The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. So, if you can imagine reading a book on Kindle, the finished product you can actually flip through like a book. Only the … the difference between just a regular book and Flipsnack is that you can actually make the book interactive.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

All teachers who feel they are on a mission to provide meaningful learning are rockstars in my book. Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. I am excited to meet you and hope to spot you at one of these events.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey. They were just coming in and sitting down, reluctantly opening up their books. Or not burnout, exactly, but demoralization. But I felt the same way.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Friday, June 6th at 8am - 3pm in Washington, DC Edcamp US Department of Education: Leading, Learning, Listening , Edcamp US DOE will be an intimate gathering of teacher leaders and policy leaders in order to discuss the most important issues in education. Improving Classroom Discussions by Asking Better Questions. Classroom 2.0

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Between attending FlipCon 2013, EdcampHome, EdmodoCon 2013 , Google Apps Training & TeachMeetNJ, working with the Gobstopper folks, AND having the release of my first ever contribution-to-a-third-party-published-book ( Flipping 2.0 ) AND meeting face to face with some amazing folks from my PLN, I couldn''t have asked for a better summer.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 22, 2017

Educators today can no longer just walk into the classroom, shut their door and teach. The Classroom 2.0 In Steven’s book The Relevant Educator he explains that Connected Educators discuss, debate and exchange ideas. Sharing is how we all learn from each other, finetune our craft and invite others into our classroom.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Sanée Bell shared the following quote from her book, “ Be Excellent On Purpose ,” and it has stuck with me: “ Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across the board. It is something that I am passionate about, hence the reason I wrote the book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

Much like the K12 classroom, we have to rethink everything–planning, delivery, and followup. Since they are not classroom teachers, I needed to focus on more clerical skills. Google Chrome & Google Classroom. Step 2: Creating Structure in Google Classroom. Week 1: Class 1.1:

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

Google Classroom Generated Meeting Links. When meetings are generated from Classroom, students won’t be able to join before the teacher. Meet will also know who’s on the Classroom roster, so only students and teachers in the class will be able to join. Learn more about Google Classroom generated meeting links here.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 13, 2017

On a regular year, it has not been uncommon for me to read 30-50 books. However, most of those books have been for fun. Specifically, I have tried to read at least one professional development book per month over the last year. Also, check out Edcamps which are free, participant-driven conferences for professional development.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2016

S/he noticed I was opening a book entitled What Connected Educators Do Differently by @ToddWhitaker , @Jeff_Zoul and @Casas_Jimmy. It just so happened that the next week I went to a conference (last minute decision, by the way) in Syracuse that featured @E_Sheninger and his book Digital Leadership. And the most important part.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

We need to be using social media to tell people about the positive things that are going on in our classrooms and schools! Edcamps - unconferences where there aren''t traditional keynote speakers or vendors. Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014. Schools and districts need to be part of that conversation.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I also add ideas to a Google Keep note, so I don’t forget what teachers have needed as I help out in classrooms or get information from the district. . Even if you are a classroom teacher, you can use this as a newsletter for your parents. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2017

Listen to Felicia Casto talk about her awesome elementary math classroom. Kitty Tripp, @ kitty_tripp an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator, but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom. Kitty Tripp.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

It is something that I am obviously passionate about, hence the reason I wrote the book, “The Innovator’s Mindset” I am scared that we use the word “innovation” in the wrong way when there is power to this type of thinking. It is definitely convenient, but does this lead to better learning in the classroom?

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What is important is that providing time for personalized professional learning mirrors something that not only will move your organization forward but also create better learning opportunities in classrooms for students to do the same since they will be taught by people who have not only heard about it but have lived and experienced the process.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Use this opportunity to discuss learning objectives, challenges and opportunities in the classroom. Once the teachers are ready to launch the lesson in their classrooms, be there to offer support and take pictures/video that you can use to publish in a blog post on the lesson to share with a global audience.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. Last July she re-birthed Book Club for Kids as a podcast, a project she formerly produced as a National Public Radio show in Los Angeles. . Kitty described her own kidcasting journey.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2019

Carly is here to share some classroom struggles and some projects that she’s tried. 09:02] – We hear a bit about a typical day in Carly’s classroom, as well as why this year was particularly challenging. [11:51] 14:46] – What’s going well in Carly’s classroom this year? Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study!

