Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets about education and instructional technology articles, resources, etc.

(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).

This week’s wrap is packed! We explore questions like, “What does it mean to be a whole teacher?”, “Is the flipped classroom the answer to future learning?”, “Should teachers still care about Windows?”. We also examine the future of high-stakes testing, productivity skills every educator should have, stretching technology dollars, teacher-created apps, virtual rocket ships, tools to enable parent-teaching communication, an interactive brain map, and so much more!

Are You A Whole Teacher? A Self-Assessment To Understand
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/whole-teaching-whole-teacher-self-assessment-educator-assessment/

The Past, Present And Future Of High-Stakes Testing
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/01/22/377438689/the-past-present-and-future-of-high-stakes-testing

Using Technology to Enable Parent Teacher Communication
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suren-ramasubbu/using-technology-to-enabl_b_6479766.html

One Teacher Lets Students Prove They’re Trustworthy With Devices
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/one-teacher-lets-students-prove-theyre-trustworthy-with-devices/

New device worn on the teacher’s index finger allows them to remotely ‘touch’ IWB
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bird—an-innovative-educational-interactive-technology-tool-for-the-classroom-launched-at-bett-2015-in-london-289266221.html

Should Teachers Still Care About Windows?
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/windows-10-should-teachers-still-care/

Redesigning Schools for Today’s Students and Beyond
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-01-21-redesigning-schools-for-today-s-students-and-beyond

Bill Gates: digital learning will revolutionize education in global south
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/22/bill-gates-digital-learning-revolutionise-education-developing-world

3 Ways Schools Can Stretch Their Technology Dollars
http://www.govtech.com/education/3-Ways-Schools-Can-Stretch-Their-Technology-Dollars-.html

Really cool interactive showing growth of colleges in America since 1600’s!
http://blog.ecollegefinder.org/2015/01/20/the-growth-of-colleges-in-america/

Best Education Blogs to Watch in 2015
https://www.examtime.com/blog/best-education-blogs-watch-in-2015/

Study Released: “The Flipped-Classroom Approach: The Answer to Future Learning?”
http://ow.ly/HGQ0i

Future Of EdTech 101: Automation, Curation And Gamification
http://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2015/01/16/future-of-edtech-101-automation-curation-and-gamification/

Kickstart your children’s coding skills with this ultimate beginners guide
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/552393/Barclays-Digital-Eagles-Code-Playground-kids-coding

Rhode Island School of Design Partners w/ LEGO Education For Students’ Improvement
http://www.ischoolguide.com/articles/6170/20150115/rhode-island-school-of-design-lego-education-analog-digital-learning.htm

5 Productivity Skills Every Educator Must Have
http://thejournal.com/articles/2015/01/19/5-productivity-skills-every-educator-must-have.aspx

Students Can Build, Launch Virtual Rockets on Rocket Science 101 from NASA
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/01/students-can-build-and-launch-virtual.html

The ‘Oscars of Innovation in Higher Education’ recognize significance
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/glimpse-future-oscars-innovation-higher-education/

Very Cool Interactive Brain Map tools. Check this out!
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/

Who created that app? A teacher.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/who-created-app-teacher

About Kelly Walsh

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 online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com 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]