The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2017

Mari Venturino is a 7th-grade science and AVID teacher and Blended Learning Specialist at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego, CA. She is a Google For Education Certified Trainer and Innovator, a Google Certified Educator Levels 1 & 2, and is Leading Edge Certified in Online and Blended Instruction. Twitter handle: @MsVenturino.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

This is my tenth year teaching, but about four years ago, my building went one-to-one with Google Chromebooks. I was like, “I have got these ChromeBooks. So really the ability to kind of break down barriers, traditional classroom learning barriers, has just been amazing for me and my students. I am going to use them!”

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Learn more about Seesaw. is a game-based learning and trivia platform for your classroom. Learn more about Kahoot. Learn more about OneNote. And, it’s Chromebook compatible! Learn more about WeVideo. Learn more by reading 4 Ways to Blend Learning with InsertLearning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

They run on a desktop client, but they have the beta that runs on a browser, so you could run it, say on a Chromebook. Chromebooks only run stuff that’s on browsers. Another one, SineSpace — which is completely web VR based. Edorble.com — which is a virtual environment, a virtual world made for instruction.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Jon Corippo on episode 375 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Eduprotocols for kindergarten and early elementary with the book’s co-author Jon Corippo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 12, 2018

Sponsored by Legends of Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Students love to play games, and they also need real-world examples to help science come alive. With this in mind, Legends of Learning is a fantastic platform full of NGSS aligned science games that does both.

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