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 22, 2019

It’s not more or less than a classroom teacher, it’s just different. For example, I try to spend every Friday in classrooms all day regardless of if specific classrooms are scheduled ahead of time. In this guest post by Pam Hubler , you will find many useful Google Tips for Instructional Coaches and Tech Coaches.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Teacher Librarians.what are our classrooms? I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom! As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. The Classroom Cribs Challenge - Starts Aug 14! Our libraries, of course!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. I’ve talked to some administrators who say, “Hey, we did an EdCamp last month, and the teachers loved it. The name of the book is Professionally Driven: Empowering Every Educator to Redefine PD. Listen Now.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Best individual blog - One of the EdCamp Movement''s founders, Kristen Swanson , is in my exclusive Google+ MVP circle. Best class blog - Mrs. Yollis'' Classroom Blog (again). Here''s his twitter description: "Bite-Sized Self-Development Resources for Educators and Parents/Book Summaries/Net Nuggets."

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 26, 2018

Rushton Hurley has given us a witty, thought-provoking, and inspiring book for all educators. Teachers, administrators, and I would also suggest parents, would all benefit from reading this incredibly entertaining, and remarkably insightful book. In fact, if you’re in the field of education, this book is a must-read.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

Saturday, April 18th at 9am in NYC EdCamp IB , EdCamp IB is a free unconference dedicated to teaching and learning in the four programs of the International Baccalaureate. Whether you teach our littlest learners in the PYP or the oldest DP students, EdCamp IB is an opportunity to share the best of IB education with other IB teachers.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom. BookTrack Classroom. We ask students to revise, edit, and publish in classroom tasks which imply these skills are the end goal, rather than a means to an end. Speaking and Listening Standards can be supported by the creation of podcasts in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Or how about this: One evening during this past spring, Nate Balcom was participating in the #MWLibchat (Midwest Librarian Chat), and a casual tweet about March and books led to a global collaboration named March Book Madness. Teachers Know Best, 2015 But the beauty of an EdCamp isn’t just in the fact that it’s live.

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MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2017

In many technology initiatives, schools have realized that they will never have the budget to hire enough support staff to meet all of the tech-support needs of their teachers, but there are lots of kids in schools who would love to help their teachers create better lessons and classrooms using technology.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 27, 2015

With traditional one-size-fits-all professional development, many teachers get overlooked and fall through the cracks, just like our students, resulting in poor implementation in the classroom. Edcamps , based on an Unconference model , are free, discussion-based sessions. What about our Digital Age educators?

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RafranzDavis.com

MAY 24, 2015

The following is an excerpt from my book, The Missing Voices in Edtech: Bringing Diversity into Edtech. As a classroom teacher, I would have definitely described myself as a “Tech-Fearless Educator”. What I love most about “edcamps” is that they are 100% driven by the collective knowledge of the group.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In my new book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset “, one of the things that I discuss is understanding that we are not able to change others, but are able to create the conditions where change is more likely to happen. ” We cannot have one type of practice for our learning, and then expect things to change in our classrooms.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

It is based on the visual below that was created by Sylvia Duckworth and adapted from “ 8 Things to Look for in Today’s Classroom “ ). What I have started to notice is that you can see some major benefits of being connected in the classroom for the learning environment of our students. What is EdCamp?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

None of these have to do with learning, of course, and inevitably are insufficient to smooth over the challenges that arise as digital tools enter classroom spaces. They can raise money to address community concerns, start their own businesses or nonprofits, or create websites, e-books, and code that benefit others.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 18, 2015

The #flipclass chat also connected me and many others to Jason Bretzmann who crowdsourced us as contributing authors for the book Flipping 2.0. Having found the #flipclass chat, I discovered #Flipcon and attended virtually in 2013 which then led to attending in person at #Flipcon14 and #Flipcon15.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Coming back from GAETC 2015, I realized that I had been to the conference before but my classroom was unchanged. I would steadily learn about those things until I integrated them into my classroom. Jones has me helping her with a classroom management problem.” Books, Videos, Courses, and Conferences. It is free.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 25, 2018

The 5 C’s of the awesome math classroom are conjecture, communication, collaboration, chaos (listen to the show and don’t be afraid), and celebration according to 25-year educator Gerald Aungst. Gerald is author of Five Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom and gives us an overview of what makes an incredible math classroom.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 17, 2016

A good professional development day should leave you dying to get back to your classroom to try out all those new ideas. Actively look for PD that will be meaningful for you, such as free EdCamps in your area , and seek opportunities to learn and connect with other educators whenever you can.

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