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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We took our school from a physical school on a Friday to a distance learning campus by Monday. And the learning continues. They know how to do distance learning. We are specifically talking just e-learning for this webinar.

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Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Empatico is a free platform, targeted to students aged 7-11, that helps classrooms connect in powerful ways. As I look for opportunities to collaborate, I look for simple, easy ways.

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How to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

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The 8th Innovator's Mindset with George Couros From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. George Couros talks about how to make learning meaningful in our classroom. Students often look at the teacher and ask, “why is this important?” ” Students wonder what a subject means!

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How to Embrace an Open Culture in Your Classroom

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Learning and Sharing Can Spread from Teacher to Teacher with George Couros From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In fact, I learn more from other teachers both in my school and online than I have from most professional development. boring professional development.

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A Simple Guide to Podcasting in the Classroom

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How to improve learning and listening in the classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listening skills and learning can be improved with podcasting. How to improve learning and listening in the classroom. Listening skills and learning can be improved with podcasting.

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Innovate Like a Turtle

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A simple strategy any teacher can use to improve teaching From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I realized that I didn’t have much time, but I could take 15 minutes just two or three times a week to learn and try new things. We teachers are too busy. There’s too much to do!

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4 Ways to Teach With Play

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(and captivate your bored students) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Winner of the ISTE Online Learning Award 2006 and Best Talk Show Host in Education 2014 and many Best Teacher Blog awards, Vicki seeks to shine a spotlight on what works in education wherever it happens in the world.