The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

His best-selling book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today , co-authored with Eric Sheninger and published by ASCD, was released in June 2017. His most recent book, Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime , was released in October of 2019.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2017

Monica Burns, author of #FormativeTech , shares essential tools and tips for effective formative assessment. Pick some tools. Monica’s book comes out today! What are some of Monica’s favorite tools for formative assessment. How should teachers select their formative assessment tool belt. Listen Now.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 30, 2017

Back in December, ISTE asked for assistance reviewing draft 1 of the 2017 ISTE Standards for Teachers. Last week ISTE released draft v2 of the 2017 ISTE Standards for Teachers and expects to release one more draft in February before they are finalized and released at the ISTE conference in June. You all responded wonderfully!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 18, 2017

To introduce students to the possibilities of technology get them to complete different tasks with web tools and apps, such as mindmaps , podcasts , digital stories , videos , podcasts , etc.! But before students embark on any digital project, you need to find the right tools. Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2018

Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2017: Top 10 Tech Tips. Here are the Top Ten tech tips from 2017. 22 Digital Tools You Must Have in Your Classroom. Structuredlearning.net –lots of teachers are finding books/ebooks here for integrating tech into the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2017

Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Episode #20). February 2 Frank @Mindful-Teacher winner of “ Innovate with iPad ” book by Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. February 15 Tom @loudlearning winner of “ The Writing Strategies Book ” by Jennifer Serravallo.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. and Marion L.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 18, 2017

We will then move to some non-educational books that you can use to grow as a learner and a professional. Finally we will finish the series by looking at some new and exciting tools to try in your classroom. There are so many new and exciting tools, apps and sites to discover and use throughout the course of the year.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Our students can create how-to videos to teach others how to use favorite web tools or to demonstrate a process. Students can use screencasting tools with whiteboards to show how to complete an equation, to create visual word problems, or explain a theory. Screencasting Web Tools and Apps. Screencast with your iPhone.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Below are web tools and apps for teaching with videos. If you’d like to get your students to create their own video walkthroughs or tutorials then check out my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions. The content is shorter and dynamic. Access a variety of ready m ade lesson plans.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, state legislatures have passed bills to ban “age-inappropriate” books from schools, in many cases subjecting teachers and school librarians to criminal charges for possession of such books. Having books by, about and for LGBTQ+ students, she said, “does not mean we are out there promoting it.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2017

Often, their books including those techie topics I love to read (and ended up critical to my recently-published novel, Twenty-four Days ). The book is geeky–I won’t deny that. If you like these sorts of things, you’ll love this book (as I did). I know a lot of bloggers who are both geeks and authors.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2023

The 2017 Clovis, New Mexico Library Shootings: The Teenage Attacker Reveals His Motives Part of the Library 2.0 On August 28, 2017, he walked into the Clovis-Carver Library, in downtown Clovis, New Mexico, went into the public restroom and loaded a pistol he had stolen from his father’s unlocked gun safe at home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 21, 2020

My school uses Planboard with Chalk.com ’s curriculum planning tool. This powerful tool links with standards — and gives us the ability to do some timesaving, efficient reporting and tracking. I use a free program called Planboard for my lesson planning. ambassador for ?several several other learning communities.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , I share several tips for integrating technology to allow every student to share their ideas and creativity. Screencasting Web Tools and Apps. The quickest and easiest way to record is with the free web based tool, Vocaroo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

book that is new? Subscribe to the Show Resources Mentioned in Episode 803 Show Sponsor: Propello – free NGSS-aligned differentiated science curriculum for middle school The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 Her newest books are THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK 2.0 Her newest books are THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK 2.0

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 3, 2017

With web tools, students can layout their writings, pick from hundreds of cool fonts, and add their own images or choose from a library of stock images. Some web tools allow students to embed video and audio. Below, I’ve listed some free educational web tools for creating a class ezine.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One of the goals in my book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators: Small Steps to Transform Your Teaching , is for teachers and students to create vision boards to help them accomplish goals they set. Below, are a list of additional free web tools and apps for creating vision boards with a few examples. .” – Japanese Proverb.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I discuss this in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions. Below, are free web tools and apps students can use to create avatars. Voki is a web tool and app for students to create animated talking characters to embed in blogs and animated presentations. Animated Avatars.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. The website offers strategies to help educators effectively use digital tools. She is also the author of several edtech books. Here are 10 edtech experts every educator should follow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2021

Tools You Can Use to Get Parents and Teachers on the Same Side. Smith High School, and the 2017 Overall City-Wide Teacher of the Year for Chesapeake Public Schools. Books by Jahkari H. Learn How to Partner With Parents with JT Taylor. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Below, are my favorite free educational comic creation tools and apps. These tools provide learners with a library of characters, props, scenes, speech bubbles, and templates. Tools & Apps from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Book Creator –(iOS/Android) templates to create digital comic books and graphic novels.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” Indeed, $2.3

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Mind you, at the end of 2017, I set a goal to minimize how many arguments I’d get into on Twitter in 2018, but I must have missed the fine print when I signed on that platform because I failed hard. Some of the books do a solid job of charting some activities that can be integrated into simple or complex conversations.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

If students are not given the tools, practice, or space to develop these skills, they may flounder when asked to work independently in-class or online. Blended Learning Environments Require Self-regulation Skills. Supporting Self-regulation in Blended Learning Environments. The earlier students learn these self-regulation skills, the better.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Other than the flipped learning research update post , this blog has been on hiatus since May so that I could focus my book with David Clark on alternative grading. I'd written a book before , but this one was so different from the first that it felt like being a first-time author. How much the tools and the environment matter.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 30, 2017

April 30, 2017 A few days we shared with you this interesting resource featuring some of the best apps and tools to help kids learn everything about coding. Today, we are adding another important.read more.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If this is how the makerspace is set up in your school, then your kids may not have access to the resources, materials, and tools when they need them, especially for STEM or STEAM. This is why we decided to create a planning tool for makerspaces in the classroom for you using the Design Thinking Process and Universal Design for Learning®.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2017

This is a tool you’ll want to notice if you’re using iPads. Happy Tech Tool Tuesday! ” This week, I’m giving away five copies of The Little Things book by Andy Andrews. ” This week, I’m giving away five copies of The Little Things book by Andy Andrews. We will give away 5 copies of this book.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Owl Eyes is a new, simple-but-powerful, and FREE web-app for reading classic books with your students. Discussions happen inside the book , so as you discuss, you’re literally “all on the same page.”. What Books Are Included? Browse or search the Owl Eyes library to see if your upcoming book is included. Collaborate.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 5, 2017

April 6, 2017 StoryJumper is a good web tool students can use to create and publish storybooks. It’s an ideal way to enhance students writing skills and immerse them in engaging writing projects.read more.

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