The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2017

Episode 37 of The 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn how to get results. Hear Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen’s top iPad apps for the elementary classroom. Blog: [link]. How to Use Padlet: A Fantastic Tool for Teaching by Vicki Davis.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Karen Lirenman on episode 371 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She shares her thoughts on innovation and how to stay motivated when you’re exhausted. Blog: Learning and Sharing with Ms. This is the first episode of K-2 week on the 10-Minute Teacher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Every child can achieve. He has also been recognized as the 2016 VAESP School Bell Award and ASCD Virginia Impact Award. Children are an opportunity not an obligation. Celebrate individuality. Sacrifice together. Make no excuses.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling. Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016).

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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. Blog: [link]. Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom?

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Reading By Example

MAY 10, 2018

I was searching my own blog, something I wrote that I could simply repost here which would convey strategies and ideas for blogging as an educator. Here is what I have found so far: The Writing Principal: Tips for Administrators Considering Blogging (October 2012). If I post my blog and no one reads it, did I really write it?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

Below are some simple strategies that can be used to integrate reflection into any lesson: Writing - A daily journal, blog, and LMS (i.e., During a coaching visit I observed Zaina Hussein , a 4th-grade teacher at Wells Elementary , use this with her students (see image below). It can also be used as a form of closure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2016

Find life balance and get your weekends back From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You can join now through July 6, 2016. (Will open again December 26 – January 4.). We’ll first start talking about target number of hours to work for the 2016-2017 school year in October.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Norwood Elementary School. Furthermore, he was the parody writer and voice of Burleson ISD's school year launch videos from 2016 to 2019. Blog: [link] Twitter: @ Chris_Chappotin. School leadership is more challenging than ever.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Episode 137 with Dr. Michelle Zimmerman on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @ mrzphd is with us today.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. While the bulk of cybersecurity is in the hands of trained techs and professionals, students can learn how to effectively safeguard their online data. took at least one online course.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2017

Join Sir Chocolate on an adventure to find the fruit drop fairies who have magic healing powers and discover how to make some of his favourite foods on the way.” This is highly recommended for parents, elementary school librarians, and primary school teachers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

She won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2016—the highest recognition that a K-12 math or science teacher can receive for outstanding teaching in the U.S. She helps learners discover possibilities as a d irector of elementary math and science. December 20, 2021. Jenn Donais @jenndonais.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2017

The countdown has begun and we can hardly contain our enthusiasm at the thought of meeting once again so many beautiful people who, before anything else, are interested in how to leverage technology in order to do more for student learning. Just last year, in 2016, there have been around 19,000 people attending ISTE. Reasons abound.

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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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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

However, no opportunity had truly satisfied my urge to improve my teaching and also prepared me to become a principal until the fall of 2016. This pilot sought to understand how beneficial MCs could be for teachers and begin to determine how MCs could play into the professional learning landscape of our state.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2021

He didn’t write best-selling books for parents on how to raise children or advise teachers on how to instruct. It’s noted for teaching reading to low-income children in urban elementary schools. He made enemies along the way, publicly disparaging studies that didn’t meet his high standards in his weekly blog.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

Eileen Lennon on episode 291 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today, infographic pro, Eileen Lennon, shares how she uses infographics, creates them, and why they’re such a powerful tool. Vicki: How do the students respond to these infographics?

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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. Kristina is a keynote presenter who blogs at [link] and tweets from @lieberrian. Kristina is a founding member of the Nation of Makers. Amy Storer.

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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

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. How will you help new teachers? How will you help other teaches?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Stephanie Goldman on episode 316 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Stephanie Goldman currently teaches fourth grade language arts and social studies in a 1:1 chromebook classroom at Lincoln County Elementary School in Lincolnton, Georgia.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Lalaine Perez Just a short drive away, Mónica Ruiz, principal at Chula Vista’s Montgomery Elementary, was facing her own math struggles.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Blog post: English Learners in Chula Vista Schools Erase Achievement Gap in Math with Innovative Curriculum.

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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. In 2016, Dr. Moran was selected to serve on the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

How can we craft learning environments that take advantage of technology to help students become independent, engaged, and reflective of their work? Knowing how to use the technology with the curriculum is critical to crafting a digital age learning environment. Having technology is just one important piece. Learn More!

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Though the majority of parents agree that devices aren't welcome at the dinner table, a 2016 Common Sense poll found that phones and other media are often present anyway. The connection between classroom lessons and home life is essential when it comes to supporting students in learning how to have a healthy relationship with media.

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myViewBoard

AUGUST 26, 2020

More specifically, it deals with how to improve: Lighting. A 2016 study out of South Korea looked at this phenomenon with Grade 4 students who were taking math exams. Here are the details of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s research: The institute put 54 elementary students into two groups. Brian Foden.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Ray Salazar called the five-paragraph essay an “outdated writing tradition” that “must end” in a 2012 post for his blog White Rhino. And in a 2016 blog post for the National Council of Teachers of English , Sacramento State associate professor Kim Zarins used the five-paragraph essay structure to show why she’s against teaching it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Lee Ann Yonker on episode 168 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We showed them how to use the paint can tool to put color in the cells, and we told them to create a jack-o’-lantern. But they didn’t know how to spell the compound word.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Britt Watwood on episode 327 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today he reflects on the implications for educators and how he’s talking about the Cambridge Analytica scandal with other educators. Blog: [link]. Vicki: Yeah. P is for Privacy.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

This is a response to a recent blog post by Stephen Wolfram, “ How to Teach Computational Thinking.” (We Stephen Wolfram’s blog post about the need to teach computational thinking in schools. A complete 21st century education should also teach other computer science concepts such as how to design an algorithm, or.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. Blog Posts —advice about ESSA, the buzz about VR, and how to teach with Snapchat. K-12 LMS Prep Test —how to evaluate curriculum, outcomes, flexibility and more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 4, 2018

Barbara Blackburn on episode 326 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Blackburn, an international speaker, was named one of the top 30 Global Gurus in Education in 2016 and 2017. Blog: www.barbarablackburnonline.com.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Episode 138 on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He gave us great practical ideas about how to make every day STEAM activities and how to easily integrate it into your lessons. Carol has been an elementary educator in the primary grades for 26 years.

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