Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers.
This week …motivating students and motivating teachers, using tech with a purpose, a treasure trove of Infographics, Einstein talks about learning and happiness, amazing technology predictions from Singularity U, and numerous free tools and teaching tips (with a dose of the good doctor … Seuss, that is, thrown in to top it all off!).
“A lecturer imparts knowledge, but a facilitator provides the tools for learning …”
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Helping Students Motivate Themselves (Larry Ferlazzo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxS9rohyvA&feature=youtu.be
Creating Narrated Slideshows with Google Tools
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/creating-narrated-slideshows-with.html
30 Lessons For Teachers From Dr. Seuss
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/30-lessons-for-teachers-from-dr-seuss/
Brightspace demystifies adaptive learning
http://content.brightspace.com/wp-content/uploads/Infographic_AdaptiveLearning_web1.pdf
Achieving Mastery Through #FlippedLearning
http://www.teachability.com/people/pygeosiegel/blog/2015/06/02/achieving-mastery-through-flipped-learning
Transforming Learning Through Student Content Creation
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/transforming-learning-through-student.html
Israel’s Wikipedians lead the way in education, technology
http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israels-Wikipedians-lead-the-way-in-education-technology-404749
The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years
http://singularityhub.com/2015/05/11/the-world-in-2025-8-predictions-for-the-next-10-years/
5 Tools for Creating Multimedia Quizzes - A Comparison Chart
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/12/5-tools-for-creating-multimedia-quizzes.html#.VXMuY0bvbUd
Every person should watch this video on Growth Mindset
http://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve
Using Google Apps in a Math Classroom
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/using-google-apps-in-math-classroom.html
“The 18 Most Influential People in Ed Tech” (Congrats #TLIPAD 2015 Keynote Steven A. Anderson!)
http://tech.co/18-influential-people-ed-tech-2015-06
For Poor, Graduation Gap Is Even Wider Than Enrollment Gap
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/upshot/for-the-poor-the-graduation-gap-is-even-wider-than-the-enrollment-gap.html
7 Ways to Use Technology With Purpose
http://ajjuliani.com/7-ways-use-technology-purpose/
We need to rework American #HigherEd, so Americans can get back to work
http://qz.com/413787/we-need-to-rework-american-higher-education-so-americans-can-get-back-to-work/
“Our World Of Data”, Infographics Treasure Trove:
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/06/01/our-world-of-data-is-a-treasure-trove-of-infographics/
Albert Einstein Tells His Son The Key to Learning & Happiness is Losing Yourself in Creativity
http://www.openculture.com/2015/05/einstein-tells-his-son-the-key-to-learning-happiness-is-losing-yourself-in-creativity.html
Investments in game-based learning & #edtech continues to grow
http://www.tonybates.ca/2015/06/01/investments-in-game-based-learning-and-learning-technology-continues-to-grow/
EXCHANGE: Teachers cite technology as engagement key
http://www.bnd.com/news/business/article22544079.html
About Kelly Walsh
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester, in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. He frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here. Walsh became the Community Administrator for the Flipped Learning Network in June of 2016. In his "spare time" he also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com and have a listen!
[Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, or those of other writers, and not those of my employer. - K. Walsh]
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