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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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8 Things Kids Should be able to do with Technology (‘it’s a tool, not a learning outcome’):
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/8-things-kids-should-be-able-to-do-with.html [3]
The first comprehensive literature review on the Flipped Learning model:
http://www.flippedlearning.org/cms/lib07/VA01923112/Centricity/Domain/41/LitReview_FlippedLearning.pdf [4]
Cool looking start-up platform for interactive online teaching - Versal (#video):
http://versal.wistia.com/medias/epqv22bm05 [5]
Microsoft announces worldwide Imagine Cup winners (students!), with awards more than $1 million in cash and prizes:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11ImagineCup13PR.aspx [6]
Academy of Education Arts & Sciences Expands Bammy Awards to Include Education Technology:
http://geeks.broadwayworld.com/article/Academy-of-Education-Arts-and-Sciences-Expands-Bammy-Awards-to-Include-Education-Technology-20130711 [7]
Zoho Survey - A Free Survey/Polling Tool Packed With Features:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/zoho-survey-survey-tool-packed-with.html#.Ud6GDWPbCSo [8]
Understanding The Common Core (With 80 links to various resources):
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/common-core/#ixzz2Ye4IMwdZ [9]
MOOCs - Born of technology, a perfect fit for IT learning:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/512968/moocs_born_technology_perfect_fit_it_learning/?fp=4&fpid=78268965 [10]
LIVE: The Evolution of Education + Tech is Happening Now:
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/09/update-live-the-evolution-of-education-tech-trends/ [11]
7 ways that technology is transforming education, with Pearson’s chief digital officer:
http://thenextweb.com/video/2013/07/08/7-ways-that-technology-is-transforming-education-with-pearsons-chief-digital-officer/ [12]
Cape iPad experiment pays off, successful at engaging students:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130708/NEWS/307080317 [13]
ISTE keynote: Gaming has huge educational potential -
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/06/24/iste-keynote-gaming-has-huge-educational-potential/ [14]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Book Review – Teaching and Learning With The iPad by David Mahaley [15]
For-Credit MOOCs a Growing Trend [16]
8 Research Findings Supporting the Benefits of Gamification in Education [17]
About Kelly Walsh [22]
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 [23] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [24]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [25] 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]