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 … flip like an expert with best practices from experts, several pieces on the continued evolution of Competency Based Education, shifts needed to move us to the future of learning, exploring different styles of student video projects, a free chapter from Larry Ferlazzo’s new book on student motivation, and a variety of additional free tools and resources
“Some predict that technology will render teachers useless. I cannot disagree more”
https://medium.com/bright/mapping-the-21st-century-classroom-d07b2166d44e
iNACOL report, “Maximizing Competency Education & Blended Learning: Insights from Experts”
http://www.competencyworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CompetencyWorks-Maximizing-Competency-Education-and-Blended-Learning.pdf
Flip Like an Expert – Best Practices for Flipped Classrooms (Pt. 1: Content)
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/best-practices-for-successful-flipped-classrooms-content/
Tomorrow’s Learning Today: 7 Shifts Of Future Learning
http://www.teachthought.com/trends/shift-learning-the-7-most-powerful-ideas-shifts-in-learning-today/
Elements Of a Successful Lesson + Student Hand-Outs THEY Use To Teach
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/05/20/heres-my-chapter-on-elements-of-a-successful-lesson-along-with-student-hand-outs-they-use-to-teach/
Riddle - Create Image-based Polls and Quizzes
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/05/riddle-create-image-based-polls-and.html
If You Can Really Be Replaced by a Video, well … You Should Be (yeah, I went there)
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/if-you-can-be-replaced-by-a-video-you-should-be/
Fun & Nicely Written! MT @techlearning: “A Teenager’s View on Education Technology”
https://medium.com/bright/a-teenager-s-view-on-education-technology-4d92a018ddf9
Guest Commentary: Technology in classroom can help close achievement gap
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_28154251/guest-commentary-technology-classroom-can-help-close-achievement
Nice! Nat Geo Learning Donates 35,000 Prof Dev Textbooks to Increase Student Success & Engagement
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inspiring-success-national-geographic-learning-donates-35000-professional-development-textbooks-to-increase-student-success-and-engagement-300085862.html
Randy Chapman: Teachers power use of technology in classroom
http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/randy-chapman-teachers-power-use-of-technology-in-classroom/article_cf196d5e-9603-5999-848b-86d3140d4141.html
Now You Can Add Images to Plickers Questions
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/05/now-you-can-add-images-to-plickers.html
5 Reasons Enterprises Have Difficulty Implementing New Technologies
http://www.jobbertechtalk.com/5-reasons-enterprises-have-difficulty-implementing-new-technologies-by-dr-jonathan-reichental/
(Fascinating Read) The End of the Big Test: Moving to Competency-Based Policy
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_innovation/2015/05/the_end_of_the_big_test_moving_to_competency-based_policy.html
Six Styles of Classroom Video Projects - A Handout
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/05/six-styles-of-classroom-video-projects.html
