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 was an exciting one! We're on Snapchat now with EmergingEdTech updates! I've been using it for a year or more with my daughter, and felt it was time to get snappin' with edtech content. Most days I'll leave a few updates about favorite teaching and tech apps, interesting news, what I'm writing about, educators and techies I talk with, and so on … it's a fun way to share all the cool tech and teaching resources and ideas I encounter every day! Just look for “emergingedtech” and add us to your stream (and if you’re new to Snapchat but curious, check out A.J. Juliani’s article great, “The Complete Guide to Snapchat for Teachers and Parents”).
Back to this week's wrap … we've got lots of great updates, tools, and tips. First, the DoE is working to figure out to provide aid to Coding Bootcamp students, which just goes to show the momentum behind the ‘just-in-time' microcredentials movement and the dis-aggregation of the higher ed degree (we see more of this in a Forbes article about 10 platforms for learning digital skills), the article “9 ways to improve your district’s digital leadership” includes goods ideas not just for admins but for teachers too, we've a couple good articles on engaging students with active learning, come explore the OpenEd Lesson Plan add-on for Google docs, a whole bunch platforms that enable you provide digital badges, and there's plenty more!
Interesting! Low-income Ss will soon be able to get federal aid 4 coding
https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/low-income-students-will-soon-be-able-to-get-federal-aid-to-attend-coding-bootcamps/
4 Interactive Classroom Activities to Ignite Student Participation
https://blog.tophat.com/interactive-classroom-activities/
YES! Engaging kids in design-based learning
https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/17/engaging-kids-in-design-based-learning/
How Can We Measure Edtech's ROI?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-08-18-how-can-we-measure-edtech-s-return-on-investment
9 ways to improve your district’s digital leadership
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/08/19/9-ways-to-improve-your-districts-digital-leadership/
A look well beyond “emerging” tech … 100 years into the future!
http://www.businessinsider.com/strangest-predictions-for-the-future-in-100-years-2016-8
How to Use the Lesson Plan Add-on In Google Docs
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/08/how-to-use-lesson-plan-add-on-in-google.html#.V7hI6pgrI2w
Why do classrooms have fronts?
http://flippedlearning.org/syndicated/why-do-classrooms-have-fronts/
Schools using robots for collaboration, deeper learning
http://www.educationdive.com/news/schools-using-robots-for-collaboration-deeper-learning/424625/
10 Useful Platforms To Learn In-Demand Digital Skills
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaslaurinavicius/2016/08/16/learning-platforms/#6271f5a91c95
Marty is a walking robot that makes learning to code fun
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/marty-robot-learn-code/#edtech
Using Project-Based Learning To Flip Bloom’s Taxonomy For Deeper Learning
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/using-project-based-learning-flip-blooms-taxonomy-deeper-learning/
Want to issue badges? Try these platforms
http://etale.org/main/2014/07/27/want-to-issue-open-badges-here-are-some-options/
Great vid channel to learn about impact of tech & social media on teens
https://www.youtube.com/user/Teensafe/videos
Gaming in the classroom: what we can learn from Pokémon Go technology
http://theconversation.com/gaming-in-the-classroom-what-we-can-learn-from-pokemon-go-technology-63766
Learning to code must be matched with working toward change
http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Learning-to-code-must-be-matched-with-working-9141932.php
