User Generated Education

OCTOBER 5, 2019

I am beyond elated – our PreK-6 elementary school received monies, through our district’s Computer Science Resolution 2025, to create a STEAM (science, technology, arts, math) makerspace. A few of use spent the past few weeks rearranging our library so that one side contains our books and the other our STEAM materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators. Record your own voice over.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. Leah: Another way that I try to give students technology to showcase their science understanding is through like tools that help them to maybe build electronic books. See my review of Book Creator for Chrome.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. You can investigate through a book. If I hadn’t asked this question, I never would have known that someone in our classroom was wondering about Braille.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. Additional Resources referenced from Jackie’s blog: Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is great news!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

That’s always been really elevated in the upper grades, but I’m starting to see second grade and lower do some Project Based Learning in their classrooms. We want our kids connected to other classrooms around the world. Carol: Of course, STEAM is a big thing that teachers are wanting to do in Maker Space. Vicki: Oh, wow.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As a principal of an elementary school, it could be a lonely job. Our leadership is dependent on our ability to use the digital tools available to us in order to communicate and model what we want to see in our classrooms. Maker Movement. In many smaller schools, there is no assistant principal. Absolutely!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

In the box students will find story cards, masks, a puzzle, and a sticker book. The reusable stickers in the sticker book let kids create their own version of the Three Little Pigs. How to integrate Get Qurious Maker Box into the classroom: The Get Qurious set brings the story of the Three Little Pigs alive in new and fun ways.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Secondly, four examples of virtual reality programming in the classroom. Third, why creativity is important and a little bit of an upsetting story from one of her middle school teachers about what testing was actually doing to harm students in his classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom ”.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

A national focus on standardized testing and accountability has only made the experience worse for kids who only crave relevance, meaning, and value out of the hours of time spent in classrooms each school year. In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So, I invited Cheryl Nelson and Wendy Goldfein of Get Caught Engineering to share how they’ve managed Makerspaces in their own classrooms and helped other elementary and middle school teachers get started, too. What exactly is a Maker and what happens in the “space”? What materials do you use in a classroom Makerspace?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

You can change one simple thing to help transform your classroom. I’ll shelve books. Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Change is a decision, not to leap forward but to take one small step and then another. I’ll do science with you.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. Aurasma and Augmented Reality in the Classroom. Join Merge Cube Mania!

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. And I’ve always had a lot of ideas for projects, like a hoverboard for reading books in the bath. Barrett Elementary School second graders —designed their own pyramids. Alexis Lewis —inventor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Learn practical tips and ideas from Joe Brennan for making movies in the classroom. I’m a big proponent of using it in any classroom, with any subject. I make videos in my classroom and digital film and… you know. I guess there’s a little aspect of a book report in there. He is in Illinois. Where do you start?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Vicki: Today we’re talking to my friend, Dr. Scott McLeod @mcleod about his new book, Different Schools for Different Worlds , that he co-authored with Dean Shareski. But it has a set of questions around agency that we’ve been having a lot of success with, with classroom teachers. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e189.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

But then his teacher added, “He’s always tinkering with the computers in our classroom.”. Elementary and middle school students will be able to attend field trips and summer camp programs at the space to gain exposure to project-based learning experiences with high-tech tools. Coca Cola Building, Image Credit: Monica Bilak.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. Dr. Brad Gustafson, an elementary school principal, shares his debate on whether to host an all schol picture using a drone for his building’s 50th anniversary. ” Note to Educators: Pay Not or Pay Later!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. She’s been in education or 33 years, but for 21 years she’s been helping so many of us with our professional development, keynoting our conferences, speaking, and encouraging us to really use technology in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks! One of the most inspired things that I saw once was… we had first graders in a classroom that I coached in. What’s our fifth?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. The Power of a Plant Book Giveaway Contest. *. So, Stephen, describe for us what you’ve done in your classroom. We have a Green Bronx Machine mobile classroom kitchen. Transcript: [link].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. From Mission to Methods How wide is the gap between lofty aspirations for learning and day-to-day classroom practice? Translating from vision to classroom implementation “is the journey we’re all on now,” says Ken Kay.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 29, 2019

This post is sponsored by Times 10 publications, publisher of Sanée Bell’s new book, Be Excellent On Purpose, Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership. Listen to the show and learn how it is used and follow the links in the show notes below. All editorial content is my own.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Huge thanks!

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