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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. In 2007, she was named a member of the USA Today All-Teacher Team, and in 2011 she was awarded the Massachusetts Commonwealth Award in Creative Leadership. Sponsor: Advancement Courses is sponsoring DonorsChoose projects from August 18 – September 24.

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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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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. This may suggest an increasing research focus on what are often referred to as “non-cognitive” factors or “character skills.”. Shifts in the Learning Science Research Landscape. Explore the map.

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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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Here's a Neat Infographic on 'The History of the Hashtag'

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There are the standard, popular subjects ( much like the subject categories of the Dewey Decimal System -- but I keep this reference to my librarian self ). According to the infographic, Chris Messina first suggested using hashtags for Twitter groups in 2007. I tell them this: Just think of hashtags as subjects.

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How Scratch and Minecraft Developers Hope to Keep Kids Coding For Life

Edsurge

It was there that one of the most popular learn-to-code tools, developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, was born in 2007. But when she interviewed many of the users to see why they stayed on the platform, she found that many of them referred to each other as “friends.”. “We How is that community? How is that community?”

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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. Twitter: @DrDougGreen. And it just sounds overwhelming. Doug: Yeah. Blog: [link].