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 we're taking a look at many of the exciting things going on in education today (and tomorrow) … we've got an Epic Guide to Gamification from Vicki “Cool Cat Teacher” Davis, A.J. Juliani offers the Complete Starters Guide to MakerSpaces, we share Audrey “Hack Education” Watters' insights into Blockchain and education, take a look at balancing pedagogy and assessment in Competency Based Education, explore tips for successful Project Based Learning, and finally … do you have a question about the flipped classroom? Type it up or record it and send it to the Flipped Learning Network and you may get that question answered in a new FLN podcast!
Balancing Pedagogy & Assessment in Competency-Based Education
http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/10/balancing-pedagogy-and-assessment-in-competency-based-education
Survey: 55% of #HigherEd Faculty Are Flipping the Classroom
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/10/12/55-percent-of-faculty-are-flipping-the-classroom.aspx
Technology reform full of good ideas, poorly executed
https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/article/technology-reform-full-of-good-ideas-poorly-executed
Microsoft Unveils 5 MOOCs on K–12 Digital Pedagogy and Leadership
https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/10/12/microsoft-unveils-5-moocs-on-k12-digital-pedagogy-and-leadership.aspx
The Trends & Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/09/16/the-trends-and-challenges-shaping-technology-adoption-in-schools/
12 Ways to Create Digital Lessons for Flipped or Blended Learning: No 3 – ed.ted.com
http://flippedlearning.org/how_to/create-digital-lessons-for-flipped-or-blended-learning-ed-ted-com/
LinkedIn doubles down on education with LinkedIn Learning
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/22/linkedin-doubles-down-on-education-with-linkedin-learning/
3 Reasons To Bring Music Into The Classroom (from @coolcatteacher)
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/3-reasons-bring-music-classroom/
‘Minecraft: Education Edition' officially arrives in November
https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/22/minecraft-education-edition-officially-arrives-in-november/
New, critical scholarship is needed to improve digital learning
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/improve-digital-learning/
Education Technology & the Twenty-First-Century Skills Gap
https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/public_sector_education_technology_twenty_first_century_skills_gap_wef/
Epic Guide to Game Based Learning
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-guide-game-based-learning/
RT @web20classroom: From @edutopia - 4 Tips for Planning Successful PBL:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-failure-planning-successful-pbl-katie-spear
Audrey Watter's #Blockchain & Education write up is a great intro to possibilities, challenges
http://hackeducation.com/2016/04/07/blockchain-education-guide
The Complete Starter Guide to Makerspaces
http://ajjuliani.com/complete-starter-guide-makerspaces/
Submit Questions for a New FLN Podcast
http://flippedlearning.org/fln-updates/submit-questions-new-fln-podcast/
