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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

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Marina Umaschi Bers on episode 202 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today’s sponsor: Metaverse is a free simple augmented reality tool. So robots have motors, they have sensors, they can move around. Each block represents a command for the robot.

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Sylvia Martinez: 3 Mistakes Teachers Make About Tinkering (and more)

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Episode 49 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You can enter the drawing by suggesting a guest for the show, following Sylvia on Twitter or other ways. The risks of using reflection as your only tool for assessing making. Twitter handle: @smartinez.

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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

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The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S. Look off-campus for recommendations.

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9 Fine Ways to Do Better 20% Time

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A global search in education blog post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. For our beginning of the year passion projects, some students chose to teach others about our robotic filming Swivl tool and app. Maker Movement. Twenty percent time from Google. Or a genius hour.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

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Catherine Davis-Hayes on episode 153 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Because when you go to Mars, you can’t bring all the tools that you might need. Record your own voice over.

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

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Leah LaCrosse on episode 272 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. Tools to enhance student voice. Do you have any other favorite tools?

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Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades

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Steve Floyd on episode 249 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Fun, exciting tools and techniques can help very young kids understand math and learn computational thinking. Vicki: Steve, do you have any favorite tools that you like for the K-6 crew?