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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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This Tweet Wrap includes a preview of Google’s new Classroom tool, a few iPad-specific teaching tips, awards recognizing innovation in teaching with tech, a bunch of other cool tools and tech tips (as always!), and more!
FlipQuiz Offers an Easy Way to Create Jeopardy-style Games:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/flipquiz-offers-easy-way-to-create.html [3]
How To Use An iPad To Add Voice Comments To Grading:
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/how-to-use-an-ipad-to-add-voice-comments-to-grading/ [4]
How to Humanize Your Online Class with VoiceThread (eBook):
http://page.teachingwithoutwalls.com/ebook [5]
Crowdfunded startup seeks to bring online storytelling technology to schools:
http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/Crowdfunded-startup-seeks-to-bring-online-storytelling-technology-to-schools-3236382 [6]
ISTE Honors Education Leaders for Transforming Learning Through Innovation w/ 2014 Awards:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1899302#ixzz317z1tpzl [7]
Congrats Lisa Highfill, Instructional Tech Coach named district’s 2014-15 “Teacher of the Year”!
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2014/05/06/instructional-technology-coach-wins-teacher-of-the-year [8]
Choice is Important to Creating Student Voice:
http://paigebrimacombe.edublogs.org/2014/05/05/choice-is-important-to-creating-student-voice/ [9]
Why teachers are more important now than ever:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-matter-now-more-than-ever-angela-maiers [10]
Creating a Classroom Studio with an iPad and a Green Screen:
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/greenscreen [11]
Anne Collier: The Best Digital Citizenship Curriculum:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/ecm-anne-collier [12]
30 Innovative Ways To Use Google In Education:
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/30-innovative-ways-to-use-google-in-education/ [13]
5 Sites and Apps to Help Students Develop Reading Comprehension Skills:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/by-request-5-sites-and-apps-to-help.html [14]
Here is a preview of Google’s new free “Classroom” tool:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/previewing-new-classroom.html [15]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
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Technology Integration Secrets of Award Winning Teachers
20 Excellent Free Tools for Interactive Classroom Collaboration [16]
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About Kelly Walsh [21]
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 [22] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [23]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [24] 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]