Education and Instructional Tech Tweet Wrap for the Week of 03-31-14

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).

This week we have a mix of inspiration, opinion, tips, and questions. Food for thought, questions to ponder, wonders to behold, and more …

Our View: Technology in education sets stage for the real world (well said!) -
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140401/OPINION/304010003/Our-View-Technology-education-sets-stage-real-world?

10 Tips for Personalized Learning via #Technology:
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-ten-key-lessons

Focus on the Opportunities Ed Tech Brings, Not the Hype:
http://educationnext.org/focus-opportunities-ed-tech-brings-hype/

How Video is Changing the Way We Teach Children:
http://www.reelseo.com/video-education-report/

Nantwich teacher earns national acclaim for “flipped learning” approach:
http://nantwich-news.co.uk/wordpress/2014/04/01/nantwich-teacher-earns-national-acclaim-for-flipped-learning-approach/

Report from education think tank calls for definition of #digital #literacy:
http://www.cp24.com/news/report-from-education-think-tank-calls-for-definition-of-digital-literacy-1.1753742#ixzz2xdUz4EYg

7 Tips, Techniques to Encourage Technology Innovation @ Your School:
http://www.pil-network.com/HotTopics/changemanagement/tips-to-foster-education-instructional-technology-innovation

MT @jackiegerstein: See how kids are becoming leaders & changing the world:
http://justcoz.org/donated/KidsAreHeroes/16802/jackiegerstein

Five Things I Want Teachers To Know About #Edtech (student shares advice about implementing edtech):
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-03-28-five-things-i-want-teachers-to-know-about-edtech

RT @jackiegerstein: Do You Know Me? The Voice of a Disgruntled Student in a Boring Class:
http://gettingsmart.com/2014/03/know-voice-disgruntled-student-boring-class/

If Digital #Literacy is a Basic Skill, Who's Responsible for Teaching It?
http://www.teachingquality.org/content/if-digital-literacy-basic-skill-whos-responsible-teaching-it

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