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This week’s collection of inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets about education and instructional technology articles, resources, etc.
(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).
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An abundance of great tools, tips, news, and thought pieces this week!
30 Of The Best Apps For Group Project-Based Learning:
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/30-of-the-best-apps-for-group-project-based-learning/ [3]
A Handful of Google Calendar Tutorials for Teachers:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/a-handful-of-google-calendar-tutorials.html#.UzahMoXrJNF [4]
Top-Ten IT Issues, 2014: “Be the Change You See”
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/top-ten-it-issues-2014-be-change-you-see [5]
Using Game-Technology to Support Cost-Effective Medical Education:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1816333 [6]
@robotsNpencils has Democratized App Creation! #pencilcase Anyone can code an iPad app!
http://robotsandpencils.com/pencilcase/ [7]
Cool #Infographic - 3D Printing: One Step Closer to a Star Trek Future?
http://www.bestcomputerscienceschools.net/3d-printing/ [8]
By Request - Seven Tools for Building and Sharing Online Quizzes:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/by-request-seven-tools-for-building-and.html#.UzajiYXrJNF [9]
State of Education: The Tech Boom’s Effect on Learning
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140325102741-6200057-state-of-education-the-tech-boom-s-effect-on-learning [10]
How Stanford Uses Technology to Spread Education to a Wider Audience:
http://tiny.cc/t2bhdx [11]
Keeping the Promise of Educational Technology (SxSWedu conf. keynote takeaway):
http://ncnewschools.org/blog/technology-should-enhance-education-not-drive-it-1121 [12]
Modifying the Flipped Classroom: The “In-Class” Version:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-classroom-in-class-version-jennifer-gonzalez [13]
“CAVE” people = Colleagues Against Virtually Everything! #nercomp keynote
eRate program: “sometimes it takes years for the FCC to process applications and distribute funding”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/26360392-452/train-kids-better-for-digital-age-jobs.html [14]
Mystery locations uncovered by ‘Skype detectives’ at Keicher Elementary School:
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/03/mystery_locations_being_discov.html [15]
I really wanted to share this again … Inspiring 2014 Scholarship Awards #Video makes me extra proud to work at The College of Westchester! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRQCMVmlYA&feature=youtu.be [16]
Also, I was honored to be among the top 5 in the “Top 100 Social CIOS on Twitter [17]” listing on the Huffington Post this week. Thank you to all my readers and followers for helping to make this happen! It sure is cool to see my small (but mighty!) college alongside major industry players and other, more widely known institutions of higher education. #humbled
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Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
The Flipped Classroom Continues to Grow, Surpassing Other Digital Learning “Trends” [19]
Enhance Project-Based Learning with These 10 Powerful Tools
3D Printing – Coming to a Classroom Near you (Sooner Than you Think)! [20]
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About Kelly Walsh [25]
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 [26] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [27]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [28] 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]