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 … writing notes by hand is better for... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

University of Nevada Students Navigate a More Successful Note Taking Strategy The need for more support and time to record and absorb lecture and study information was initially observed in my work... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Learning a new Language can be Quite Challenging. But Assessing Progress Doesn’t Have to be … Let’s face it: we live in a time of evidence-based teaching. Parents, administrators, and... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

This Month: Rubric-Assessed Smartphone & Web Apps for CHEMISTRY Think chemistry can’t be taught using instructional technology? Think again. This month, we’re sharing four of our favorite... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

It is the Human Resources department’s job to ensure the workers that are hired are skillful in the areas they need to support and that they continue to grow to develop new skills and talents that... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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 … check out the new Q&A function in... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Slideshare is a Wonderful Free Resource for Educators The widely used Slideshare presentation sharing format is a great way to make your PowerPoint presentations or other files available for easy... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

(Image Source) Project Based Learning can Enhance Learning in any Subject - Here we Check out an Approach for Social Studies Most adults today, even many educators, were never exposed to... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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 … a study sees demand for the flipped... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

(Image Source) If You’re Interested in Where the New Jobs of Tomorrow Will be and How These Changes Will Affect Your Children Over the Coming Decades, You Need to Read This Book.  At the recent... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

(Image Source) Robots, Robots, Everywhere - Beside you, Above you, Even Inside You This week we’re examining the recently published book, The Industries of the Future, by Alec Ross.... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

(Image Source) Big Data is Touching our Lives More Than Most Realize, and Every Industry will be Looking for Big Data Analysis Skills This week we’ve been exploring the book THE INDUSTRIES OF... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Learning and looking ahead so we can help young people experience less of this. (Image Source) Getting a Leg up on What Tomorrow’s Work Place Holds for our Students, our Children, and Ourselves... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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’s wrap starts off with a great set of... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Save the Date: FlipCon 2016, July 19-21, 2016 On July 19-21, 2016 in Allen, Texas, the Flipped Learning Network will host the 9th Annual Flipped Learning Conference (FlipCon 2016).  FlipCon is a... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Site Offers Indexed Lesson Plans Built Around Movies for an Array of Academic Subjects Do you sometimes find yourself thinking about how you can spice up a lesson with some engaging visuals, a pop... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

"We now know that kids today learn differently than we did, and it’s because of a fundamental difference in the their lives compared to ours at their age … " When I was young it was... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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 … examining different evolving... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Too often technology adoption becomes a game of keeping up with the Joneses. Consider this. The edtech-loving, conference-attending English teacher at your school is on the cutting edge of learning... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

These Aren’t Just Essential Flipped Classroom Practices, They’re Characteristics of Quality Teaching in any Classroom In 2013, the Flipped Learning Network published an official... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

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 … share your story about who inspired... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

These Web-based Apps are Highly Rated, Easy to Use, and can Play a Role in Classroom Lessons and Assignments That Involved Reading, Writing, Story Telling, and More! Do you prefer tools that are... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Part 1 of 2 Suggesting an Improved Approach to Accountability and Testing I recently had an informative discussion with Stuart Kahl, founding principal of Measured Progess. Stuart has been at the... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]

Curriculum Embedded Performance Assessment Should Lie at the Center of Teaching, Learning, and Accountability Yesterday we began exploring the white paper, "Re-Balancing Assessment: Placing Formative... [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]