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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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How Passionate Teaching Breeds Innovative Learning (TeachThought)
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/passionate-teaching-breeds-innovative-learning/ [3]
Getting digital learning right is more about the planning than the purchase order:
http://www.american.com/archive/2014/january/how-teachers-can-best-use-tech [4]
Glean - Search for, Watch, Ask Questions About Educational Videos:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/glean-search-for-watch-and-ask.html#.UtFBMLSPDNJ [5]
[School] Administrators “not looking for companies to sell them tech, but … partners who understand their challenges”:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2014/01/report_identifies_opportunities_challenges_for_ed_technology_market.html [6]
Congrats to these Indiana Educators Receiving Technology Awards!
http://www.batesvilleheraldtribune.com/local/x12773564/Educators-receive-technology-awards [7]
The Learning Revolution … “is about taking learning into your own hands”
http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/01/learning-revolution-education/ [8]
Edtech start-ups propel change in classroom technologies:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10553592/Edtech-start-ups-propel-change-in-classroom-technologies.html [9]
What’s the Future of Education Technology - Bloomberg TV #Video [10] *(w/Blackboard CEO)?
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/what-s-the-future-of-education-technology-tHo75SZYS_C8AFsdZuGeZg.html [11]
MentorMob is now LessonPaths (I didn’t get the memo! Still an awesome tool though):
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/12/getting-to-know-mentormob-for-teaching-and-learning/ [12]
Ed Tech Magazine Reports That Typing and Handwriting Need Equal Attention From Teachers:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1664511#ixzz2pcjWfcYZ [13]
Education dept officials to use GPS to prevent cheating in exams:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-05/hyderabad/45881345_1_exam-centres-intermediate-education-invigilators [14]
Salman Khan, The Most Influential Person In Education Technology:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2014/01/04/the-most-influential-person-in-education-technology/ [15]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Sal Khan’s One World Schoolhouse – Powerful Ideas Persuasively Expressed [16]
Future of Education Technology (article category)
Student Created Content is an Exciting and Inspiring Learning Tool that Teaches Many Skills [17]
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[18]Interview with Innovative Higher Ed CIO and Thought Leader Phil Komarny (Part 2 of 2) [18]
[19]Kids Teaching Kids - Is This The Next Ed Tech Breakthrough? [19]- [20]Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Roll Up for the Week of 02-24-14 [20]
- [21]Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 01-20-14 [21]
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]