Digital Learning and Teaching Tweet Wrap for Week Ending 02-14-15

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’s Tweet Wrap features some interesting activities to encourage self-directed learning, some different ‘flipped’ model to get you thinking about your classroom and teaching approach, how to cite social media in academic writing, crowdfunding tips, and a dictionary of technology and learning model. As always, there’s also a smattering of teaching and technology tips, techniques, insights, and ideas …

7 Activities to Encourage Students to Take Ownership of Their Learning
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/7-activities-to-develop-self-directed-learning/

Wow! The First 1-to-1 Laptop Program was 25 YRS AGO! Yet #EdTech still struggles to be mainstream
http://hackeducation.com/2015/02/12/first-one-to-one-laptop-program/

Arne Duncan reminds schools how to take advantage of e-rate and get “up to speed” w/wifi:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/12/get-your-schools-speed

Report Shows Maker Movement Natural Entry for Girls & Women in Technology
http://iq.intel.com/report-shows-maker-movement-natural-entry-girls-women-technology/

7 unique #FlippedClassroom models — Which is right for you?
http://panopto.com/blog/7-unique-flipped-classroom-models-right/
[Ed. Note – Some of these really aren’t what I would consider a flipped classroom, but I thought the list was thought provoking - KW]

5 Myths about Teaching with Technology
http://fishtreeblog.tumblr.com/post/108072520115/5-common-myths-about-teaching-with

How To Cite Social Media In Scholarly Writing
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-to-cite-social-media-scholarly-writing/

Professors Know About High-Tech Teaching Methods, but Few Use Them
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professors-know-about-high-tech-teaching-methods-but-few-use-them/55777

25 Things Successful Teachers Do Differently
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/25-things-successful-teachers-do-differently/

A Checklist for Doing Classroom-Based Ed Tech Research (Part 1)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2015/02/02/checklist.aspx

What Comes First: the Curriculum or the Technology?
http://www.edudemic.com/what-comes-first-the-curriculum-or-technology/

The 2015 NMC Horizon Report 2015 #HigherEd Edition is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikcPU5Q6tPs&feature=youtu.be

Is there a good #HigherEd equivalent? “Whole Brain Teaching: Grade 1 Classroom”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaweXw03kQI

The 9 essentials of crowdfunding for the classroom
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/02/10/crowdfunding-the-classroom-476/

Nominate an Education Innovator who you know to be a Digital Learning Champion
http://educatorinnovator.org/nominate-an-educator-innovator-as-a-digital-learning-champion/

Insert Graphs and Equations Into Google Docs and Forms
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/02/insert-graphs-and-equations-into-google.html

I Flipped My Classroom: One Teacher’s Quest to Remain Relevant
http://www.naspaa.org/JPAEMessenger/Article/VOL21-1/03_Gunyou.pdf

Seven things teachers are sick of hearing from school reformers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/08/14/seven-things-teachers-are-sick-of-hearing-from-school-reformers/

Children and Technology: How Much Is Best?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/opinion/children-and-technology-how-much-is-best.html?_r=0

Lyons Township students design video games after research
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/news/ct-dlg-field-videogame-tl-0212-20150209-story.html

“… how a teacher in our group is using technology to change lives.”
http://schoolsweek.co.uk/is-technology-worth-bothering-with-in-education/

A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-models-learning-theories-index/