Today's Roundup begins with Dr. Jackie Gerstein's blog at User Generated Education. She has a new reflection over her recent maker education workshop, which also discusses the importance of making, tinkering, and self-directed learning. The article, "STEAM and Maker Education: Inclusive, Engaging, Self-Differentiating" is an excellent read and if you have a chance to lead, attend, or send your kids to a camp like this, it's a pretty wonderful experience.
iLean Technology has a new review of Oxford Owl which is a collection of free children's books. Plus, each book has an accompanying audio track, activities, and questions to see if students understand the story. For the full review, including ideas for classroom integration, check out the article.
Annie Murphy Paul at Mind/Shift has a new post which asks, "Can Playing Video Games Give Girls an Edge in Math?" In the article, Paul reflects over recent research studies coming to the conclusion that "girls should play more video games." Turns out, gaming can lead to better development of spacial skills which in turn can lead to better development of STEM skills.
FriEdTechnology has a new review of "GeoGuessr: An Addictive Game with Educational Potential." The game works through Google Maps and the player is given a random location, as much time as they want to look around, and then asked to figure out where they are in the world, based on what they've seen. It's pretty fun (and addicting) and the article has more info and ideas on how to use the game.
Free Tech for Teachers has five new resources up:
Jessica Slusser at Getting Smart has a new post on "Finding the STEM in Sports with NBC Learn." For all you sports fans out there, NBC and the US Golf Association have partnered up to create the Science of Golf, a new video series with some wonderful potential for the classroom. The videos show students "how the principles of science affect everything about the game." And you can check out the article for a full interview with the team and some integration ideas.
Educational Technology has four new resources to check out:
Lisa Nielsen at the Innovative Educator has a new post covering "3 Great Reasons to Use Twitter in Your School." In the post she discusses how schools can use Twitter to send free text alerts to parents, create an instant news ticket to celebrate success, and host twitter education chats. She's also created a great Prezi (which includes some further examples and explanations) which is embedded below:
Teach Thought has a great new article on how teachers can use Twitter, YouTube, and Google+ for "A New Kind of Professional Development." The post discusses how teachers can use these tools to instantly connect with other teachers in personal PD sessions. What I really like about this idea is that it's not just watching videos on a topic (not a one-way street), you can actually communicate and collaborate with other educators, live, and it's pretty awesome.
If you're interested,Ed Camp is a great place to start.
Teach Thought also has a new post entitled, "What a Digital Native Needs to Know About Playing Outside." The post is a comical and enjoyable piece that is directed towards kids, letting them know what this whole "playing outside thing" is really all about. If you're having trouble getting your kids off the couch this summer, send them on over to this article before you kick them out of the house.
If you're interested,Ed Camp is a great place to start.
Teach Thought also has a new post entitled, "What a Digital Native Needs to Know About Playing Outside." The post is a comical and enjoyable piece that is directed towards kids, letting them know what this whole "playing outside thing" is really all about. If you're having trouble getting your kids off the couch this summer, send them on over to this article before you kick them out of the house.
Finally, Ed Reach has 3 new podcasts posted from today:
The Lightning Round...
- Teach Thought shares 34 Learning Games from EdShelf
- They also have a new infographic on 3 Steps to Promoting Creativity in Education
- EdSurge has a collection of Tweets on How to Best Choose EdTech Products
- Edutopia discusses 18 Apps That Support the Creative Process
- Edudemic covers 7 Ways to Get more out of Twitter
- And they have a new infographic on The Biggest Concern For Schools Deploying iPads
And that's all we've got for today! Thanks for reading! We'll end with a new infographic from Getting Smart on the Use of Social Media in School. See you tomorrow!
Courtesy of: Getting Smart
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