The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

In MTI 562 The Tech-infused Teacher, you will use a suite of digital tools to make your lesson plans pop while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assess student technology use organically.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2018

When I first discovered Study.com, I was blown away by its unique approach to providing passionate learners with a college education that fit their lifestyle. To me and many other educators: Differentiated instruction is at the core of effective teaching. What is differentiation? Key principles of differentiation.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. Edtech is being used in classrooms more than ever before.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. Assess student technology use organically.

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Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network Differentiated Instruction Wiki 173

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2019

Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. By the time educators finish this class, they will be ready to implement many new tools in their classroom. MTI 558: Teach Writing With Tech.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. Edtech is being used in classrooms more than ever before.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2017

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Differentiation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2015

Mentoring Minds is an education publishing company and resource site created by former teachers. Materials enable differentiated instruction, student practice, and teacher evaluation of progress. Educational Applications. ” Focus is on both teacher and student.

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Resources Common Core Differentiated Instruction Digital Citizenship 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Differentiated instruction, also called “personalized learning”, addresses the truism that every student learns differently. The acronym refers to the four most-common learning styles — Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetics found within educational theorist Neil Fleming ’s model of student learning.

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Learning Differentiated Instruction Report Digital Citizenship 192

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. This provides students with an online PLN experience and an opportunity to reinforce digital citizenship skills as they interact with students they may not see face-to-face.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2020

Ideas include visual, audio, video, mindmaps, infographics, graphic organizers, charts and tables, screenshots, screencasts, images, games and simulations, webtools, and hybrid assessments. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2020

Ideas include visual, audio, video, mindmaps, infographics, graphic organizers, charts and tables, screenshots, screencasts, images, games and simulations, webtools, and hybrid assessments. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Her role was to support educators in innovative practices. She also says, “Technology should supplement, not replace, an educator.”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Part 5: 12 Tech Ideas and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Online Discussions. I do really hope you enjoyed the past four posts involving Differentiated Instruction. In this post, I wish to take a look at how the use of discussion forums can help differentiate the learning in the classroom.

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Tools Digital Citizenship Learning STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

I have enjoyed sharing with you in the past year, and look forward to new opportunities and educational possibilities as we proceed into the New Year. This is a must have tool for educators facilitating that essential pathway along Bloom’s higher order thinking. A great resource for the digital classroom!

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Educators are often intimidated by Google Sheets and stick to assigning Google Docs or Google Slides assignments. Meaningful reading log If you’re an English language arts educator, you’ve probably assigned a reading log at some point. What can learners do with Google Sheets?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop. Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement. Look deeper in the site by clicking on Educators and discover a curriculum to promote writing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. National Geographic defines a geo-educator as any individual working to improve young peoples'' understanding of the world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

If you’re new to tech education and wonder how to teach kindergartners to use the mouse, first graders to keyboard, third graders to sagely search the internet, pick the brains of our seasoned team of technology teachers. How do you differentiate instruction between student geeks and students who wonder what the right mouse button is for?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Audience: K-12 & higher ed educators, researchers, institutions, and organizations globally. Digital Citizenship.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There are several reasons district leaders, teachers and learners prefer digital versus physical textbooks. Let’s take a look at ways digital textbooks enhance K-12 education. Many digital textbooks include embedded features and tools that help students connect to the content and focus on what they’re learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Global Education Conference Call For Proposals Opens May 1st! virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” ” — ISTE. It doesn’t.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2019

Ideas include visual, audio, video, mindmaps, infographics, graphic organizers, charts and tables, screenshots, screencasts, images, games and simulations, webtools, and hybrid assessments. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Differentiated Instruction Common Core Digital Citizenship LMS 186

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! Here’s how Google describes it : “ The Chromebook App Hub , an online resource to help educators, administrators and developers work together to learn about Chromebook apps and activity ideas for schools.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2016

I am now up to 200 ways that educators can use word clouds in the classroom. I am able to add to my number each year by further reflection and learning from amazing educators as I travel the country. Make sure your students practice proper digital citizenship and privacy. Hope to see you there!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

Before music went digital, some of us made CD or cassette mixtapes and shared them as gifts. With our ability to ethically curate content and unglue it from its containers, and a growing array of digital tools and open education resources, many of us are engaging in a creative new form of the remix. Smore and Educator Hive.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Achieve3000 will apply its online differentiated instruction to the content, helping students to digest critical material so they can read, discuss, and debate core U.S. Achieve3000 will add 30 of iCivics’ best-in-class student readings to its platform. civics and government topics.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Alternative Education ? Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Hacking Your Education ? Higher Education ? Math Education ? Music Education ? Positive Education ? Strengths-based Education ? Testing and Assessment ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Some digital resources for school libraries are a virtual reality field trip.

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