[1]Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets about education and instructional technology articles, resources, etc.
(Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech [2] over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers).
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This week … a guide to digital games and learning (plus more benefits cited), 3 easy ways to take flipped teaching and learning techniques for a trial run in your class, find out how easy it is to build your own customized search engine (for free), check out some interesting note taking research, a few pieces on teaching coding … plus a touch of humor, a dash of opinion, and a sprinkling of news and ideas.
Failing Forward: 21 Ideas To Help Students Keep Their Momentum
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/failing-forward-21-ideas-to-help-students-keep-their-momentum/ [4]
Digital Game Found to Boost Students’ Ability to Debate
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2015/02/digital_game_argumentation_research.html [5]
Excellent Read: Research summary on Notetaking
http://www.learn2study.org/teachers/notes.htm [6]
Dell brings tech access, education to underserved communities w/ solar-powered Learning Labs
http://www.itweb.co.za/office/dell/PressRelease.php?StoryID=256485 [7]
The NEW “Dog Ate My Homework”!
http://www.iogear.com/blog/2011/03/24/dog-ate-tablet/ [8]
The MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/11/the-mindshift-guide-to-digital-games-and-learning/ [9]
Digital textbooks adapt to your level as you learn
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329832.600-digital-textbooks-adapt-to-your-level-as-you-learn.html#.VO8Te5gvnp8 [10]
How to Build Your Own Search Engine
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/02/how-to-build-your-own-search-engine.html [11]
A Learning Typology: 7 Ways We Come To Understand
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/a-learning-typology-7-ways-we-come-to-understand/ [12]
February’s Selected Innovative Learning and Education Technology Videos
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/a-learning-typology-7-ways-we-come-to-understand/ [12]
Doom maker’s weapon of choice for teaching coding? Apple IIc!
http://www.cultofmac.com/313160/doom-makers-weapon-choice-teaching-coding-apple-iic/#hMfd5ww0uBJy0lvE.99 [13]
Why Teachers Make The Best Entrepreneurs
http://www.fastcompany.com/3042730/why-teachers-make-for-some-of-the-best-entrepreneurs-out-there?partner=rss [14]
Not Sure how to Start w/ the Flipped Classroom? It’s Easier Than you Think!
http://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/getting-started-with-flipped-classroom-easier-than-you-think/ [15]
Why schools are failing our boys
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/02/19/why-schools-are-failing-our-boys/ [16]
Google is teaching Bay Area kids to code at Elementary School
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/science-and-technology/google-is-teaching-bay-area-kids-to-code-at-macfarlane-park-elementary-school [17]
6 key trends accelerating technology adoption in higher education in 2015
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/6-key-trends-accelerating-technology-adoption-in-higher-education-in-2015/2018706.article [18]
About Kelly Walsh [23]
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester [24], in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. He frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops [25] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [26]. Walsh became the Community Administrator for the Flipped Learning Network [27] in June of 2016. In his "spare time" he also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [28] and have a listen!
[Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, or those of other writers, and not those of my employer. - K. Walsh]