Tweet Wrap for week of 03-29-10

by K. Walsh on April 2, 2010

A “baker’s dozen” of Tweets providing links to Ed Tech article & resources, compiled from the week’s EmergingEdTech Twitter posting activity:

  • Universities saving much-needed cash w/help of Technology: http://bit.ly/b0FsVn
  • Is Ed Tech worth it? Contest offers $students 1000 for best answer: http://www.techlearning.com/article/28610
  • Partnerships between public & private stakeholders critical to success of Nat Ed Tech Plan: http://bit.ly/d5eGeT
  • Tools like Skype can add element of engagement to Online Course delivery: http://bit.ly/9cvYQ2
  • Seton Hill U to provide iPads to all full time students this fall: http://bit.ly/cKzLxH
  • Fun tools for kids from US Mint (could be useful in math class, social studies) : http://www.usmint.gov/kids/
  • Language teacher leveraging MP3 players in instructional process: http://bit.ly/9IDMQh
  • Leading publisher of open source textbooks teams w/NACS to pilot print-on-demand program: http://bit.ly/aMoBoG
  • New studies show that 1-to-1 computing in schools not as impactful as other factors: http://bit.ly/b7D8YR
  • Co. develops mobile assessment tools for iTouch & iPad: http://bit.ly/9ZkUHu
  • Are tech tools the future of parent-teacher conferencing (they can certainly help)? http://bit.ly/aBLtFN
  • Thoughtful Op-Ed piece, “Education requires comprehensive approach to technology” http://bit.ly/aV7gRf
  • Interesting - students retain printed info better (than online)? http://bit.ly/ahm8U6

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
100 Ways to Teach With Twitter
Education Technology Twitter Post Weekly Summaries

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Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer, and an adjunct faculty member, at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY and is the founder and author of EmergingEdTech.com. As an education 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, adjunct faculty member, and online educator, periodically running Flipped Class Workshops online. His latest eBook, the Flipped Class Workshop in a Book was published in September, 2013 and is available here. Walsh also records and performs original and cover songs (look for "K. Walsh" on iTunes or Amazon.com or check out his original song videos on here on YouTube ).

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