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Successful Distance Learning for Young Kids

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter You may be worried that the youngest kids can’t learn at a distance, but Dr. Nancy Frey, co-author of the Distance Learning Playbook comes along side us to help us understand how it can be done. Sponsor: This show is sponsored by Advancement Courses.

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Using Pop Culture to Teach Writing Skills

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sponsor: Advancement Courses is sponsoring DonorsChoose projects from August 18 – September 24. Sponsor: Advancement Courses is sponsoring DonorsChoose projects from August 18 – September 24. Nancy Barile – Bio as Submitted.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. The primary goal of the course is to start conversations that continue throughout an employee’s tenure.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

eSchool News

To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Over the decades, the company has introduced technologies to make its science of reading-based approach easier to administer in classrooms.

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

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. Vicki: Of course. We’ll, of course, include this in the Shownotes. Doug: Yeah.

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. All you need to do is head over to leave a review on iTunes and just include your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can reach you. . Dave Burgess on Twitter @ burgessdave. Hooking students into a lesson is part of our essential craft of teaching.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 Rarely do the results of those activities contribute back to the information resources that students consume in carrying them out (Keats & Schmidt, 2007, para. Education 1.0 can be compared to Web 1.0 Keats and J. is similar to Web 1.0. Education 1.0

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