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).

San Jose State U. Says Replacing Live Lectures With Videos Increased Test Scores:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/san-jose-state-u-says-replacing-live-lectures-with-videos-increased-test-scores/40470

Ed Tech Makes Consumer Electronics Association’s Top 5 Trends:
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/10/16/ed-tech-makes-consumer-electronics-associations-top-5-trends.aspx

Amazon Aims To Get Its Kindle In The Classroom:
http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/seattle-based-amazon-looking-to-get-kindle-into-schools/

Best iOS Apps for Mobile Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]:
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/10/best-ios-apps-mobile-learning/

Catching Up to Technology Transformation (is Education Finally Ready?):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-d-haeger/technology-higher-education_b_1962634.html

Technologically advanced, $38-million school a new concept:
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Technologically+advanced+million+school+concept/7386353/story.html

Teachers make money selling materials online:
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019403958_apusonlineteacherresources.html

Check out Quizlet, cool app for studying with friends or individually:
http://quizlet.com/features/

How Education Technology is like the Betamax (hint: it’s about the functionality and results, not the device):
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/how-education-technology-is-like-betamax/

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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. 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 online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com 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]