On the agenda – Week 30, 2014
Take 1 – Teachers
‘Only raising the profession’s status will help schools attract the best possible #teachers‘ https://t.co/PTst2cYZGZ via @VarkeyGems
— Annet Kil (@AnnetKil) July 20, 2014“If my #teachers had been as passionate as some of the ones we met, I probably wouldn’t have left #school so early” http://t.co/u2Lt1jEhRk
— WISE (@WISE_Tweets) July 18, 2014What 4 #teachers told Obama over lunch | Washington Post http://t.co/2Wgr1hhHLc #teaching
— Julie Harris (@jhwordsmith) July 14, 2014Take 2 – MOOCs
New data from @edXOnline provides more insights into #MOOC user profiles http://t.co/EVM3ZYjVdv @Harvard @MIT #elearning
— ICEF Monitor (@icefmonitor) July 23, 2014Is #Pakistan ready to be MOOCed? http://t.co/AQODYgidnZ By @etribune #MOOC #edTech #OnlineEd #intled #internationaled
— WES (@WESPicks) July 21, 2014BBC enters #Mooc market by helping to produce series of First World War @FutureLearn courses: http://t.co/LYf0bYFe4Y #moocs
— Chris Parr (@ChrisParrTHE) July 24, 2014Take 3 – Research
Three alien planets are surprisingly dry http://t.co/ydG2XsDJaT pic.twitter.com/RLLOhgmUXG
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) July 25, 2014Bacteria in the human digestive tract change with diet and other lifestyle factors. http://t.co/DkY3Jy3mu8 pic.twitter.com/fyXcOQIM3g
— MIT (@MIT) July 25, 2014Usage of the word “European Union” in New York Times coverage through the decades. http://t.co/0C9HAZ7TKd pic.twitter.com/5FY1Q28XQy
— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau) July 24, 2014…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
“Compensating for students socio-economic status is one of the greatest challenges for teachers,” says @Schleicheredu http://t.co/T5KtAnfQWX
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) July 25, 2014“The British government loses around 45p on every £1 it loans out to students and thus approaches its tipping point” http://t.co/50JreUGYHV
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) July 22, 2014
