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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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Teachers Shed Light On Technology Adoption In The Classroom:
http://www.educationinamerica.com/research/hotchalk-edu-index/ [3]
On YouTube You Can Now Find #Free Music to Legally Download and Re-use:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/09/on-youtube-you-can-now-find-free-music.html#.UkbCEkXbCSp [4]
Pinterest-Famous Teacher Uses Social Media In Classroom, Proves Jonathan Franzen Wrong:
http://austinist.com/2013/09/25/pinterest-famous_round_rock_teacher.php [5]
Technology has become a powerful educational aid:
http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/education/2013/09/26/technology-has-become-a-powerful-educational-aid [6]
Varsity Tutors has launched this massive #free #test resouce (ACTs, APs, SATs, more):
http://www.varsitytutors.com/practice-tests [7]
Education 3.0: Embracing Technology to ‘Jump the Curve’:
http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/09/education-3-0-embracing-technology-to-jump-the-curve/ [8]
Khan Academy Uses Technology to “Flip the Classroom”:
http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/khan-academy-uses-technology-flip-classroom-0625205#MkIHVKFcOZfcdSaI.99 [9]
State initiative growing technology in classrooms:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-09-22/state-initiative-growing-technology-classrooms [10]
Of MOOCs and Technology: Why True Education Is Not Content Delivery:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-astore/of-moocs-and-technology-o_b_3967397.html [11]
The end of boring lectures?
http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/09/flipped-teaching [12]
Reminder, another Flipped Classroom Workshop starts next weekend (October 6)!
Sign up today for the web’s most in depth (yet so affordable!) flipped teaching workshop. [13]
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
Salman Khan’s Inspiring One World Schoolhouse
The Fall 2013 Online Flipped Class Workshop starts October 6
The 10 Most Important Emerging Instructional and Education Technologies and Concepts (2013 Update) [14]
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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 [13] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [20]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [21] 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]