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 … fun ideas and tools for introducing coding to students, a new study finds lots of challenges with personalized learning (and some modest gains), it is a sad state of affairs but I realized I've more than doubled the entire number of posts about cybersecurity here on this site in just these last 7 months, teaching with AR (instead of cadavers!), some of the worst advice you'll ever get as a teacher, and much more!
Coding for Kids — How to Get Started
http://www.artofblog.com/kids-coding/
5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-simple-ways-improve-teacher-professional-development/
BEWARE Travelers: Hackers using hotel Wi-Fi to spy on guests, steal data
http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-using-hotel-wi-fi-to-spy-on-guests-steal-data/
Why K-12 IT departments deserve a seat at the strategic planning table
http://edscoop.com/why-k-12-it-departments-deserve-a-seat-at-the-planning-table
Personalized Learning: Modest Gains, Big Challenges, RAND Study Finds (sign up req to read)
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2017/07/personalized_learning_research_implementation_RAND.html
Finding Your Happy Place Along the Problematic ‘Personalized Learning’ Continuum
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-07-19-finding-your-happy-place-along-the-problematic-personalized-learning-continuum
The Virtual Lab Advantage in Higher Ed
https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/virtual-lab-advantage
Technology in the classroom is vital for future careers
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/country-living/education/technology-in-the-classroom-is-vital-for-future-careers/news-story/e1cbd9bd22d4d42f2973e76680139a01
Screencastify Premium = Easy, affordable screencasting on Chromebooks
https://affiliate.screencastify.com/248.html
Sadly, I've been compelled to publish more #cybercrime posts this yr than [all of] 2011 - 2016 combined!
http://www.emergingedtech.com/category/cybercrime_prevention_awareness/
The Universal Translator Is Real and Its Name Is Sigmo!
http://mashable.com/2013/12/17/sigmo/#G5ZeuGbj6kqW
Medical school teaching anatomy w/Microsoft's Hololens AR, not cadavers
http://www.zdnet.com/article/hololens-md-why-this-medical-school-will-teach-doctors-anatomy-with-microsofts-augmented-reality-not/
Well said (as usual :)) @gcouros: Some of the Worst Advice You'll Ever Get as an Educator
https://medium.com/@gcouros/some-of-the-worst-advice-you-will-ever-get-as-an-educator-bbad696dc930
Win 2 Annual OLC Memberships In the #SummerOfCollaboration Giveaway
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/summer-of-collaboration
5 pillars for campus-wide student success
https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-administration/building-student-success/
The Best Source Of Education Research Should Be Your Classroom
http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/best-source-education-research-classroom/
