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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 … nominate an educator or administrator for a Digital Innovation Award, using tech to encourage positive behavior, the power of fearless engagement, a call to present, one of the top one-to-one initiatives in the nation, and much more!
How this Seattle-area school district became a model for using technology in schools
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/how-this-seattle-area-school-district-is-a-model-for-using-technology-in-schools/ [4]
Where Flipped Learning Research Is Going
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/04/15/where-flipped-learning-research-is-going.aspx [5]
OER isn’t just free, it’s OPEN! You may be able to revise, remix, etc., based on CC licensing:
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/10/understanding-copyright-fair-use-and-creative-commons-as-they-apply-to-education/ [6]
Twenty-Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson072.shtml#sthash.LIw8Q62w.dpuf [7]
Announcing the Second Annual Digital Innovation in Learning Awards
http://www.digitalpromise.org/blog/entry/announcing-the-second-annual-digital-innovation-in-learning-awards [8]
Path To Personalization: Better Models & Better Tests
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_innovation/2015/04/path_to_personalization_better_models_better_tests.html [9]
As Schools Favor iPads Over Textbooks, Educators Adapt
http://learninglab.wbur.org/2015/04/15/as-schools-favor-ipads-over-textbooks-educators-adapt/ [10]
Come Present @ #TLIPAD 2015! Share your Teaching & Learning w/ the iPad Expertise!
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/call-for-proposals-tlipad-2015-conference/ [11]
School Districts Benefit from Marrying Curriculum & IT Planning
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/03/school-districts-benefit-marrying-curriculum-and-it-planning [12]
iPads Allow Kids With Challenges To Play In High School’s Band
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/06/11/320882414/ipads-allow-kids-with-challenges-to-play-in-high-schools-band [13]
Introducing The TeachThought ‘Diverse Teacher Voices’ Program
http://www.teachthought.com/interest/introducing-the-teachthought-diverse-teacher-voices-program/ [14]
Assistive technology helping students with disabilities and learning difficulties succeed
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/assistive-technology-helping-students-with-disabilities-and-learning-difficulties-succeed-20150412-1mf6l3.html [15]
Looking to Personalize Learning? Yes! Now What??
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-04-12-personalized-learning-yes-now-what [16]
RT @suewaters: The Educators’ Guide to Infographics
http://www.theedublogger.com/2015/03/02/the-educators-guide-to-infographics/ [17]
Parapara Animation - Create Stopmotion Animations in Your Browser
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/04/parapara-animation-create-stopmotion.html [18]
Does Fearless Engagement Translate into Class Performance?
http://blog.echo360.com/learning-fearlessly-part-2 [19]
3 ways technology can support positive behavior in schools
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/04/10/technology-behavior-054/ [20]
Code for Hood hackathon aimed at disadvantaged teens in Sacramento
http://www.news10.net/story/tech/2015/04/10/code-for-hood-hackathon-aimed-at-disadvantaged-teens-in-sacramento/25607927/ [21]
About Kelly Walsh [26]
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 [27] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [28]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [29] 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]