Teaching and Technology Tweet Wrap, Week Ending 10-18-15

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 in the wrap … has technology and the passing of time bought us back to a place where we can pursue Progressive Education?; discover Dotstorming - a free tool that combines a bit of Padlet with a polling tool, learn why everything will be flipped in the future classroom, get the most out of conferences - 16 tips, explore a grid that helps drive decisions about what kinds of apps to use in the educational setting based upon which of the ‘4 Pillars' you are building a lesson around, … and more to explore!

Want to Be Happier and Healthier? Then Go to College.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-merisotis/want-to-be-happier-and-he_b_8288354.html

Try Dotstorming for Brainstorming and Voting on Ideas
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/10/try-dotstorming-for-brainstorming-and.html

In the classroom of the future, everything will be flipped
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/in-the-classroom-of-the-future-everything-will-be-flipped

Game-Based Learning Thrives, Despite Report of its Decline
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/10/game-based-learning-thrives-despite-report-its-decline

Why Parent Involvement Matters: The Research #podcast w/ @coolcatteacher
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/why-parent-involvement-matters-the-research/

Museums Test New Technology: Interactive Exhibits
http://www.wsj.com/video/museums-test-new-technology-interactive-exhibits/D6C453A8-EEED-40D0-9B29-27B65A46FF2F.html

#FlipClass approach allows students to learn on their own time, their own terms - WJHS Principal
http://www.tricountyleader.com/news/2015-10-15/Front_Page/FRIENDS_AND_NEIGHBORS.html

“Machine teaching” looks to design optimal individual learning styles
https://badgerherald.com/news/2015/10/14/machine-teaching-looks-to-design-optimal-individual-learning-styles/

Nice grid of “#Apps to chose or avoid” based on 4 Sci of Learning Pillars
http://www.isafe.org/node/8

Create a Thematic Picture Story On Thematic
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/10/create-thematic-picture-story-on.html

Makers of #DigitalLearning tools need to build in constructs for Elaborated Feedback
http://theconversation.com/marking-answers-with-a-tick-or-cross-wont-enhance-learning-48732

Is 2016 The Year That Progressive Education Returns?
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/is-2016-the-year-that-progressive-education-returns/

Seven Tips for Creating Community In Online Courses
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-11-seven-tips-for-creating-community-in-online-courses

5 Websites that Will Revolutionize Your Math Teaching
http://www.mathgiraffe.com/blog/5-websites-that-will-revolutionize-your-math-teaching

Where The Wild Fractions Are: The Power Of A Bedtime (Math) Story
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/08/446490524/where-the-wild-fractions-are-the-power-of-a-bedtime-math-story

Online learning is essential to a knowledge-based economy
http://www.tonybates.ca/2015/10/11/online-learning-and-a-knowledge-based-economy/

16 Good Tips: How to Apply What You Learn @ at #EdTech Conferences
http://thyblackman.com/2015/10/10/how-do-i-apply-what-i-learned-at-tech-conferences-as-an-educator/