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9 Ideas for Ending the School Year Well

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Blog: [link] Twitter: @stantonalana. For more on this, read my 2006 Post About How a Disney Cruise changed my views on education.) Therefore, they designed events with intentionality, particularly on the first day and the last night.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I hope that we will continue to connect on Twitter and around there. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Twitter: @pammoran.

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#4: What does research really say about iPads in the classroom?

eSchool News

Surveys of student use of iPads report overwhelmingly that students enjoy learning and stay more focused when using iPads (Mango, 2015). Prensky, 2006). We wanted to know more about this resistance and hesitation when it came to the use of iPads in the classrooms. What follows are our top 5 take aways.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 231 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Twitter: @pammoran. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford. kymberlimulford@gmail.com. Bio as submitted.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 241 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Twitter: @pammoran. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford kymberlimulford@gmail.com. Dr. Pamela R.

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 236 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Twitter: @pammoran. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford kymberlimulford@gmail.com. Bio as submitted.

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PROOF POINTS: Does growth mindset matter? The debate heats up

The Hechinger Report

Scholars have been debating the conflicting claims by email and on Twitter. The theory of growth mindset was developed by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck over decades, and it exploded onto the education scene with her 2006 best-selling book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.”

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