The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Today, I interviewed Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and host of the Teacher Burnout Podcast and the Less Stressed Principal Podcast. Barb (00:35) This is such an important topic and being a current elementary principal, this is a topic I love talking to my teachers about, so I'm so passionate about it. Oh my goodness.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You know, you can take any word and make it bad or good. My dad, who died four years ago, always reminded me that I needed to stay humble when I was when I was doing a lot of different things. So we're talking about rigor, and I'm a classroom teacher and I want to put more rigor into my lesson plans.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So that's one good reason, but what are the practical reasons? Brian Curcio (00:42) Yeah, I mean, there's so many practical I mean, one of the things I like saying a lot is we tell our kids that money makes the world go round, but for some reason we don't really teach it to them. I mean, it's really important.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I'll admit that I have often expressed my own dislike of worksheets, so much so that I rarely use them myself. topic and that is, you know, a lot of us use this word almost like a cuss word, worksheet. And you know, I have called people worksheet wonders where all they did was worksheets. Yeah, you're right.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Page, a former Milken National Educator of the Year with 15 years of experience in the education field. When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. I did proofread it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter When we start discussing AI, they don't know it. Maybe this glimpse into the resources and methods I use with my 9th graders (and later in the semester, 8th grade) will give you some ideas. I did this with my 9th graders yesterday, less than 24 hours ago.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

I vividly remember the first World Book Encyclopedia set my parents bought for the house in the early 1980’s. It was a sight to behold as what seemed like an infinite amount of knowledge was alphabetically organized, just waiting to be consumed. It’s what they can do with it in a meaningful way that they crave.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2024

Keyboarding for Youngers A while ago, I participated in an online discussion about keyboarding for kids. The host thought it would be a yawner, but any tech teacher knows keyboarding is a controversial subject. What are some of the developmental considerations about keyboarding? How do I teach keyboarding?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. Not only have I used MAD-Learn for the first global collaborative app-building project, I love having my students build together and host a "shark tank competition." Learn what it means for this to be a sponsored episode. I did proofread it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Because it can write the code for you and also because I have specific things about my own personal setup that shouldn't be shared for protective reasons, I've summarized what I've done with it. How I Organize First, I'm a very visual person. I don't recommend this approach for everyone, but for me, it works.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

As I listened to him describe his experience using this strategy, I thought it would be a simple way to gather feedback from students. Teachers who conference with students can also use this strategy to provide focused feedback about what they would like their students to keep, start, or stop doing. Explain the WHY or value.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Did you know that Dell has a cost-free education discount program offered to educators and their friends and family all year long? Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants. What is Mastery Learning? It's amazing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

How to know children even in a very large class. Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! On my blog, I recently shared 10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer. But Jill, we will talk today about what excites you in your classroom. Click Here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

You blame yourself–why didn’t you stick with what you’d always done? Because to many, ‘tech problem’ equates to the mind-numbing, bone-chilling feeling of ‘I have no idea what to do’ In a word: Failure. Having said all this, I am willing to stipulate: Tech failure is inevitable.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I've also included a transcript below that I have checked for errors. I hope you enjoy picking out the notebook service that works for you. If I didn't include yours, just message me on social media and tell your story! If you see mistakes I missed, please leave a comment and let me know.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2024

I–like many teachers–do a lot of prep for my teaching, often requiring digital desktop publishing platforms. Then I got an email from the folks at Creative Fabrica. Then I got an email from the folks at Creative Fabrica. With Creative Fabrica–I was sold faster. How had I never seen this amazing website?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

We always celebrate when arriving at such milestone episodes so I have my son, John, share the stats for the first eight hundred episodes and we have a little fun. I hope this extended episode serves as a helpful addition to the AI discussion. I recently taught my students about budgets and they were so grateful!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

In the beginning, I was a skeptic myself, but now I use it to support my professional work, especially when I coach leaders. School AI - Know what students need, when they need it and deliver it with AI support. During coaching sessions, I have helped elementary teachers create images for sight words.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I do get pretty angry as I go on forums about Artificial Intelligence in Education. Furthermore, as I add another feedback mechanism into my classroom, I find that my students are advancing and learning much faster than ever before.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. And I actually finished up my doctorate. Katie: We do.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

