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This week’s collection of Education and Instructional Technology articles 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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Technology makes a difference in student achievement:
http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2012/09/25/news/doc50622318e89ca291707272.txt [3]
How schools are utilizing technology to create a measurably better educational future:
http://vator.tv/news/2012-09-24-resetting-education-tech-and-the-schools-of-the-future [4]
New Report Urges Schools To Make Leap to “Digital” Textbooks By 2017:
http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=5575 [5]
Charting the Tech-tonic Shifts in Education:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/09/26/charting-the-techtonic-shifts-in-education.aspx [6]
Mobile technology transforms classrooms at Forsyth schools:
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/sep/26/1/mobile-technology-transforms-classrooms-at-forsyth-ar-2641958/ [7]
Technology Changes Delivery of Education
http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/9_27_12_technology_education_teachers_math_science/ [8]
Using the Web, Students Create Cross-Platform Conference App:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/09/13/students-create-cross-platform-conference-app-via-the-web.aspx [9]
Report: Schools Need to Shift from Textbooks to Digital Instructional Materials Within Five Years -
http://www.technapex.com/2012/09/report-schools-need-to-shift-from-textbooks-to-digital-instructional-materials-within-five-years/ [10]
Using Twitter in School: 4 Ways Students and Teachers Can Connect With the World -
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/using-twitter-school-four-ways-students-teach-connect.php [11]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
10 More Resources For Getting the Most Out of Cell Phones and Smart Phones in School [12]
7 Twitter Users to Follow If You Are Interested in Education Technology
4 Great Twitter Applications for Teachers Using Twitter In The Classroom
About Kelly Walsh [17]
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 [18] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [19]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [20] 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]