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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Heather Marrs shares how to get started with gamifying your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How could you take your whole elementary classroom year and gamify it? She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18.

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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. Robb is a keynote and featured speaker at conferences and leads workshops all over the country and in Canada.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. Wonder Workshop, Sphero, Ozobots — they all have lesson ideas on their web pages. to teach kindergarteners the basics of coding. “It I use Twitter a lot.

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

Edsurge

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. With the purchase of so many iPads, Apple also included four days of training each month during 2015-2016.

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Teen Genius Says “I Learned Nothing from Lecture”

The CoolCatTeacher

She was selected as the STEM Scout of the Year in 2016-2017 and was selected as one of the 12 delegates to Report to the Nation in the year 2017-2018. She conducts workshops in elementary schools and hopes to educate children about kindness when they are still young.

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The Numbers Don’t Lie:  Math Fair A Huge Success

MIND Research Institute

November 6, 2016. November 8, 2016. These dedicated folks gave up their Saturday – and some of them their Friday also – to guide our families through the Fair, lead workshops on using problem solving to build the tallest structure out of newspaper, and help visitors get “hands on” with math learning. November 5, 2016.

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NEO will be at ISTE 2017!

Neo LMS

Just last year, in 2016, there have been around 19,000 people attending ISTE. It is a motivational experience and makes you believe that we are better as an industry when we share and work together.” — Russ Schwartz, Principal, Park Trails Elementary School, Broward County, Florida.

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