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 Wrap includes proposed legislation to help put ‘a laptop in every backpack’, imagining an Apple Watch tailored to higher education, the inconvenient truth about assessment, putting the world in students hands with Augmented Reality, ways to engage digitally distracted students, techniques for sharing videos without using YouTube, and more!
What #NetNeutrality means for students and educators
http://neatoday.org/2015/03/11/net-neutrality-means-students-educators/
16 iPad Presentation Tools for Teachers. Which is your fave?
http://classtechtips.com/2014/11/10/16-presentation-tools-for-educators-on-ipads/
From Metaphors to Peer Mentors, Elkmont Teacher gets Creative Teaching Math
http://whnt.com/2015/03/11/from-metaphors-to-peer-mentors-this-elkmont-teacher-gets-creative-teaching-math/
Who Will Win the $1 Million Teacher Prize?
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/who-will-win-the-1-million-teacher-prize-gesf/
5 Big Ways Education Will Change By 2020
http://www.fastcompany.com/3043387/sector-forecasting/5-big-ways-education-will-change-by-2020
Elementary School Dumps Homework, Tells Kids to Play Instead
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150305/kips-bay/elementary-school-dumps-homework-tells-kids-play-instead
The Flipped Classroom and Active Learning – Why Break up a Perfect Marriage?
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/flipped-classroom-and-active-learning-perfect-marriage/
6 Tongue-In-Cheek Tips For Helicopter Parents That Help Too Much
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/6-tongue-in-cheek-tips-for-parents-that-help-too-much/
ViewPoint: A Laptop in Every Backpack (EETT legislation)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2015/03/10/a-laptop-in-every-backpack.aspx
What Might an Apple Watch for Higher Education Look Like?
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/what-might-an-apple-watch-for-higher-education-look-like/56041
Yale Announces ‘Blended’ Online Master’s Degree
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/yale-announces-blended-online-masters-degree/56003
4 Ways to Engage Digitally Distracted Students
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-03-08-4-ways-to-engage-digitally-distracted-students
You can't stay relevant w/ command-&-control mindset. Collaborate, co-create value (this may be a “CIO” observation, but it relevant to teachers and professionals of many stripes – KW)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/100-business-technology-a_b_6855652.html
Five Ways Students Can Share Videos Without YouTube
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/fivedrop-ways-students-can-share-videos.html
Teachers overworked but still dedicated, survey suggests
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/mar/12/teachers-overworked-undervalued-education-survey
The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/the-inconvenient-truths-about-assessment/
Learning innovations a priority at UMD
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/pursuits/scrapbook/3693533-learning-innovations-priority-umd
Putting the World In Their Hands: Augmented Reality
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/putting-the-world-in-their-hands-augmented-reality-in-the-classroom/
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