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Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 10-21-13

by Kelly Walsh on October 26, 2013

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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).


Get the Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2013-2018:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/10/21/12-technologies-to-dominate-stem-education.aspx

In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/in-flipped-classrooms-a-method-for-mastery/?_r=0

Higher Ed CIO Advice: Social Media Improves The User Experience -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/cio-advice-social-media-i_b_4153460.html

Teacher vs Student: How Each Actually Uses Social Media (funny):
http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/social-media-students-vs.-teachers-v2BC437915E02D.jpg

Shutterbugs Wiggle & Stomp - A Smithsonian Game for Kids
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/shutterbugs-wiggle-stomp-smithsonian.html

The absence of paper: Classroom technology advances:
http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/next/the-absence-of-paper-classroom-technology-advances-20131024

Teaching Students about Wikis with a wiki sandbox project [Video]:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/videos/teaching-students-about-wikis/

Digital Device Adoption By Students is Still Growing, Why is #eTextbook Adoption in Single Digits?
http://studentforce.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/digital-device-adoption-among-students-is-still-growing-why-is-etextbook-adoption-in-single-digits/

12 Technologies To Dominate STEM Education:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/10/21/12-technologies-to-dominate-stem-education.aspx?admgarea=news

How To Fix Education: Flip It Upside Down?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicastillman/2013/10/21/how-to-fix-education-flip-it-upside-down/

Higher Ed Institutions must be bold, courageous, intentional, embrace the changing winds:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20131018/BUSINESS/310180100/John-Lowry-Changes-higher-ed-mirror-technology-evolution-music-industry?nclick_check=1

Technology Will Not Replace Teachers (Huff Post). Of course not, it’s an empowering tool:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-dunn/teachers-technology_b_4130200.html

 

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
The 10 Most Important Emerging Instructional and Education Technologies and Concepts (2013 Update)
7 Reasons To Leverage Social Networking Tools in the Classroom
Announcing the Flipped Classroom Workshop in a Book!

About 

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. 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. Walsh became the Community Administrator for the Flipped Learning Network in June of 2016. In his "spare time" he 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]

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