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/students-find-e-textbooks-clumsy-and-dont-use-their-interactive-features/39082 [12]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Learning All About Electronic Textbooks In A Video Interview With CourseSmart CMO Jill Ambrose [13]
12 Common Education Technology Implementation Problems and How to Prevent and Remediate Them
Cybersafety: A Lesson Plan Outline in Internet Safety
About Kelly Walsh [18]
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester, in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. As an education and instructional 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, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops [19] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [20]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [21] and have a listen!
[Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, or those of other writers, and not those of my employer. - K. Walsh]