This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets.

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

• MIT + Khan Academy = We All Win.
  http://edudemic.com/2012/04/mit-khan-academy-we-all-win/
• What Tech in Schools Really Looks Like:
  http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/04/digital-divide/what-tech-in-schools-really-looks-like/
• The Imperfect Art of Designing Online Courses:
  http://chronicle.com/article/The-Imperfect-Art-of-Designing/131671/
• Technology changes classroom: Conference notes kids’ brains are wired differently -
  http://www.herald-review.com/news/local/technology-changes-classroom-conference-notes-kids-brains-are-wired-differently/
• Could ‘Learning Analytics’ Lead to ‘Wal-Martification’ of College? (podcast)
  http://chronicle.com/blogs/techtherapy/2012/05/02/episode-95-learning-analytics-could-lead-to-wal-martification-of-college/
• MIT and Harvard announce edX web education platform, make online learning cheaper, easier:
  http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/02/mit-and-harvard-announce-edx-web-education-platform-make-online/
• 12 Cool Startups Catering to the Homeschool Crowd:
  http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2012/04/30/12-cool-startups-catering-to-the-homeschool-crowd/
• Free Internet lessons challenge textbook market for public schools:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/free-internet-lessons-challenge-textbook-market/
• Online class attracts savvy sixth-graders:
  http://www.lvrj.com/news/online-class-attracts-savvy-sixth-graders-149461935.html
• 10 of the best apps for education from eSchoolNews:
  http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/01/07/10-of-the-best-apps-for-education/
• Students, faculty adapt to challenges posed by Internet, social media sites:
  http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2012/04/students_faculty_adapt_to_challenges_posed_by_internet_social_media_sites
• New website aims to guide educators through education technology maze:
  http://www.edsource.org/extra/2012/new-website-aims-to-guide-educators-through-education-technology-maze/7825
• Laptops replace lectures in some Wisconsin schools:
  http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/laptops-replace-lectures-in-some-area-schools

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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. 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. Walsh became the Community Administrator for the Flipped Learning Network in June of 2016. In his "spare time" he also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com and have a listen!

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