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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 04-08-12

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

(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).


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Education Technology Flips for “Flipped” Classrooms:
http://techonomy.com/2013/04/education-technology-flips-for-flipped-classrooms/ [3]

Education demands tech upgrade (congressional Reps Miller & Wise):
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/education-demands-technology-upgrade-89894.html?hp=r10 [4]

Will Teachers Unions Kill Virtual Learning?
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/04/seat_time_requirements_and_other_regulations_could_hurt_the_virtual_learning.html [5]

Edmodo: Social Collaboration For Teachers (rapidly growing network evolving into free LMS):
http://www.informationweek.com/education/instructional-it/edmodo-social-collaboration-for-teachers/240152473 [6]

Ten Good Video Sources for Science Students and Teachers ( from freetech4teachers):
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/ten-good-video-sources-for-science.html#.UWP96pi68wY [7]

Could Ed-Tech Be the Solution to Millennials’ Underemployment Woes?
http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/04/08/could-ed-tech-be-the-solution-to-millennials-underemployment-woes [8]

The 22 Milestones Of Education Technology infographic:
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/the-22-milestones-of-education-technology/ [9]

Chinese Education Technology Efforts May Surpass America’s:
http://www.educationnews.org/technology/chinese-education-technology-efforts-may-surpass-americas/ [10]

BYOD for the Classroom: Web Filtering Alone Can Impede Learning:
http://blogs.enterasys.com/byod-for-the-classroom-web-filtering-alone-can-impede-learning/ [11]

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Making BYOD Work in Schools – Three School Districts That Have Figured it Out [12]
8 Great Education and Instructional Technology Infographics [13]
Flipped Classroom Successes in Higher Education [14]

About Kelly Walsh [19]

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 [20] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [21]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [22] 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]