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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. He has been named one of the top 25 educational leaders to follow on Twitter. Evan also has a podcast, The Robb Review Podcast.

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Epic Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode #32 with Scottish Maths Teacher Chris Smith From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, we’ll discuss: How Chris’ car became the centerpiece of one Pi Day. How to make math more exciting all year long. How to find your spark for math again.

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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. Twitter: @cdhayes13.

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How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016

Teacher Reboot Camp

In August 2007, Chris Messina introduced hashtags (#) into Twitter’s code , which meant anyone using the platform could add a # sign front of any word(s) without spaces to make it a clickable link leading to a page where all tweets with this hashtag were aggregated. Create a hashtag to start a movement or Twitter chat!

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Digital Promise Research Map: A Starting Place for Exploring Research on Learning

Digital Promise

The new data visualization is based on over 100,000 peer-reviewed articles from 184 journals published between 2007 and 2016. Join the conversation using #researchatwork on Twitter (and join us for our next #researchatwork Twitter chat on June 21 at 3:00pm ET!). Shifts in the Learning Science Research Landscape. Explore the map.

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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Indeed, once you understand how to foster self-directed learning, it’s like unlocking a whole new world of educational potential. Resourcefulness and Information Literacy Being resourceful means knowing where to look for information and how to vet it. Knowing how to discern credible sources from less reliable ones is a crucial skill.

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Edchat Interactive - a new type of free, online PD that is relevant, timely, interactive and social

Educational Technology Guy

Edchat Interactive is a new type of free, online PD brought to you by some of the same folks who created #echat twitter discussions, including Tom Whitby and Steven Anderson , who are both friends of mine and in my Personal Learning Network and great educators. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Register and/or learn More.