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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 12-30-13

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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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Tech Tools Lag Our Competency Based Aspirations - Not for long!
http://educationnext.org/technology-tools-lag-our-competency-based-aspirations/ [3]

1:1 program changes education at Northeast HS:
http://www.morningsun.net/article/20131226/NEWS/131229944/2136/NEWS [4]

Excellent Flipped Classroom FAQ Video Series from teacher Katie Gimbar:
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/excellent-flipped-classroom-faq-video-series-from-katie-gimbar/ [5]

Chromebooks are gaining traction in education:
http://www.examiner.com/article/chromebooks-are-gaining-traction-education [6]

Over 100 new articles on #edtech [7] in 2013, and “Creating Custom Facebook cover” was #2:
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/03/create-a-custom-facebook-cover-image-in-4-easy-steps-with-ms-paint/ [8] Go figure!

eduClipper Is What Teachers Want Pinterest To Be:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/educlipper-is-what-teachers-want.html#.UsdzcrSPDNI [9]

55 Content Curation Tools To Discover & Share Digital Content:
http://teachthought.com/learning/55-content-curation-tools-to-discover-and-share-digital-content/ [10]

How K-12 Education is Moving Increasingly Online (w/#Infographic):
http://edtechreview.in/news/news/e-learning/398-k12-education-moving-online [11]

A pretty through look at “What Counts ‘For Credit'” and much that surrounds it:
http://hackeducation.com/2013/12/19/top-ed-tech-trends-2013-credits/ [12]

Why I’m Proud to Be Called a Teacherpreneur:
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2014/01/why-im-proud-be-called-teacherpreneur [13]

PD should be about learning, not control, compliance, and permission:
http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/12/pd-should-be-about-learning-not-control-compliance-and-permission.html [14]

 

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
11 Awesome Mash Up Tools for Creating Digital Learning Content [15]
New Research Validates Effectiveness of Adaptive Learning [16]
The Emergence of Virtual High Schools – What You Need to Know [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!