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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. MsSackstein on Twitter. Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school.

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Augmented Reality Lessons You Can Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019. Twitter: @ weisburghm. Augmented reality apps might be for you! Blog: [link].

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Strategies to Help Kids Love Reading

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Barb Gilman (known as @barbinnebraska) has a classroom rich with a love of reading. Margaret Mary School in Omaha, Nebraska – Co-Founder of #CatholicEdChat a Twitter Chat for Catholic school teachers- Saturday’s 8am CT.

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Thinking Routines in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Karen Voglesang on episode 209 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Vogelsang has taught elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee for fourteen years. And it’s north, south, east, and west. What are they nervous about?

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Standards-Based Grading: How to Start the Journey

The CoolCatTeacher

Her most notable awards include finalist for California State Teacher of the Year, 2012 and ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, 2015. Blog: [link] Twitter: @NicoleNaditz. You can see her 2015 acclaimed “TOY Talk” on standards-based grading here: [link].

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Why on earth would 2nd graders use Twitter? Read this to find out.

The Innovative Educator

To do that they decided to use Twitter to let people know they could take a virtual tour of Bathurst that they hoped would entice people to come visit. They decided to use Twitter as a primary outreach tool. cid=… — Mrs Courtney''s Class (@Grade2C) May 8, 2012 Reach out they did. We are having a tweet-a-thon today! Check it out!

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

EdTech Magazine

To facilitate increased focus from educators, the International Society for Technology in Education updated its standards for computer science curricula in July of this year, the first time since 2012, EdScoop reports. Through the program, students can pursue projects ranging from data analytics to digital communications. . “In

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