So she was allowed to do what she did. So what is the point of that story? Last night on #edchat the topic was The Internet and Prior Knowledge, mainly, what do kids need to know and what can they just look up? It all boils down to what we are truly teaching in our classrooms. I am just not so sure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 14, 2023

What will happen when kids figure out they don't have to write their paper -- that Chat GPT can do it for them." We do however caution taking punitive measures against students for using these technologies if proper expectations are not set ahead of time for what users are or are not allowed.” What answer did it give me?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2024

In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from previous months: I’ve been blogging for about sixteen years, some professionally (for my tech ed career) and others on topics of interest to me (writing, USNA, and science). I figured out I had to do blogging right. –so why was I doing this?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Justin, you and I have known each other for quite some time, and it's just exciting to see all the innovations that you've worked with. 00;01;01;16 – 00;01;04;09 Vicki Davis But we've known each other for, what, maybe ten years now. I bet 2008 was the first time I came down to Georgia to see all the cool stuff that you're up to.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

He shares a candid conversation about how teachers can share what they are observing with AI, the benefits, and also some very real concerns he has about artificial intelligence and its impact on humankind. Let me know what you think by leaving comments on the YouTube video. What what's happening to education?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 30, 2022

I vividly remember getting excited about improving parent communication with, at the time, a state-of-the-art app. Since I saw the inherent value that it would have in the hands of my teachers to get information out readily while building relationships in the process, I couldn’t wait to usher in this change.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

Written by Noelle Gutierrez Educators know the importance of academic vocabulary instruction. As an instructional coach and administrator, I regularly observed teachers providing direct instruction using explicit vocabulary routines. Here is an example of the offline station directions I provided to students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

As the landscape of education technology rapidly changes, Rachelle shares some ideas of what the future of classroom learning could look like. Her newest book “ Things I Wish […] Knew ” includes the voices of 50 educators from around the world.She has also contributed to eight other books related to education.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 11, 2017

but what makes a classic? How do we know what will be useful and worthy of keeping for the future? As an instructional technologist I am often asked what's the best tool for doing certain things which often leads to "why do we have to embrace so many different tools? I see the value of the tried and true.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? If you want to know how to start helping little ones learn about technology, this podcast resource is for you to get started.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 12, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today I showed seventh graders Chat GPT-4. But when I realized that many didn't know anything about this tool, we took a trip into my GPT-4 account since they are not old enough to get their own account. But what does it mean for the classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2023

I highly recommend this free AI course from Microsoft. I look forward to seeing how useful this is (or not) and with your feedback and the statistics we will know if it is worth the effort going forward. I always love to hear your ideas at vicki at coolcatteacher dot com! AIforEducators. So sign up today.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I was once a young teacher, fresh out of college, bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of great ideas. There were all these things I wanted to try with my kids, new ways of teaching and figuring out I was doing the best job possible. I fell in line and did what I was told.for a year. Then reality.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 5, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Last March I made my first custom GPT to assess project-based learning activities. So, on today's show, I talk about how I introduce this tool (as an “app” in a way that doesn't anthropomorphize the tool in any way).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Now, you will be on a pedestal, colleague’s necks craned upward as they ask , How do I get the class screen to work? Scaffold your lessons with what they teach. Ask them to stay during tech class and offer on-the-spot tie-ins between what you teach and they say in class. They leave feeling I’m a partner.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 31, 2023

This week on the newsletter , I shared resources about tackling chronic absenteeism and thought I'd put some out there for you since this is such a pervasive problem. Furthermore, if they know a student will miss to get work ahead of time. I just updated this post today.) What can we do about Chronic Absenteeism?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams I’ve started a new collaboration over there with an exciting writer’s blog called Story Empire. My column is: What’s happening in the literary world? I may be naïve. What do you think?

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