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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. I’ve embedded videos below.

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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. Twitter handle: @aap03102. Pi M C A Music Video [link]. Chris Smith @aap03102 is a Maths teacher from Scotland where his irrational passion for Pi earns him geeky renown. TED Talk: [link].

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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!). New Features Summarize Relevant Research Findings. Explore the map.

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Take Control of Your Public Relations

A Principal's Reflections

Upon becoming Principal of New Milford High School in June of 2007 I made it one of my primary goals to work hard at sharing with my stakeholders all of the accomplishments centered around teaching and learning occurring on a routine basis. Twitter ( @NewMilfordHS ): Daily updates on news, events, student achievements, staff innovations, etc.

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An #Edchat Conversation-Howard Rheingold and Critical Thinking

The Web20Classroom

Please visit the links below to familiarize yourself with Howard Rheingold''s work: Crap Detection 101 Crap Detection Video You can leave your questions below or, better yet, if you are a member of the EDU PLN Ning (and I hope you are) you can visit the forum there and post your question. Watch the 6 minute video interview.

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Communicating and Connecting With Social Media (An Excerpt)

A Principal's Reflections

The book is entitled Communicating & Connecting With Social Media: Essentials for Principals and will be available from Solution Tree on May 19, 2011 Using Twitter to Build Your School’s Brand The good news is that open-communication practices in a social media world don’t have to be intimidating. See figure 1.1 for a visual.)

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Gaming Builds Valuable Life Skills

EdNews Daily

Video games are a constructivist-learning environment. . The constructivist environment is a balanced combination of scripting and awareness (Hesse, 2007). Video games give children a safe play space in which they can freely exercise their abilities to understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create an experience.

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