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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 week in our Tweet Wrap … the milestone that marked the beginning of computer-based “ed tech”(?),enter for a free TechSmith bundle, appreciation for an educator’s superpower (one of many!), who got the biggest Gates Foundation grants in 2014?, how to search Twitter for educational content, and more. Wishing everyone a wonderful New Year’s celebration this coming week and healthy, happy year in 2015!
… @Edutopia is giving away a TechSmith Bundle! (Enter by Jan 4)
http://www.edutopia.org/giveaway/techsmith-flipped-class-bundle [3]
Learning Should Be Creating, Not Consuming
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-12-24-learning-should-be-creating-not-consuming-lessons-from-berlin [4]
MT @poida: It’s not about the #EdTech [5], it’s all about teaching and learning with EdTech!
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New 3D printing helps students visualize creations http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2014/12/26/new-printing-helps-students-visualize-creations/20860377/ [7]
Interesting … breakthrough digital textbook will change the way students experience math
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/what-we-offer/techbook-digital-textbooks/math/index.cfm [8]
Was 1971’s The Oregon Trail the beginning of computer-based “education technology”?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_%28video_game%29 [9]
MT @jackiegerstein: Educators have amazing superpower; helping invisible students find their voice
https://twitter.com/jackiegerstein/status/547754037089947649/photo/1 [10]
Here’s who got the biggest Gates Foundation education grants for 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/12/21/heres-who-got-the-biggest-gates-foundation-education-grants-for-2014/ [11]
Visionary Leaders Share How American Education Can Advance From B- To A+
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2014/12/22/visionary-leaders-share-how-american-education-can-advance-from-b-to-a/ [12]
INFOGRAPHIC - The Evolution of #Gamification [13] in Education
http://www.knewton.com/gamification-education/ [14]
How to Search Twitter for Educational Content
http://practicaledtech.com/2014/10/27/practical-ed-tech-tip-of-the-week-searching-twitter-for-educational-content/ [15]
Universal Skills All Learners Should Acquire
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/universal-skills-all-learners-should-know-how-to-do/ [16]
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]