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Collected education and instructional technology articles, resources, and tools.
Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers.
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5 Great Activities from Read Write Think:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/5-great-activities-from-read-write-think.html#.UZ9DDWMt2Sp [3]
MOOC movement is a real catalyst “to move the needle on the conversation of openness”:
https://medium.com/education-technology/c08b4a0af54a [4]
Research Findings Support the Incorporation of Games and Gaming Techniques in Education:
http://www.pil-network.com/HotTopics/gamesbasedlearning/research-supports-game-based-learning [5]
Magpointer - Enlarge, focus, highlight elements or areas of your PPT slides on-the-fly:
http://www.magpointer.com/ [6]
5 Good Lesson Plans for Teaching Copyright:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/5-good-lesson-plans-for-teaching.html#.UZy2BJg4120 [7]
MOOC Provider edX More Than Doubles Its University Partners:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/mooc-provider-edx-more-than-doubles-its-university-partners/43917 [8]
This is what standardized tests fail to assess:
http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/2013/05/this-is-what-standardized-tests-fail-to.html [9]
ISTE 2013 Awards Honor Education Leaders for Leveraging Technology to Transform Learning:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1256077#ixzz2TvXUCavr [10]
“The Best Education Technology Resources” from Edudemic:
http://edudemic.com/best-education-technology/ [11]
Vimeo Video School - Storytelling the Stillmotion Way:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/vimeo-video-school-storytelling.html#.UZ9D12Mt2Sp [12]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Four Infographics About 2012′s Top Trending Education Technology Topic – MOOCs [13]
Salman Khan’s Inspiring One World Schoolhouse [14]
Moby Max is a Proven Adaptive Learning Toolset with Differentiated Curriculum for K-8 Students [15]
About Kelly Walsh [20]
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 [21] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [22]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [23] 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]