This week’s collection of Education and Instructional Technology articles and resource Tweets.
(Originally posted, or retweeted, on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).
Using mobility as a catalyst for innovation inside higher education:
https://medium.com/technology-culture-productivity/ca7c245346fe
The 6 Education Technology Trends You Should Know About:
http://www.edudemic.com/education-trends-keep-tech-front-center/
Book Excerpt: MOOCs and Other Wonders: Education and High-Tech Utopia
http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/page2/moocs_and_other_wonders_education_and_high-tech_utopia_20140305
Workers must improve tech knowledge or get left behind, report warns:
http://news.tes.co.uk/further-education/b/news/2014/03/03/offices-will-be-abandoned-by-2030-in-radical-change-to-working-lives-report-predicts.aspx
“80% of college freshmen … learning through adaptive learning technologies” in 5 yrs
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/education-innovators-predict-rapid-scaling-improved-student-success-from-education-technology-1885056.htm
Tech Education Leader Launches Game-Changing, All-Girl Summer Program in Silicon Valley:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1775041#ixzz2vHMZl5aI
Transforming the Math Classroom With Flipped Instruction – Interview:
http://novemberlearning.com/transforming-math-classroom-flipped-instruction-interview-stacey-roshan/
Classrooms evolving at a high-speed pace:
http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/4389358-friday-focus-classrooms-evolving-at-a-high-speed-pace/
White House hosts student film festival w/focus on role technology plays in their education:
http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/466224/White-House-to-host-first-student-film-festival.html?isap=1&nav=5015
Op-ed: Let’s find creative ways to say yes to technology in the classroom -
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57608339-82/classroom-education-utah-classrooms.html.csp
Check out the “encyclopedia of serious games”, validated via rubric by students, teachers:
http://gamifi-ed.wikispaces.com/Encyclopedia+of+Learning+Games
Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):
8 Research Findings Supporting the Benefits of Gamification in Education
New Research Validates Effectiveness of Adaptive Learning
Student Created Content is an Exciting and Inspiring Learning Tool that Teaches Many Skills
