Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Education is a passion, both teaching and learning. She’s written a thoughtful article about the availability of education, books, and learning even for those without access to where you and I typically fulfill our need for knowledge: What opportunities do prisoners have to study? Historical complexities. Existing opportunities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

Educational links. With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. If you’ve been tasked (or voluntold) to run this activity, here are six activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. Give students time to research, but not too much time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re evaluating math programs at your school, a good option to consider is ORIGO Education’s Stepping Stones. Here’s one educator’s story about how Stepping Stones made a big difference with his students’ math skills: How Magnolia ISD has ‘leveled the playing field’ for students in math.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. Lumio sponsored this episode. Click Here to Get Your Free Account.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This blog post will give some recommendations about what you need to do to feel rejuvenated and point to some courses that will help you do that. Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. Let’s splash ahead! All opinions are my own. Fun Hobbies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today we'll dive deep into the transformative power of data analytics for your classroom! Thanks to partners, these lessons are FREE for all K-12 schools and students. She has been a school and district leader in public education for over 20 years.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Integrating technology into instruction and learning is a way of life for educators today. Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. Here are 10 edtech experts every educator should follow. Lindy Hockenbary. Dr. Monica Burns.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2020

I have a list of over 20 websites I use to support this theme for K-8. Successful docking is achieved when all greeen numbers in the center of the interface are below 0.2. Successful docking is achieved when all greeen numbers in the center of the interface are below 0.2. Educational Application. Cost: Free.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that “accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” How do we accelerate learning? Nancy Frey.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That’s when I heard about John Hattie at an education conference I attended and his concept of Visible Learning. John Hattie is a teacher but more significantly, he’s an education researcher. His life’s goal is to determine what education strategies work best for the largest number of students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A special extended Episode 377 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. We have been hit by Hurricane Michael.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

The race to outsmart artificial intelligence is on as educators try to prevent the coming semester from devolving into, as one professor put it, a “ homework apocalypse.” The race to outsmart artificial intelligence is on as educators try to prevent the coming semester from devolving into, as one professor put it, a “ homework apocalypse.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As schools look ahead to serving not just student needs, but the greater needs of their community and world, service learning becomes an increasingly important part of high school education. In any number of homes and schools across the nation, students are more comfortable with using digital devices than many adults.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Matific is a fantastic website for K-6 students. February 14-20 is the warm up. Then, from February 21-28, your US school and your K-6 students can play the games. The goal is to finish with the highest average number of stars collected.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You can take your professional development courses from Advancement Courses and save 20% by using the code COOL20. Welcome to the 10 Minute Teacher podcast hosted by author, educator, speaker, and mom, the Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis. DAWN 00:56.

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Neo LMS

MAY 19, 2020

Education is a constantly evolving sphere, but the introduction and integration of technology have changed it forever. And with digital natives such as Gen Zers moving into the higher education sphere, the need for new learning methods such as interactivity is pushing technology to the forefront of education and its leadership.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach K-8 math skills that are tied to many national standards (like Common Core). Players learn to: Develop number sense. Count forward and backward from a given number. Compare 2 numbers as greater than, less than, or equal. Solve simple addition and subtraction equations up to 20.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Zapzapmath Home includes a scaffolded system of seven apps, one for each grade level from K-6. Zapzapmath Home includes a scaffolded system of seven apps, one for each grade level from K-6. Its format is colorful and engaging, music lively, and layout intuitive.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Before you ring in the new year, we’ve compiled this list of top blog posts based on traffic to the Gaggle Speaks Blog and the number of shares each post received. What the New Features in Google Vault Mean to K-12 Administrators. G Suite for Education Versus Office 365. July 20, 2017). May 30, 2017).

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Introduction to Programming with Scratch in Education from University of Northern Iowa (20-30 hours). Read a book, blog, or magazine.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. Department of Education, nearly 14.7 This exacerbates existing social inequalities by limiting access to quality education and opportunities for upward mobility. According to data from the U.S. million students, or 29.7

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As a result, most educators resort to some sort of automated help. Once you exceed the number of pages, simply subscribe to a new pack. T he unauthorized use of another’s creative content has always been a problem but with the growth of the Internet, it’s become epidemic. The prevailing wisdom seems to be: cc.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Part of the free Office 365 for Education (and the fee-based Microsoft Office 365 ), OneNote opens quickly and allows students to take notes with a keyboard, stylus, or finger. Until you get used to the layout and functions, it will be challenging to quickly jot down a phone number or any other note. Education uses.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Black, Indigenous, students of color make up more than 50 percent of the K-12 student population, yet the number of non-white teachers in schools is only 20 percent. How can we collaborate with and learn from teachers of color to create solutions to address this systematic shortage?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in schools around the country. My focus is on both ChatGPT as well as the new Notion AI tool and the practical ways I'm using them in my everyday classroom activities. Welcome to an extended episode focusing on AI!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2016

Then I ran into Dr. William Morgan on one of the education forums I frequent and was thrilled that he knows a lot about them and was willing to share his expertise to kick-off a mini-seminar in classroom keyboarding. National Association for the Education of Young Children , International Society for Technology in Education ).

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Neo LMS

MARCH 27, 2018

It’s a serious, and not very well publicized, crisis that is bleeding the education system of some of its brightest lights. The numbers speak for themselves. This trend is not only affecting teachers already qualified, but is in fact affecting whether or not candidates choose to become educators at all. Lesson planning and.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric Curts on episode 300 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Last year, almost 300,000 students (age 4-104) participated from over 180 countries and wrote almost 20 billion lines of code. The 200,000+ teachers involved came away believing that, of all their education tools, coding was the best at teaching children to think. Tools, toolbars , icons, images all represent something bigger.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Type Dojo is a new free comprehensive approach to learning keyboarding. The ad- and distraction-free interface provides not only practice drills but quick links to grade-appropriate keyboarding games (including the popular ones from DanceMat Typing ). How to get started. To get started, simply open the website and login if you have an account.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Using a digital device for educational purposes should be encouraged. In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Shoulders slouched and eyes down—you guessed it right! Digital devices, especially smartphones and tablets, have become an appendage for schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2018

[ Editor’s Note: This article was first published on the Move This World blog on November 1, 2018. Hawaii Department of Education. Number of Students: 185,000. Number of Schools: 283. Come back tomorrow for part 2.]. What is SEL? Why should SEL be implemented in the classroom?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2017

We as teachers understand that, which is why spreadsheets are a fundamental tool to critically analyze any data that includes numbers. There are many options (Numbers, Excel, and Open Office to name just a few), but arguably the most popular is Google Sheets. It’s right there, as part of the education package.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 26, 2018

Google Forms integrates well with Google Apps for Education, Google Classroom, and many LMSs such as Blackboard. These days, all of those tasks are accomplished much more easily with one of the many free/fee webtools designed to create and curate information. Uses include but are not limited to: volunteer sign ups. feedback on events.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For many educators, the “metaverse” is but a vague and extraneous concept. As such, the following Q&A aims to introduce EdTechTeacher readers to the metaverse and how it may impact education. As such, the following Q&A aims to introduce EdTechTeacher readers to the metaverse and how it may impact education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2017

For example, a book report may require a certain number of written (or typed) pages or paragraphs rather than evidence that the student drew conclusions and summarized knowledge. That’s changing. It de-emphasizes subjectivity by providing an objective delineation of requirements. Three resources .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

For you as a job hunting educator, this becomes the best time of year to find a job. Use a free WordPress blog, but instead convert the pages to topics discussed below. You consider yourself darn lucky to be working with colleagues that are friends and a boss who always puts your needs first. Until the day that changes. PorfolioGen.

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