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 … strategies for teaching students to use metacognition, exploring business simulation games, a tool for generating random ‘story starters', creating content for flipped or blended learning with mysimpleshow (you can create those popular ‘hand drawn' black and white cartoony ‘explainer videos'), Google gets into the whiteboard business with Jamboard, a look at the new functionality in Camtasia 9, and much more!
Moving Students From Consumers To Creators To Contributors
http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/trends-shifts/moving-students-consumers-creators-contributors/
The Benefits of Learning-by-Doing With Business Simulation Games
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/09/active-learning-with-business-simulation-games/
The Paradox of Digital Learning Innovation
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/paradox-digital-learning-innovation
Try Flippity's Mix & Match Template to Generate Random Story Starters
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/try-flippitys-mix-match-template-to.html
Google gets into the whiteboard business: Jamboard
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/25/google-jamboard/
IBM Watson Ed & Pearson to Drive Cognitive Learning Experiences for College Ss
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-watson-education-and-pearson-to-drive-cognitive-learning-experiences-for-college-students-300350888.html
Peer-to-Peer Communication Creates a Learning Culture: The 2nd F-L-I-P Pillar
http://flippedlearning.org/syndicated/p2p-peer-to-peer-communication-creates-a-learning-culture-flip-pillar/
5 Strategies For Teaching Students To Use #Metacognition via @TeachThought
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-strategies-teaching-students-use-metacognition/
Digital Education Inside and Outside of the Classroom - Survey Results
https://www.meritalk.com/articles/digital-education-inside-and-outside-of-the-classroom/
12 Ways to Create Content for #FlippedLearning Lessons: No. 5 – mysimpleshow
http://flippedlearning.org/how_to/create-flipped-classroom-lessons-no-5-mysimpleshow/
The Ever Changing Role Of The Instructional Technology Specialist/Digital Learning Specialist
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ever-changing-role-instructional-technology-learning-specialist
Facebook expands Safety Center to 50 languages, doubles down on bullies
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/24/facebook-expands-safety-center-to-50-languages-doubles-down-on-bullies-with-60-partners/
Why the Future of Content Creation in Higher Education Is Digital
http://tech.co/why-the-future-of-content-creation-in-higher-education-is-digital-2016-10
Higher Ed Change and Tim Harford's ‘Messy'
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/higher-ed-change-and-tim-harfords-messy
‘Learning labs’ prepare Washington kids for the workforce
http://crosscut.com/2016/10/career-connected-learning-washington-stem/
Making Thinking Visible, The Story Of A Sketchnoter
http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/technology/making-thinking-visible-story-sketchnoter/
Camtasia 9 is out - lots of cool new functions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AccHhKEmdw
