User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 275

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. Video is the modern essay. Here’s how.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So you can put in things like video, and the video can be videos taken from YouTube so the video can actually be created by somebody else. Like your videos, you have to later go into Flipsnack and put your videos in but the basic content can be created in slides and then uploaded as a pdf to Flipsnack.

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EdTech Tools Google Libraries 173

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

It allows you to take photos and videos of what you are seeing. And it also has, within the apps, the ability to take photos and to take videos. So you can actually video and document what it is that you are seeing through the augmented reality. How did you do that?” They had to tell what they learned about how to use it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

As you can see in the video below from my VR China trip, it really looks like I shot the video in China. Participants are also encouraged to include photos or videos to prove their case. As the students take turns experiencing the 360 video, they also look at different things. The same thing happens in virtual reality.

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Laptops Microsoft Video Examples 160

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

You can find some videos online on YouTube. .” In Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade , Lindsey says, The students have generated their wonderings and from there, we have started to look at “What does research look like? What does it mean?” We’ve created a list of the different ways you can investigate your questions.

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Assessment Case Study Data Maker Movement 304

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. I want them to join Google classroom.

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Classroom Course Report Maker Movement 379

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

But you know, I found that I create so many of my videos, my curriculum, everything that I have. Let’s start watching the September videos. And it wasn’t long before they were refining and refining and refining their videos. But they don’t all have to be your own videos. There’s no point in kids listening to lectures.

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Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We put a platform out there for you to get some ideas of how to make Virtual Valentines with your students. You can take that step and share your Valentine either live or with video messaging so that you can learn about each other’s community. Vicki: And we will put the link to that in the Shownotes for how to sign up.

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Learning STEM Social Media Facebook 179

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is a perfect idea for special ed teachers and parents who want to use today’s show and make books Book Creator will let you record audio and video AND share the link with parents. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. And their job is to teach all the other kids how to fly this drone.”. Learn more at coolcatteacher.com/guide.

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Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

Since creating our school’s makerspace in November 2013, I’ve seen a small revolution start to grow within our elementary school and also across our district. How will you learn it? and How will you show what you know?” Parents were emailing me stating how proud they were of their child’s efforts and creativity.

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Maker Movement Elementary Robotics Mobility 60

User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have the privilege of working with gifted kids at two elementary schools with over 80% Hispanic students. See Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus for more about this. The directions for how to make these can be found at [link] , Edible Slime. What is Day of the Dead?

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 202

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. And it’s using video, which seems like it’s a really native platform for them right now. With Book Creator they can include pictures, they can include video, drawings, text. Like FlipGrid video is so much fun.

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EdTech Technology Robotics Classroom 186

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? Recently, I hosted a webinar (embedded above) with some Augmented Reality Teaching enthusiasts who had a lot to say about AR, how to teach with it, and where they think it’s going in the future. How does AR work in 3D Bear? You can use it and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks.

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Technology eBook Twitter Chromebook 185

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

He taught her how to code in her seventh grade Innovation and Design class at Redwood Day School. Hannah built a Whack-a-Mole game—and learned the invaluable skill of troubleshooting, the importance of asking for help, and just how far persistence, curiosity and creativity can take you. Get Inspired by Videos About Student Makers.

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Technology Maker Movement iPhone Elementary 80

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

Parker Elementary School. At one point, Mrs. Carela even got in on the action to learn how to code using Scratch, Jr.! Throughout the hour-long session, Mrs. Carela kept remarking about how engaged her students were and that some of her ESL students who never make a peep in class were talking a blue streak with their 4th grade buddies.

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Edcamps Maker Movement Groups Elementary 158

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. To create compelling video arguments, student teams interviewed experts in economic development, researched state history and geography, and even wrote poems to sing the praises of their region. Credit: EdSurge.

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Assessment Gamification Digital Citizenship Social Media 163

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. We are a whole school program that really teaches children in food-insecure communities how to grow food, get the parents involved, brings parents in and aligns it. We are not an add on. Stephen Ritz.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The elementary school might evolve. In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. They could be a shrinking, niche demand for some forms of certification. Which is bad.

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