The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. Dr. Alexander’s Twitter: @ educatoralex. Teachers are stressing over so many things. Stream by clicking here.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Karen Cator is President & CEO at Digital Promise and can be reached on Twitter at @kcator. Betsy Corcoran is Co-Founder & CEO of EdSurge and can be reached on Twitter at @betsy_. Today, we are thrilled to announce 16 stellar winners in the 2015 DILAs. And with that, meet the 2015 winners! Educator Winners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

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. Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. How to Teach Thinking Routines in the Classroom. Bio as submitted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of being most influential in the field of education. Twitter: @ TeacherToolkit. His tips will save you some valuable time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. In January 2015, Mitch co-founded the nonprofit Games4Ed with Larry Cocco. Twitter: @ weisburghm. Blog: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

John Larmer on Episode 385 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. John Larmer, the editor at the Buck Institute, talks about common barriers to effective project-based learning and how to overcome them. Twitter: @ johnlBIE. Books: Project Based Teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Yet, the district has seen consistent and remarkable success in math achievement across all of its elementary schools since it began using Stepping Stones, a prekindergarten through sixth grade comprehensive math program from ORIGO Education. Sandy Szako is a math instructional coach at Nichols Sawmill Elementary School in Magnolia.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

This year, Michael Soskil, a Microsoft Innovative Educator shared with me some of the great new features of Skype and demonstrated how he is using video conferencing in his classroom. Twitter: [link]. In 2015 the Varkey Gems Foundation named him as a top-50 finalist for the “Nobel Prize of Teaching”, the Global Teacher Prize.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Before joining Forward Edge in 2015, she worked in adult education, supervised students in an alternative school, taught computer science, and was an instructional technology coach at both the building and K-12 district levels. Katie finished her Ed.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Kayla Delzer on episode 311 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. My social media is all about teaching, and my students are on Instagram and Twitter as @topdogkids. You’re an elementary teacher right? Student-led social media accounts. Vicki: You teach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

30+ ideas to improve learning with awesome classroom design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. How to Make an Ugly Classroom Beautiful.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Pam Moran on episode 241 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Drones in the Classroom. He actually ran for school board.

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Buncee

APRIL 7, 2020

Learn how you can get involved and spread some positivity below: How to get involved in Hugs for Heroes from Buncee: Create your own Buncee for the Hugs for Heroes Buncee project. This year is her 4th year as a campus coach, and she loves calling Keenan Elementary her home. Follow Barbie’s class on Twitter! blogspot.com/.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Melissa Mann on episode 167 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listen to: How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom episode #72 with Crystal Koenig. Vicki: It’s so empowering when you teach kids how to voice type. Special Ed Treasure #4: Seesaw.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This past week I spent some time with some fabulous educators gathered from in and around Texas at the 2015 TCEA Convention. Its fascinating to look at the data and get a true sense of how social media can impact the stories that schools and leaders need to tell. Here are my notes to share: Has Your Flipping Flopped?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vickie Morgado on episode 177 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. How do we be respectful? (We We even cover) how to download apps.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. Tech integrationist Eric Curtis blogs about how to add technology into almost every K-12 subject from math to art. Elementary teacher Amy Pietrowski adds a dash of STEM into all of her classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Immediately, we can start to help new teachers and help each other in the process. The research gives us some insight into how each of us can help other teachers thrive. Interestingly, he also admits that he almost quit teaching this past school year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2015

March 23rd - April 6th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Friday, March 27th at 3pm Starting to Homeschool Webinar Series: The Elementary-School Years , How do I start homeschooling? More information here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran on episode 231 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. Under her guidance, Albemarle County Public Schools was selected in 2015 for membership in the League of Innovative Schools.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. We can do that.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Episode 125 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. link] She was Kentucky State Teacher of the Year for 2015 and she’s a STREAM teacher. How to make a class list in Google Classroom, YouTube. Introduction. 00:25 Karen: Yeah. 04:31 Vicki: Yeah.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Jeanne is a teacher (elementary and part-time professor) and Tanya is a university professor (former special education teacher) who loved using technology as a teaching tool. Surveys of student use of iPads report overwhelmingly that students enjoy learning and stay more focused when using iPads (Mango, 2015). Great idea, right?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Focusing on how to engage students more fully has the potential to reduce chronic absenteeism significantly. In 2015, Legacy Magazine named her one of 40 Most Influential Women in Florida. At the elementary level, Dr. Hill also taught kindergarten and elementary reading intervention to third through sixth graders.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As a school administrator, I was first introduced to Buncee in July 2015 at an EdCampLeader “un”conference in Long Island, New York. A couple of months later, we had Buncee Bryan at our school, teaching our 2 nd grades how to use this creation and presentation tool. About the Author. Dr. Sheilah M. appeared first on Buncee Blog.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Lynn Fuini-Hetten on episode 259 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, learn how one successful district has tackled this process and how they are getting buy in from teachers on the vision during the second year of implementation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He shares how you can use this tool to teach vocabulary and save time for other things! Twitter handle: @jcorippo. Contact Jon: jcorippo@cue.org Twitter: @ jcorippo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

episode 134 with Karen Voglesang on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. How to Teach Thinking Routines in the Classroom. She was State Teacher of The Year for 2015.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2015

For example, last year students in Barrow Elementary made collaborative digital dots with connecting schools via Google Drawing. How to get started. As you connect, share your creations on Twitter using #DotDay and #Makeyourmark Consider creating a blog post to show your students’ work to the world.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

How to get involved in Holiday Hugs from Buncee: Create your own Buncee for the Buncee Holiday Hugs Project . This year is her 4th year as a campus coach, and she loves calling Keenan Elementary her home. Follow her on Twitter @techamys, and her blog: [link] converseintheclassroom. blogspot.com/.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 29, 2016

I have showed this awesome video from Karen Mensing’s class last year, with her students sharing their own “Twitter Tutorial” Check it out below: @gcouros @msmspencer Here is Twitter Tutorial, Part 2 https://t.co/0OBXnO0CKV. What I am not saying is that you need to go teach Twitter to your students right now.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

For me, it all started in 2015 when I asked for a Sphero to use with my after-school Environmental Club. It was amazing how swiftly my students learned the basics of coding. Explorer Challenges – Elementary students can create Mayflower boats to sail across the sea. Twitter: @smilelearning. You can use.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We put these words into action and, as a mother/son team, we co-moderate Twitter chats on digital citizenship and student voice. As a mother/son team, we are determined to model for others how to turn negatives into positives and help create problem solvers and justice-oriented digital citizens. Photo Credit: David B.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Bedley also teamed up recently with Todd Flory at Calamus Wheatland Elementary School in Calamus, Iowa, to do a fake news challenge via Skype. Bedley’s class Skypes with Todd Flory’s fourth-graders at Calamus Wheatland Elementary School in Calamus, Iowa. ” To take the class, students need a Twitter account.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 20, 2015

March 20th - March 30th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. What are my state’s requirements for homeschooling and how do I meet and report them? More information here.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The social media policy for employees was first drafted in 2012 and updated in 2015 to include the definition of digital citizenship and to highlight its potential as a powerful learning tool. Here are a few ways we have helped schools celebrate in the past: Support elementary school students in designing a skit on being safe online.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Black and Hispanic men held less than 7 percent, total, of science and engineering jobs in 2015.

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