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

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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Edtech and Social Emotional Learning #sel

The CoolCatTeacher

Many schools are moving to portfolios as a way to capture learning instead of a polished final product. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom. As you blend your classroom, pay attention to the BRICKS (face to face) and CLICKS (online) classroom. Vicki: Cool. Michelle: Yes. Vicki: Cool! Vicki: Wow.

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What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like

MindShift

Children in fifth grade at South Fayette elementary school collaborate to make their Rube Goldberg machines do what they wish. It was spring, and the kids were learning about the life cycle of a butterfly in their regular classroom. Read more about Blended Learning. Chris Berdik). This story also appeared in Slate.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments.

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