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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 [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).
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Lots of opinion pieces this week (tasty food for thought!), some news pieces (including an amazing story from Bangladesh), and a number of tips and tools (as always)!
“If social media is the means by which organizations open dialogs … higher ed is being left behind” (The Ivory Tower Isn’t Tweeting):
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/04/09/the-ivory-tower-isnt-tweeting.aspx [3]
It’s not “all those damned students”. Agreed, Mr. Talbot, well said!
http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/2014/04/08/the-problem-is-not-the-students/ [4]
“institutions in which attitudes like these prevail among faculty won’t survive the next 10 years”
(see link above)
5 technology trends poised to rock higher education:
http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/technology-trends-education-884/ [5]
Technology Teacher Prepares Sacramento Students For What Lies Ahead:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/technology-teacher-prepares-sacramento-students-for-what-lies-ahead/ [6]
ShareDrop Offers Any Easy (Free) Way to Transfer Files Between Devices:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/sharedrop-offers-any-easy-way-to.html#.U0khOVfrJNF [7]
BTW, #FlipClass can certainly facilitate the Synced Classroom (just sayin’!):
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/5-steps-to-the-synced-classroom/ [8]
“[The] first major driver transforming the delivery of higher education is ever-evolving” #edtech:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-kevin-manning/american-higher-education-factors_b_5119529.html [9]
Using tablets to reach kids with autism:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/09/tech/innovation/autism-tablet-apps/index.html?hpt=te_t1 [10]
Floating schools (seriously!) & how access to technology broadens access to education:
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/athambilemasola/2014/04/08/floating-schools-and-how-access-to-technology-broadens-access-to-technology/ [11]
If you can go down the hall to talk instead of emailing someone, do it! #communication -> #relationships -> #productivity
Next gen education: Technology changing the classroom dramatically
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20140405/MAN0101/304060180/Next-gen-education-Technology-changing-classroom-dramatically [12]
Voices: Technology helps meet 21st century education challenges -
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140406/SHE04/304060151/Voices-Technology-helps-meet-21st-century-education-challenges?nclick_check=1 [13]
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Can the Inspiration for Learning be Captured and Empowered Through Technology?
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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 [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]