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Coping with COVID in the Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

She graduated with a BS in Education in 2005 and set out to teach in the gorgeous green Pacific Northwest, where she and her husband lived. I think you’ll enjoy this: Coping with COVID in the Classroom. I’ve missed that classroom community—it’s so good to get some of it back! By the time break was over, we were ready.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly. And guess what?

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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more. Project Pals has a useful classroom collaborative platform that lets you create and manage projects for your students. Project Pals connects with Google Classroom but also lets me see detail on which students are contributing and participating.

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18 Effective Classroom Motivation Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Its significance is particularly pronounced in the realm of classroom learning, where it’s often invoked to explain the successes and failures in learning processes. It takes an integrated and holistic approach that considers both intrinsic and extrinsic factors to enhance students motivation and drive their engagement (Dôrnyei, 2005).

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Why I #LoveTeaching – Vicki Davis

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and Instructional Technology Director in Albany, Georgia USA. She has been blogging at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and has traveled the world and written two books about edtech and collaborative technologies.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Subscribe to the Show Anywhere You Listen to Podcasts This week's sponsor Modern Classrooms will help you teach better today! You’ll be glad you did.

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Capstone and Buncee Invite Classrooms to Help Share Holiday Cheer “Holiday Hugs” Program To Bring Messages and Books to Patients at Children’s Minnesota

eSchool News

December 3, 2021 – Capstone, an innovative publisher and education technology provider of children’s content for schools and home, and Buncee, its newly acquired creation and collaboration tool for students and educators, are inviting students to help create kind and supportive Holiday Hugs messages to children in the hospital this holiday season.