Teaching and Tech Tweet Wrap, w/e 06-25-16

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 … check out 163 “tools for schools” from Cool Cat Teacher, create videos with the free Stop Motion Studio app (available for smartphones and Windows), read about how we are ushering in the golden age of education technology, discover an opportunity for fame and fortune from the Khan Academy, learn why handwriting is still a vital learning tool for students, explore an extensive set of “App Lessons” from AppED Review, check out how IBM's Watson is going to impact education, and more! Enjoy!

Professional development, training key to ed tech success
http://www.educationdive.com/news/professional-development-training-key-to-ed-tech-success/421533/

Students are demanding the facts about coding bootcamps
https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/25/students-are-demanding-the-facts-about-coding-bootcamps/

Stop Motion Studio Offers a Great Way to Make Videos
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/06/stop-motion-studio-offers-great-way-to.html

Fascinating … Is it real, or is it the future [of education]?
http://blog.learningisearning2026.org/is-it-real-or-is-it-the-future/

The Great #FlippedLearning, Project Based, Paperless Classroom Experiment
http://www.teachercast.net/2014/09/16/nbthsmusic-2/

Bring On The Golden Age Of Learning Technology
http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/approaching-the-golden-age-of-learning-technology/

Khan Acad seeking ‘brilliant explainers' whose videos can help Ss succeed
https://www.khanacademy.org/talentsearch

Great set of #flippedlearning “why, how, what if” videos from Katie Gumbar
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB632EC24182B4D40

Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/why-handwriting-is-still-essential-in-the-keyboard-age/

Lots of great App Based Lessons, from @AppEdReviewReview
http://appedreview.com/app-lessons/

How Technology Has Made Our Kids Smarter Than Ever (HuffPo)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aj-agrawal/how-technology-has-made-o_b_10577380.html

In 5 Years, “the Classroom Will Learn You”, thanks to @IBMWatson
http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/machine-learning-applications/decision-support-education.shtml#fbid=SL2d7d9LQQ-

In elementary education, ‘doing science’ rather than just memorizing it
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/in-elementary-education-doing-science-rather-than-just-memorizing-it/

Love it: “it’s time to cut the Digibabble around education & tech and focus on the issues”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sable/what-do-technology-and-ed_b_10575296.html

10 Creative Ways to Use Interactive White Boards in the Classroom
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/09/creative-uses-interactive-white-boards/

How to Prepare Professors Who Thought They’d Never Teach Online
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Prepare-Professors-Who/236873

This Is the Tech That Will Make Learning as Addictive as Video Games
http://singularityhub.com/2016/06/20/this-is-the-tech-that-will-make-learning-as-addictive-as-video-games/

Amazing list! 163 “super tools for schools” from @coolcatteacher
http://ow.ly/Vpti301r9su