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 … introducing parents to blended learning, STEM should be all about active learning, explore 6 themes that emerging ed tech should revolve around, experimenting with student blogging, how teachers can use #hashtags, games to help students (or teachers) improve their typing skills, and more to explore!
Typing Games to Improve Keyboarding Skills
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/typing-games-to-improve-keyboarding.html#.WfXclWhSw2w
STEM departments innovate courses with active learning
http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2017/10/stem-departments-innovate-courses-with-active-learning
Voices from the Classroom: A peek into the things Ss are doing w/ tech
http://www.nkytribune.com/2017/10/voice-from-the-classroom-a-peek-into-the-amazing-things-students-are-doing-with-technology/
Neuroeducation Will Lead to Big Breakthroughs in Learning
https://singularityhub.com/2017/10/24/neuroeducation-will-lead-to-big-breakthroughs-in-learning/
History of Hashtags and How Teachers Can Use Them
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/history-of-hashtags-and-how-teachers.html#.WfXdMGhSw2w
What Parents Need to Know about Blended Learning
https://news.elearninginside.com/what-parents-need-to-know-about-blended-learning/
Schools fight spread of ‘fake news' through news literacy lessons
https://www.educationdive.com/news/schools-fight-spread-of-fake-news-through-news-literacy-lessons/507057/
Interesting: 6 Broad Themes Emerge for Future of #EdTech
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/10/23/6-broad-trends-emerge-for-future-of-ed-tech.aspx
Why Every Classroom Should Teach Digital Citizenship
https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/5-reasons-you-should-be-teaching-digital-citizenship/
Mobile apps for higher education that increase student engagement
https://www.dublabs.com/mobile-apps-for-higher-education-that-increase-student-engagement/
Three Experiments in Student Blogging
https://news.elearninginside.com/three-experiments-student-blogging/
RT @activatedclass: 3 sure-fire ways to bore your class with technology:
