Education and Instructional Technology Tweet Wrap for the Week of 03-24-14

This week’s collection of inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets about education and instructional technology articles, resources, etc.

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

An abundance of great tools, tips, news, and thought pieces this week!

30 Of The Best Apps For Group Project-Based Learning:
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/30-of-the-best-apps-for-group-project-based-learning/

A Handful of Google Calendar Tutorials for Teachers:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/a-handful-of-google-calendar-tutorials.html#.UzahMoXrJNF

Top-Ten IT Issues, 2014: “Be the Change You See”
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/top-ten-it-issues-2014-be-change-you-see

Using Game-Technology to Support Cost-Effective Medical Education:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1816333

@robotsNpencils has Democratized App Creation! #pencilcase Anyone can code an iPad app!
http://robotsandpencils.com/pencilcase/

Cool #Infographic - 3D Printing: One Step Closer to a Star Trek Future?
http://www.bestcomputerscienceschools.net/3d-printing/

By Request - Seven Tools for Building and Sharing Online Quizzes:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/by-request-seven-tools-for-building-and.html#.UzajiYXrJNF

State of Education: The Tech Boom's Effect on Learning
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140325102741-6200057-state-of-education-the-tech-boom-s-effect-on-learning

How Stanford Uses Technology to Spread Education to a Wider Audience:
http://tiny.cc/t2bhdx

Keeping the Promise of Educational Technology (SxSWedu conf. keynote takeaway):
http://ncnewschools.org/blog/technology-should-enhance-education-not-drive-it-1121

Modifying the Flipped Classroom: The “In-Class” Version:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-classroom-in-class-version-jennifer-gonzalez

“CAVE” people = Colleagues Against Virtually Everything! #nercomp keynote

eRate program: “sometimes it takes years for the FCC to process applications and distribute funding”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/26360392-452/train-kids-better-for-digital-age-jobs.html

Mystery locations uncovered by ‘Skype detectives' at Keicher Elementary School:
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/03/mystery_locations_being_discov.html

I really wanted to share this again … Inspiring 2014 Scholarship Awards #Video makes me extra proud to work at The College of Westchester! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRQCMVmlYA&feature=youtu.be

Also, I was honored to be among the top 5 in the “Top 100 Social CIOS on Twitter” listing on the Huffington Post this week. Thank you to all my readers and followers for helping to make this happen! It sure is cool to see my small (but mighty!) college alongside major industry players and other, more widely known institutions of higher education. #humbled

Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
The Flipped Classroom Continues to Grow, Surpassing Other Digital Learning “Trends”
Enhance Project-Based Learning with These 10 Powerful Tools
3D Printing – Coming to a Classroom Near you (Sooner Than you Think)!