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 … several posts written around goings on at the ISTE conference, examine how to do adaptive learning right, check out several studies showing benefits of using virtual reality for teaching and learning, explore how tech-enabled collaborative teaching can facilitate social and emotional development for students, discover how your skin may be the next form of “wearable” technology, learn about 5 ‘maker' apps that give college grads skills they'll need in the workplace, and more, more, more!
Three Interesting Studies on Virtual Reality in Education
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/06/three-interesting-studies-on-virtual.html
How to Do Adaptive Learning Right
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-30-how-to-do-adaptive-learning-right
Updates from ISTE: 4 new ‘GAFE' tools to help teachers do what they do best
http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html
The Next Wearable Technology Could Be Your Skin
http://singularityhub.com/2016/06/30/the-next-wearable-technology-could-be-your-skin/
‘Flipped' Pioneer Launches Global Initiative to Spread the Practice
https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/06/28/flipped-pioneer-launches-global-initiative-to-spread-the-practice.aspx
Computer Science Is “Future-Proof” (US News)
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-29/progress-of-technology-only-makes-computer-science-education-more-valuable
Rethinking teacher training in the digital age
http://edscoop.com/rethinking-teacher-training-in-the-digital-age
ISTE 2016: Michio Kaku Says Education Needs a Revolution
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/06/iste-2016-michio-kaku-says-education-needs-revolution
Why Every Child Needs To Be A ‘Stretchy Thinker'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robyn-shulman-/why-every-child-needs-to-_b_10616758.html
Realities To Keep In Mind While Integrating Technology In Ss' Day-To-Day Lives!
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/32760/20160628/u-s-teens-technology-cellphones-smartphones-social-media-instagram-facebook-ed-tech-students-education.htm
How Can Technology Impact Outcomes in Introductory College Courses?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-04-18-how-can-technology-impact-outcomes-in-introductory-college-courses
3D Printing Teaching Gains Badge Certification
http://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3d-printing-teaching-gains-badge-certification-83657/
Technology-Driven Collaborative Teaching Drives Social, Emotional Development in Ss
http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/technology-driven-collaborative-teaching-drives-social-and-emotional-development-students
Amazon grows education footprint w/ free platform for learning materials
https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/27/amazon-jumps-into-online-learning-with-inspire-a-platform-for-free-crowdsourced-and-premium-materials/
Interesting … Putting a Face on Your Flipped Classroom Content
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/putting-face-your-flipped-classroom-content-cameron-evans
5 “maker” apps that give students post-college skills
http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/maker-skills-apps-344/
What a Microsoft-Owned LinkedIn Means for Education
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/06/20/what-a-microsoft-owned-linkedin-means-for-education.aspx
How Seesaw accidentally became a teacher’s pet at 1/4 of US schools
https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/25/seesaw-education/
