Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 4/13/14

The 8 Skills Students Must Have For The Future

http://www.edudemic.com/new-skills-world-looking/?utm_content=buffer097fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Benefits of Adaptive Learning Technology

http://www.edudemic.com/how-adaptive-learning-technology-is-being-used-in-online-courses/

What MOOCs Are Teaching Universities About Active Learning

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/30/what-moocs-are-teaching-universities-about-active-learning/ 

STEAM

http://steam-notstem.com/

8 Characteristics Of Education 3.0

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/8-characteristics-of-education30/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=552867c404d3012201000001&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading 

http://www.teachhub.com/3-digital-tools-encourage-close-reading

STEM Literacy

http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/stem-literacy

5 Excellent Free & Useful Apps for Teachers

http://www.frontlinek12.com/Products/Aesop.html

 

Best Articles for Educators Week of 3/16/14

1. Modeling Close Reading for Future Teachers: Professional Resources (Pt. 1)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/modeling-close-reading-professional-resources-janice-dole

2. Modeling Close Reading for Future Teachers: ELA Videos and Webinars (Pt. 2)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/modeling-close-reading-videos-webinars-janice-dole 

3. Modeling Close Reading for Future Teachers: Why Video Works (Pt. 3)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/modeling-close-reading-with-video-janice-dole

4.  Project-Based Learning and the Common Core: Resource Roundup

 http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-common-core-resources

5.  Why it’s so hard to get schools online in the digital age

http://digital.hechingerreport.org/content/hard-get-schools-online-digital-age_1352/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6. Resources and Lesson Plans for Social and Emotional Learning 

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-louisville-sel-resources-downloads#graph5?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=STW-download-SEL-Reading-List

7. Adding a Spring to Your Step: 4 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/adding-spring-beat-winter-blues-nick-provenzan

The World Is Our Classroom Tweets of the Day 2/1/14

 

1. 7 Global Education Facts & Statistics That Reflect A Changing World

http://www.teachthought.com/culture/7-global-education-facts-statistics-reflect-changing-world/ 

2. New Site Highlights State and Local Innovative Ideas from Educators’ Perspectives

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/01/new-site-highlights-state-and-local-innovative-ideas-from-educators-perspectives/ 

3. February’s best teacher freebies for PreK-12

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/02/februarys-best-teacher-freebies-prek-12.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

4. Unlikely Allies Agree On Common Core Opposition

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/01/unlikely-allies-agree-on-objections-to-common-core/ 

5. Close Reading Standard
http://smartblogs.com/education/2014/01/30/an-alternate-take-on-the-close-reading-standard/

6. The e-Book's the Thing

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ebook-is-the-thing-technology-classroom-suzie-boss 

7. Warning! Close reading questions pose more problems than they appear

http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/02/12/warning-close-reading-questions-pose-more-problems-than-they-appear/