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Remarkable Teaching: Student Created Virtual Reality Projects

The CoolCatTeacher

Sean Wybrant, 2017 Colorado Teacher of the Year, has students building virtual reality and augmented reality experiences. Palmer High School, in Colorado Springs District 11, was named the 2017 Colorado Teacher of the Year by Interim Education Commissioner Katy Anthes at an assembly on October 11, 2016. Listen to the Show.

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Different Schools for a Different World

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: November 9, 2017. We saw some movement in the 80’s and 90’s around portfolio development, around performance assessment, and other sorts of indicators of authentic work. That’s gotten some waivers from the state department, where they’re trying to figure out what common performance assessments look like across districts.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.

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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management

The CoolCatTeacher

Formative assessment is key. Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. Also see Better Teaching and Learning with Formative Assessment from Advancement Courses. Edpuzzle adds formative assessment and shows us the percentage of the video watched by students. ”

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15 Ideas To Go Beyond Makers Space… Building a Makers Culture

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Perhaps you need to think about summer conference dates or PD needs, and it is not too early to think about the 2017/18 school year! As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about going beyond space and think about culture. Please contact me soon if you have an interest.

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5 Things That Happen When We Empower Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Friday, October 6, 2017. It can be choice in their assessment. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Check back here for the link to the book giveaway. Enhanced Transcript. Five Things That Happen When We Empower Students.

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Makerspaces: On Scanning the Road & Gently Easing the Brakes

NeverEndingSearch

Print collections are giving way to digital : Reference collections and certain nonfiction areas are especially prone to shrinkage. In some schools, curricula have dramatically narrowed to focus heavily on areas of high-stakes assessment and remediation. Knowledge Quest maker posts. NMC/CoSN Horizon Report K12 for 2017.