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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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What constitutes a highly effective learning environment? How can you turn a video into a lesson that includes questions mid-stream, for free? Where can you find over 50 categorized BYOD apps for education? Answers to those questions and more in this week’s Tweet Wrap post!
Flipped classroom approaching mainstream status, per survey
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2014/06/how-flipped-classrooms-are-growing-and-changing [3]
Create, Publish, Promote: An iPad Workflow For Learning
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/create-publish-promote-ipad-workflow-for-learning/ [4]
LEGO Design: An Ed Tech Savior?
http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/it-strategy/lego-design-an-ed-tech-savior/a/d-id/1278656 [5]
BYOD Dream Tools 4 #teachers #edtech (free, inc app versions)
http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/dats.cfm [6]
100 Ed Tech Leaders Call on FCC To Update E-rate
http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/06/17/100-ed-tech-leaders-call-on-fcc-to-update-erate.aspx [7]
Tech summer camps expand kids’ minds
http://techpageone.dell.com/industries2/education/tech-summer-camps-expand-kids-minds/#.U6Qmr7GPNxN [8]
3D printers for all! Education market may be first in line for tech
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8747/20140618/3d-printers-education-market-first-line-tech.htm [9]
Today’s Tip for Flipped Learning: Communicate with Parents
http://www.k12blueprint.com/top-tips [10]
Check out the awesome new 3 Min. Teaching w/Technology Tutorial Video Series!
http://www.emergingedtech.com/3-minute-teaching-with-technology-tip-video-tutorial-series/ [11]
Zaption - Video Based Quizzes and More
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/06/zaption-video-based-quizzes-and-more.html [12]
14 Google Glass Innovative Use Cases in Education
http://www.slideshare.net/ValaAfshar/14-google-glass [13]
What Are You Going To Do To Inspire Students?
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/what-are-you-going-to-do-to-inspire-students/ [14]
Free, Open-source, Peer-reviewed, High-quality textbooks for your college courses! Openstax.
http://openstaxcollege.org/books [15]
10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment:
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/10-characteristics-of-a-highly-effective-learning-environment/ [16]
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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]