Taking A New Tack Tweets of the Day 8/11/14

8 Tips and Tricks to Redesign Your Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-tips-and-tricks-redesign-your-classroom?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-8-tips-and-tricks-redesign-link 

Using Design Thinking to Create a School from Scratch

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-07-using-design-thinking-to-create-a-school-from-scratch 

Amid Bumps, New School Funding System Rolls Out in California

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/08/01thr_californiafunding.h34.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

50 apps for the new school year

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/08/11/50-productivity-apps-389/ 

A Healthy Child Is a Better Student

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/08/a-healthy-child-is-better-student.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Could Video Games Measure Skills That Tests Can’t Capture?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/could-video-games-measure-skills-that-tests-cant-capture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Video Playlist: Strengthening Lessons for the Common Core

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/08/08/video-playlist-strengthening-lessons-for-the-ccss-equip/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ed Tech and STEM Weekly Review 6/3/14

Kids, Code, And The Future Of Technology

http://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2013/12/09/kids-code-and-the-future-of-technology/ 

How to build human capacity for a digital leap

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/03/digital-leap-leadership-389/

A Powerful Way To Use Music (And iPads) In The Classroom

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/six-questions-will-bring-teaching-philosophy-focus/ 

http://www.edudemic.com/music-and-ipads-in-the-classroom/ 

5 Things to Make your MakerSpace a Hub of Learning and Design  

 http://www.mypaperlessclassroom.com/2014/06/5-things-to-make-your-makerspace-hub-of.html

Reblog: Solving Complex Story Problems 

http://letsplaymath.net/2014/05/29/reblog-solving-complex-story-problems/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LetsPlayMath+%28Let%27s+play+math!%29 

Downloadable Maps

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/06/free-downloadable-maps-to-use-in-class.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

Show Students How Far a Dollar Used to Stretch With this Economics Calculator 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/06/show-students-how-far-dollar-used-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U44PYyiKjhA 

Six Questions That Will Bring Your Teaching Philosophy into Focus - See more at: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/six-questions-will-bring-teaching-philosophy-focus/#sthash.jKrOIoFc.dpuf

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 4/12/14

1. 12 O'Quad High: Trigonometry in Flight

Grades 9-12 / Math / Reasoning

CCSS: Math F.TF.5 Math.Practice.MP2 Math.Practice.MP3 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/laws-of-sines-cosines-lesson 

2. Two Browser-based Noise Meters That Show Students How Loudly They Speak 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/two-browser-based-noise-meters-that.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U0ispVdlum0 

3. Ed Tech Review

http://edtechreview.co/ 

4.  iPad apps for Arts

 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/04/excellent-ipad-apps-for-arts-teachers.html

5. Live Science: New Earthquake Hits Nicaragua

http://www.livescience.com/44790-new-earthquake-hits-nicaragua.html 

6. The Greener Side of Google is a Source of Inspiration

http://www.goodnet.org/articles/greener-side-google-source-inspiration 

7. 10 Tips For Smart iPad Security In Schools

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-critical-tips-secure-ipads-education/