Digital Learning and #EdTech Tweet Wrap Week Ending 03-07-15

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).

Lots of thought provoking article covering two persistent themes in this week’s articles … how creativity and learning work in the human brain and flipped teaching and learning. We’ve also got a thorough list of education-related Twitter Chats, a look at smartphones and 21^st century learning, how the best teachers make beauty out of chaos, and much more!

Three Critical Conversations Started and Sustained by #FlippedLearning
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/three-critical-conversations-started-sustained-flipped-learning/

Active Learning ‘More Important' than #FlipClass? (Active rocks, but flip makes time for it!)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2015/03/03/research-using-active-learning-more-important-than-flipping-the-classroom.aspx

5 Anchors For Using Technology To Teach Reading
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/5-anchors-for-using-technology-to-teach-reading/

A Comprehensive List of Education-related Twitter Chats for Teachers
https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-official-list

Secrets of the Creative Brain
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/secrets-of-the-creative-brain/372299/

How Creative Teachers Make Beauty Out Of Chaos
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-creative-teachers-make-beauty-out-of-chaos/

Are MOOCs Working for Us? (Part 2)
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/are-moocs-working-us-part-2

“It was then that I realized how little I was learning … by attending class.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-reich/flipping-the-way-students_b_6765834.html

This is Your Brain On Guitar
http://www.the-open-mind.com/this-is-your-brain-on-guitar/

Flipped Learning for the Win in #HigherEd! Horizon Report: Time to Adopt is NOW
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/flipped-classroom-horizon-report-time-to-adopt-is-now/

Digital pedagogy brings technology to the classroom
http://manitoumessenger.com/news/2015/02/28/digital-pedagogy-brings-technology-to-the-classroom/

Huff Post: Why Smartphone Use Helps Develop 21st Century Skills in #HigherEd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-tressel/why-smartphone-use-helps-_b_6777678.html

Letting kids move in class isn’t a break from learning. It IS learning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/01/19/letting-kids-move-in-class-isnt-a-break-from-learning-it-is-learning/

Learning New Words Activates The Same Brain Regions As Sex, Drugs
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/learning-new-words-activates-same-brain-regions-sex-and-drugs

3 Technologies That You May Be Using Improperly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-furman/3-technologies-that-you-m_b_6771256.html

Study Finds Gamers Are Better Learners
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/study-finds-action-gamers-are-better-learners