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 … why teachers make the best ed tech admins, how Minecraft prepares students for jobs that don’t exist yet, finding your teaching “superpower”, secrets of active learning classroom design, exploring the intriguing question, “can we control our own technological destiny?”, and more …
6 Secrets of Active Learning Classroom Design
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/08/6-secrets-of-active-learning-classroom-design.aspx
Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right
http://www.nature.com/news/why-we-are-teaching-science-wrong-and-how-to-make-it-right-1.17963
Why Teachers Make the Best #Edtech Administrators
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-07-15-why-teachers-make-the-best-administrators
Can We Control Our Technological Destiny—Or Are We Just Along For the Ride?
http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/12/can-we-control-our-technological-destiny-or-are-we-just-along-for-the-ride/
How to Prevent Downloading of Shared Google Docs
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/how-to-prevent-downloading-of-shared.html
Custom Texting Application Helps College of Westchester Communicate w/Ss
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/14/custom-texting-application-helps-college-of-westchester-communicate-with-students.aspx
Connecting Learners With a Digital Ecosystem
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/15/connecting-learners-with-a-digital-ecosystem.aspx
How Minecraft Prepares Kids for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet!
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-05-26-how-minecraft-and-duct-tape-wallets-prepare-our-kids-for-jobs-that-don-t-exist-yet
How Technology is Changing the Way Children Think and Focus
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201212/how-technology-is-changing-the-way-children-think-and-focus
Removing the Barriers to Participation for Disabled Scholars
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1058-removing-the-barriers-to-participation-for-disabled-scholars
The Rise of Regionally Accredited Competency Based Education in #HigherEd
http://www.theedadvocate.org/the-shocking-truth-about-competency-based-education/
Innovative UW research center uses games to promote learning
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/innovative-uw-research-center-uses-games-to-promote-learning-b99527132z1-315157571.html
What is Your Greatest Teaching Superpower?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/weareteachers/what-is-your-teaching-spirit-animal-h0xt
Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing
http://www.dailyteachingtools.com/free-graphic-organizers-w.html
Uncertainty and Chance May Improve Learning in Learning Games
https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Science-of-Learning-Blog/2015/07/Uncertainty-and-Chance-May-Improve-Learning-in-Learning-Games
Rowan U opens second virtual reality lab
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/rowan-opens-second-virtual-reality-lab/article_bb6b463c-25e0-11e5-bd5c-6fa990d45888.html
Smarter Teaching: 10 Ways You’ll Know You’re Doing It Right
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-habits-effective-teachers/
