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How to Empower Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

Evan Robb on episode 566 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Administrators can empower teachers and principal Evan Robb shares some of the techniques. Please explore The Robb Review Blog and ScholasticEDU for more of his thoughts on teaching, learning, and leadership.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

This blog post is the second in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Beginning in 2007, the district’s financial situation and declining enrollment were impeding its ability to equitably serve the student population.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

Catherine Davis-Hayes on episode 153 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Catherine: I have a blog on WordPress.

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How to Design Educational Technology Products to Motivate Students

Digital Promise

Learning games that have compelling, obvious goals are significantly more popular among elementary school children than those that don’t. Riconscente says one example of balancing free choice and difficulty level is when games have an exploratory nature to them, with embedded challenges. Katz, I., & Assor, A. Malone, T.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom. And I imagine you are all seeing the same things as you are back in school full-time with students. But is there another way?

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. We can do that.”.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. Google’s AI literacy resource can help teachers learn more about how to effectively make the best of artificial intelligence technologies in their educational practice. Madda et al., Griffo, V.

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