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The Epic E-Book of WebTools

The CoolCatTeacher

Holzweiss is a high school educational technology enrichment specialist on Long Island, New York. She is also the winner of the 2015 NYSCATE Lee Bryant Outstanding Teacher Award and 2015 Long Island Technology Summit Fred Podolski Leadership and Innovation Award.

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28 can’t-miss edtech innovations from ISTE 2017

eSchool News

This year’s ISTE Conference was all about technology-charged learning–and from the keynotes and sessions to the fast-paced exhibit hall, the conference’s more than 20,000 attendees (15,000 educators plus expo hall staff) were immersed in just that. In all, ISTE 2017 produced 159,000 tweets from people across the U.S.

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‘Learn’-Launching the 2017 Edtech Conversation With Cautious Optimism

Edsurge

Edtech gatherings that attract more than 1,000 attendees, such as LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference last week in Boston, are usually echo chambers of hubbub and hoopla about technology’s potential to transform education.

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4 exciting trends that will define the 2018 education industry

eSchool News

On top of that, there is promise for continued education outside of the classroom; just look at Google’s recent $1B pledge over the next five years to help train Americans for jobs in technology. schools will give way to an increased focus on STEM and coding in schools, reinvigorating the “maker movement.”

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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Jeff: Ah, yeah… So I’m using Minecraft Education Edition in my technology classroom with my students. It’s all about technology. Jeff: So one of the things I did with science this year was I worked very closely with the other teachers and what they were doing in their normal classroom versus technology.

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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. Maarten, and Australia.

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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Use the playground versus playpen metaphor when we’re encountering technologies for early childhood. The playpen types of technologies are safe — that’s what a playpen is good for, it’s a safe environment. 6 How important is the tactile piece when it comes to technology?

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