Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 09-24-12

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).

Technology makes a difference in student achievement:
http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2012/09/25/news/doc50622318e89ca291707272.txt

How schools are utilizing technology to create a measurably better educational future:
http://vator.tv/news/2012-09-24-resetting-education-tech-and-the-schools-of-the-future

New Report Urges Schools To Make Leap to “Digital” Textbooks By 2017:
http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=5575

Charting the Tech-tonic Shifts in Education:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/09/26/charting-the-techtonic-shifts-in-education.aspx

Mobile technology transforms classrooms at Forsyth schools:
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/sep/26/1/mobile-technology-transforms-classrooms-at-forsyth-ar-2641958/

Technology Changes Delivery of Education
http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/9_27_12_technology_education_teachers_math_science/

Using the Web, Students Create Cross-Platform Conference App:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/09/13/students-create-cross-platform-conference-app-via-the-web.aspx

Report: Schools Need to Shift from Textbooks to Digital Instructional Materials Within Five Years -
http://www.technapex.com/2012/09/report-schools-need-to-shift-from-textbooks-to-digital-instructional-materials-within-five-years/

Using Twitter in School: 4 Ways Students and Teachers Can Connect With the World -
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/using-twitter-school-four-ways-students-teach-connect.php

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