Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 09-10-12

by K. Walsh on September 14, 2012

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

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


- Colleges Go Proactive with Flipped Classrooms:
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2012/08/colleges-go-proactive-flipped-classrooms

- Education: There’s an app for that
http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/news/education-there-s-an-app-for-that/article_9bad2606-fd9f-11e1-a058-0019bb2963f4.html

- Using “Badges” in Education and Beyond:
http://www.technapex.com/2012/09/using-badges-in-education-and-beyond/

- Study Shows What Teachers and Parents Really Think About Education Technology:
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/study-shows-what-teachers-and-parents-really-think-about-education-technology/

- Many-to-One vs. One-to-Many: An Opinionated Guide to Educational Technology -
http://www.american.com/archive/2012/september/many-to-one-vs-one-to-many-an-opinionated-guide-to-educational-technology

- Blended Learning Training Resources for Teachers:
http://www.american.com/archive/2012/september/many-to-one-vs-one-to-many-an-opinionated-guide-to-educational-technology

- The classroom of the future is here:
http://www.hayriverhub.com/2012/09/the-classroom-of-the-future-is-here/

- Mobile phones in the classroom: teachers share their tips:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/sep/10/mobile-phones-classroom-teaching

- Gates Foundation puts out RFP’s for Grants fordeveloping MOOCs for Remedial Classes: http://
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/gates-foundation-offers-grants-for-moocs-in-introductory-classes/39792

- Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media:
http://www.centerdigitaled.com/training/Why-Educators-Should-Spend-Time-Daily-on-Social-Media.html

- Technology can cut school costs (article discusses 1 to 1 programs, flipped classes, more): http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/topstories/x928640889/Tom-Sciacca-Technology-can-cut-school-costs#axzz264IIgYob

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
100 Ways to Teach With Twitter
Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Classroom 2.0 with 75 Articles from Innovative Educators
Embracing the Cell Phone in the Classroom With Text Messaging Assignments

About

Kelly Walsh is CIO at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY and is the founder and author of EmergingEdTech.com. As an avid 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 and online educator, and in his latest eBook, "iPads in Education: Implementations, Apps, & Insights" is available for sale in the iBookstore. In his spare time, he records and performs original and cover songs (look for "K. Walsh" on iTunes or Amazon.com or check out his original song videos on YouTube).

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