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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. Using this tip, you can create a sort of social sharing environment inside your classroom management system.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

And I think sometimes that when we see the final product of a school, or a teacher, or a school system that looks really good and has been done really well, it feels insurmountable… Vicki: It does. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Vicki: (laughs). Pam: No one does that.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

And also, you can take failure out of the system, because nobody ever fails anything that they haven’t finished yet. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease. In Chemistry, I should be able to finish Chemistry in April or next October, depending on how fast I go through it.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Sometimes I’ll walk in, and I discover a teacher that I wasn’t even aware of in the system — because we’ve got, you know, over 1200 teachers in Albemarle. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. And I’ll run into somebody that is maybe newer on the scene. Dr. Pamela R.

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

One of the things that we really spend a lot of time doing is trying to help people “unlearn” some of what I think that we built into the system over time that people just came to accept. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. The goal, the end in mind was educate kids for tests.

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A Call to Remake the Maker Faire

Edsurge

Of all the learning trends of the past 20 years, one of the most sweeping and impactful has been the rise of the maker movement. After 15 years of inspiring millions of people to be creative and “make” something out of just about nothing, Maker Media, the company behind much of momentum, shut down due to financial shortfalls.