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).

3 Digital Tools For Common Core Academic Vocabulary:
http://www.teachthought.com/common-core-2/digital-tools-for-common-core-academic-vocabulary/

3 Flashcard Apps to Prepare for Spring Assessments:
http://blog.edmodo.com/2013/03/20/3-flashcard-apps-to-prepare-for-spring-assessments/

Social Media Certifications Prepare Students, Employees for Social Business:
http://www.cio.com/article/731097/Social_Media_Certifications_Prepare_Students_Employees_for_Social_Business

Sweating the Details of a MOOC in Progress:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/sweating-the-details-of-a-mooc-in-progress/43315

Letter: Online education is affordable and practical -
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Letter+Online+education+affordable+practical/8188202/story.html

Breaking the ‘Hype-to-Failure’ Cycle of Education Technology in India:
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-04-04-breaking-the-hype-to-failure-cycle-of-education-technology-in-india

How four tech-savvy colleges advance student learning with technology:
http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/how-four-tech-savvy-colleges-advance-student-learning-with-technology/

How to Create YouTube Photo Slideshows - A Good Alternative to Animoto:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/how-to-create-youtube-photo-slideshows.html#.UV6zCBst2Sp

Opinion: We have much to learn about educational technology -
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Opinion+have+much+learn+about+educational+technology/8178633/story.html#ixzz2PJBOS1NI

10 reasons I love using Edmodo in my iPad classroom:
http://reflectionsofeducator.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/10-reasons-i-love-using-edmodo-in-my-ipad-classroom/

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Teaching Writing and Learning With Graphic Organizers
Preparing Students for the Global Workplace with Collaborative Online International Learning
Have you Flipped your Classroom? How are you Using Class Time?

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]