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10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches

The CoolCatTeacher

The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. Who is Dr.

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. In speaking engagements, Sackstein speaks about blogging, journalism education, throwing out grades and BYOD, helping people see technology doesn’t have to be feared.

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How to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaches children how to sit quietly and listen while another is talking. I know — you’re convinced but don’t know how to blend read-alouds into your busy classroom schedule. Simon & Schuster, 2015. Charlesbridge, 2015. Millbrook, 2015. Beach Lane Books, 2015. Chronicle Books, 2015.

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Standards-Based Grading: How to Start the Journey

The CoolCatTeacher

Today we talk to an award-winning French teacher turned Instructional Technology Program Manager who can help us understand the pitfalls and possibilities of successful implementation. Nicole Naditz – Bio as Submitted Nicole has been a Program Specialist in Instructional Technology at San Juan Unified School District since 2018.

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How to Use Fortnite in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

He has had the opportunity to share his approach to Computer Science education at ISTE (2015, 2018), FETC (2019, 2020) BIT (2014, 2019), CONNECT (2019, 2020), Schoology NEXT (2018), as well as in interviews with major newspapers (Toronto Star, 2017). He has an unshakable resolve to change the world through technology education.

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How to Put Kindness in Your Classes

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” ( Measuring Kindness in School , John Tyler Binfet, 2015). That can be sports, tutoring, or in this case, how to use technology. How Will You Celebrate? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Websites that teach Kindness. There are surprisingly a lot of them.

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Top Education Tweets of the Week: November 7, 2015

The CoolCatTeacher

How to link Google Drive with Microsoft Office. Top Education Tweets of the Week, November 7, 2015. #1 — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 7, 2015. #2 — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 5, 2015. #3 3 How to Link Google Drive and Microsoft Office. 6 Top 10 Posts of October 2015.

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