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 are reminded that a college education most certainly does carry value, we explore why flipped learning is still going strong a decade into its initial rise to popularity, learn how a calculus teacher did away with traditional testing and grading, see what happens in a “Internet minute” today, and discover how an “anti-tech” teacher turned the tides and embraced edtech. And there's more to explore!
MacDowell: College education carries value
http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/09/27/mcdowell-college-education-carries-value/705287001/
Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-03-why-flipped-learning-is-still-going-strong-10-years-later
Is early college working? How #highered can address 4 common concerns
https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/early-college-working
Peer Grading tool … interesting …
https://www.peergrade.io/
Being the Champion for Your Students
https://flippedlearning.org/syndicated/being-the-champion-for-your-students/
6 Easy Steps for Setting Up Google Portfolios w/Your Students
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/07/5-easy-steps-setting-google-portfolios
“Eton for all”: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2017/10/eton-all-will-robot-teachers-mean-everyone-gets-elite-education
How I abolished grading
https://medium.com/q-e-d/how-i-abolished-grading-7cf54094a9f6
Apple & Ohio State U Partner on Major Project Dubbed ‘The Digital Flagship University Initiative'
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/10/apple-and-ohio-state-university-partner-on-a-major-project-dubbed-the-digital-flagship-university-initiative.html
How an Anti-Tech Teacher Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Edtech
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-09-26-how-an-anti-tech-teacher-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-embrace-edtech
Analysis of Personalized Learning in MA Schools Reveals Need for More PD (shocking!)
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/05/1141602/0/en/First-Ever-Analysis-of-Personalized-Learning-in-Massachusetts-Schools-Reveals-Need-for-More-Professional-Development-and-24-7-Technology-Access-for-Urban-Students.html
… and finally, this was what happens in an “internet minute” here in 2017:
Inspiring, informative, useful, and fun tweets!