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: stress busting secrets, a cool free tool for adding your own commentary to selected parts of YouTube Videos (excellent for blended and flipped learning!), better peer reviews, making homework meaningful, a half a million historical video clips, an update on wearable tech for the classroom, and more …
Vibby - Break YouTube Videos Into Segments With Commentary
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/vibby-break-youtube-videos-into.html
Computer coding could join education’s ‘three Rs’ under NZ Labour plan
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/70641976/computer-coding-could-join-educations-three-rs-under-labour-plan
Teaching Social Skills to Improve Grades and Lives
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/building-social-skills-to-do-well-in-math/
New Ed-Tech Accelerator Program Seeks Breakthroughs in K-12 Science
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/07/new_ed-tech_accelerator_program_seeks_to_bring_breakthroughs_in_k-12_science.html
An Easy Way to Create Your Own iPad & Android Games (for pre-K through Grade 4)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/an-easy-way-to-create-your-own-ipad.html
Some Comments About Literacy and Educational Apps …
http://appedreview.com/blog/some-comments-about-literacy-and-educational-apps/
Future of #K12 tech? 5 surprising changes ahead. Check out the 2015 report
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/07/5-surprising-things-horizons-latest-report-future-k-12-tech
Interesting (not cheap, but cool!) “MC Squares” Collaborative Dry Erase Boards
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/29/fly-or-die-mc-squares/
This is what better peer review looks like.
http://blog.chalkup.co/peer-editing-tips-for-final-papers
Wearable technology in the classroom: what’s available and what does it do?
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jul/28/wearable-technology-classroom-virtual-reality
The Nerds Guide to Learning Everything Online
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_green_the_nerd_s_guide_to_learning_everything_online
Use Valuable #FlipClass Time For Conversation in Foreign Language Classes!
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/teaching-foreign-language-perfect-for-flipped-classroom/
Why You Might Want to Share a Tech Glossary at Your Next PD Day
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/why-you-might-want-to-make-tech-glossary.html
Understanding “Managed” vs. “Faculty Developed” Online Courses & pros/cons w/each model
http://musictoolbox.org/online_classroom/
Study: It Could Be Possible To Predict Which Kids Will Struggle w/ Reading
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/15/northwestern-children-reading_n_7802242.html
Research: playing video games (in moderation) can help us become better learners!
http://techu4ria.com/scientific-studies-show-why-everyone-should-play-video-games/
#IPAD TIP OF THE DAY: Make Text Bigger in iOS 8
http://www.cnet.com/videos/make-text-bigger-in-ios-8/
Tech #Flashback Early Web Browsers. Wow, remember when browsing was this ugly?
http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/say-hello-to-the-early-days-of-web-browsers-gallery/
Homework might be routine, but tech can make it meaningful
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jul/26/homework-might-be-routine-but-tech-can-make-it-meaningful
More Than 500,000 Historical Video Clips
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/more-than-500000-historical-video-clips.html
REMEMBER THIS: 10 Stress-Busting Secrets of Great Teachers
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/manage-teaching-stress/
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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