The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2017

Paul Solarz @PaulSolarz has a student-centered classroom. In today’s show, Paul Solarz talks about how his students lead the classroom: Why Paul relaxes after spring break (it isn’t what you think). How a student-centered classroom flows. An example math lesson in Paul’s classroom. No, he’s not lazy!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. Classroom Management Tip #1: Build a Partnership With Your Students It’s true that you must relate before you can educate. I want them to join Google classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

When you enter Parker-Varney Elementary School, you are immediately struck by the relaxed atmosphere. We honored student needs with multi-age classrooms and competency-based projects. Multi-age classrooms also help boost students academic performance. Students created a survey to send out to all Manchester, N.H.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Callahan has become a particularly fervent believer in the power of science education in her classroom. It does now.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

Below is an adapted section of Chapter 4 from our book that looks as research that can influence learning space design in classrooms and schools. The study found a 16 percent variation in learning progress due to the physical characteristics of the classroom. Additionally, the study indicated that whole-school factors (e.g.,

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 30, 2014

So here is a quick reflection on 2014 and the top 5 things I learned in 2014. Without a doubt, 2014 has been a year of collaboration. The work I am most proud of right now is in elementary STEM, and those classes are not even on my schedule. So here I am at the end of 2014, wondering what the year ahead holds.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

American poet and etymologist John Ciardi once remarked, “The classroom should be an entrance into the world.” Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Swarm Intelligence.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Adam Bellow (@ adambellow ) began his career in the classroom as a High School English teacher. In 2014 he received the Making IT Happen Award from ISTE as well as Innovator of the Year from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. Expectations for what the classroom looks and feels like when using BreakoutEDU boxes.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2019

In 2014, we were looking for ways to modernize aging classrooms in the Tahoe Truckee (CA) Unified School District to enhance the overall educational experience. In addition to upgrading the classroom technology, we wanted to upgrade the teaching and learning environment, and make our classrooms more accessible.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 11, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Barb Gilman (known as @barbinnebraska) has a classroom rich with a love of reading. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki DavisFollow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Barb Gilman (known as @barbinnebraska) has a classroom rich with a love of reading.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 18, 2017

Bill Selak @ billselak shares how he’s using Amazon’s Alexa via the Echo and Dot in the classroom. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, ISTE 2014 Kay L. The Amazon Echo in the classroom. How Bill Selak is Using the Amazon Echo in the Classroom. But Bill Selak @ billselak is using it in his classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. But these are also strategies that help with classroom management. I’m a big fan of summarizing and using literacy in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 2, 2017

Prepare to have your mind shift about how we sit in classrooms today! Getting Rid of Cemetery Style Steating in the Classroom with Bill Selak. VICKI: Happy Wonderful Classroom Wednesday. But he’s in Hillbrook Schools in California and they’re really reimagining the classroom. Transcript for Episode 118 .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this article, we’ll go over the difference between two types of motivation—intrinsic and extrinsic—and why you should prioritize the former in your classroom. As a teacher, you can prevent this by prioritizing intrinsically motivated learning in the classroom. 7 Ways to Boost Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Professor of Sociology The Elders mentor younger ones at "The School in the Cloud" - Sebastian Panakal, Vice Chairman The Global Classroom Project: Stories & Project Launch 2014-15 - Mr Michael Graffin to play or not to play?! Collins, Ph.D., Oren Dolev, K-8 Teacher, M.Ed.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

While shows like Abbott Elementary – which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools – try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we’ve been able to cultivate with our students. Paula was in my Advanced Placement (AP) U.S.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Then, we’ll include a few quick tips for you to bring play into your classroom. One study from the American Academy of Pediatrics even found that over the span of 10 years, the number of kindergarten classrooms with a recess period decreased from 96% to 70%.[5]. Strategies to Bring Play in the Classroom. What Is Play?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

Author of Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective , Blogging for Educators , Teaching Students to Self Assess: How do I help Students grow as learners? , She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

5:00pm Achieving Transnational Spaces Through Collective Will - Dr. . Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Her anecdotes of classroom behavior-changing results are – pardon the pun – game-changing. Her initial contact with Verena Roberts and Vicki Davis in 2014 helped her to futher her understanding of game-based learning and open education. Learn more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Laila Webb, 5 and Reezahnny Veiga Rodrigues, 5, add to the model of their home city they and their classmates have built in their Russell Elementary preschool classroom. They collected data on teacher actions and student achievement across 26 preschool classrooms. Each classroom also had an assistant.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

My 4-year-old son Niko recently started transitional kindergarten at our local elementary school. Music offered us a door into the conversation about Niko’s anxiety, and it gave me an indirect way to encourage and support him as he learns new social and mindset skills in the classroom. January 2014. Written by Marika Ismail.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

The study examined Dreambox Learning and the individual test scores of nearly 3,000 students in grades 3-5 during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years in two districts, Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) in Maryland and Rocketship Education in California.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Zaner-Bloser, a publisher of early literacy resources, has entered into an agreement with ed-tech company Listenwise, an award-winning platform that brings podcasts to the classroom, to promote and sell its listening skills platform of the same name to the K-5 market. Listenwise is a fun and engaging way to improve listening skills.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

The classroom of the future isn’t far from becoming a reality in 2018. From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kids gravitate to technology in the classroom, so it makes sense for teachers to utilize digital projectors—that is, unless no one can see the lessons they display. This was our situation a couple of years ago at Northwest Elementary School in Chatsworth, Ga., in the summer of 2014. It was frustrating.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year. From 2014 to 2018, we reduced the number of office referrals by 37 percent, in-school suspension days by 52 percent, and out-of-school suspension days by 97 percent.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., For its part, St.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

As those who work in early childhood know, dozens of factors in and out of classrooms can impact children’s outcomes in school, their interpersonal relationships and their success later in life. Some quality issues in Tennessee classrooms have been pointed out in the past by Farran and other early ed researchers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. Elementary schools offer math tutors starting in the third grade, with after-school programs for students struggling in the subject. I don’t know why you’re doubting yourself.”

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