The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2017

Monica Burns, author of #FormativeTech , shares essential tools and tips for effective formative assessment. Pick some tools. What are some of Monica’s favorite tools for formative assessment. How should teachers select their formative assessment tool belt. Want to hear another Tech Tool Tuesday? Listen Now.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2017

.” — Russ Schwartz, Principal, Park Trails Elementary School, Broward County, Florida. More than 550 exhibitors will fill the vast expo hall with ed tech tools, devices and strategies and, more importantly, helpful advice from more than 5,000 industry representatives on how to foster learning with technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Top 10 Shows of March 2017. Formative Assessment Tools and Tips with Monica Burns (Show #37). 5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Show #20). Awesome Apps for iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. These are calculated on downloads as of today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2017

Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Episode #20). Awesome Apps for iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen (Episode #1). And the top 10 shows for February are: A Song for Teachers by Jim Forde (Episode #11). Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement (Episode #16).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 19, 2017

June 19, 2017 Since the start of 2017 we created a section here in EdTech and mLearning dedicated to apps and tools curated specifically for elementary teachers and students. Today we spent sometime.read more.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. The problem: there wasn’t a plan for implementing these new tools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2021

That was the thinking behind Along , a free digital reflection tool developed by the nonprofit Gradient Learning and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and announced yesterday at the 2021 annual conference of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, which is EdSurge’s parent organization.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. And neither is elementary-grade science. But Mystery Science hopes to buck the trend. million in profit.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Power of Choice Texts: A Playful Revolution The future of personalized learning is exemplified by a new reading tool called Choice Texts , recently released by eSpark , an online math and reading program for students in grades K-5. Educators know that engaged students learn more, as evidenced in this 2017 Gallup Poll. Amy Lower Ms.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Our transition to personalized learning has been an exhilarating journey that picked up even more momentum through our work with Education Elements beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Canvas also functions as a professional development tool that connects our master teachers to our newer teachers. Intentional design.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. This becomes especially important when we realize that elementary and teen-aged students are already swimming in the digital ecosystem.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback. meghan.bogardu….

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

It’s also a time when companies of all sizes and ages announce their latest updates and tools. The tool automatically sends IT tickets to technicians based on their skillsets. “As So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. classrooms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Tired Edtech Trends That Teachers Wish Would Retire: From the Floor of ISTE 2017 “I feel like everyone talks about blended learning, and no one really knows what it means.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Jennifer Burgin (@ MrsJBurgin ) teaches amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. Fantastic Formative Assessment Tools ( https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-fast-formative-assessment-tools-vicki-davis ). Jennifer Burgin teaches the most amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While they are completing digital worksheets, their peers in better-resourced schools are coding, collaborating, and designing and building tech tools. The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The Massachusetts School Support Network (MassNET) Edtech Testbed research aims to improve schools’ abilities to implement edtech tools. A fresh report is slated to be released in December 2017. The research evaluates strengths and weaknesses of particular software products and attempts to examine equity issues.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2018

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. I started this program in the summer of 2017. Jody: We started in August of this year, so August 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul. Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

What is not as common are PBL ideas using digital, rather than physical tools. In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

— Shelly Sanchez (@ShellTerrell) June 26, 2017. There’s Magic In That Music: Empowering Students with Digital Music Tools (B308). Computer Programming in the Elementary School (B313). Light A Spark with Adobe Creation Tools (B319). Cori Coburn. Tuesday BYOD Sessions. 10:15–11:15 am. 11:45 am–12:45 pm. 12:15–1:15 pm.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2020

The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students. After principals became familiar with the data tracked and analyzed in Mosaic, each principal developed two SMART goals and used the new tool to measure their progress against those goals over the course of the school year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

What better way to prepare students for coding careers and computer science-related fields than introducing them to the tools that professionals use? Our mission is to help developers learn to code with the real-world tools of industry.” Used by more than 28 million developers and 1.5 Used by more than 28 million developers and 1.5

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techlearning

MARCH 14, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. Instead, view it as a tool that can inform and supplement lessons, and even then, only if teachers and administrators are well trained in its use. Courville, K.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazon will be sunsetting TenMarks and its online instructional tools, which were once at the forefront of the company’s K-12 digital education strategy. At the time of the acquisition, TenMarks claimed its math tools had been used by students across 7,000 U.S. She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It school districts.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 8, 2017

CS for All: Teaching CS in Elementary Schools SXSWedu 2017 Workshop As the Computer Science for All initiative jump starts around the world, more students in grades 6-12 have the opportunity to take computer science courses. Paired Programming Using a tool like Code Studio , students work in pairs. Agenda : bit.ly/CSforAllinElementary

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Today for Tech Tool Tuesday, Billy Krakower and Vicki Davis take a deep dive into Twitter for educators. ” Want to hear some more about tech tools? Listen to last week’s tech tools show about iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

And there seem to be a few go-to digital tools to support engagement, discovery and setting a fun and participatory tone for what library (and the librarian) looks like. This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. Engagement. Gamification. We’ve come a long way from my old very offline Hollywood Squares approach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more. Friday, September 8, 2017. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. Sign Up Before September 1, 2017 and Get Free Lesson Plans. If you sign up now (August 2017) for Owl Eyes, they’ll send you 10 free 60-minute lesson plans. No doubt about it! Collaborate.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Nearpod offers some of its content and tools for free and sells licenses to individual teachers, schools and districts. Its largest institutional shareholders are Insight Partners, which led its $21-million Series B round in 2017, followed by Reach Capital. The company is also currently turning a profit, according to Carrera.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself. The makers of these AI tools believe that technology can help stem the tide out of the profession.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2020

After beginning his own journey of awareness in 2017, Joseph started teaching his students how to monitor and manage their emotions using mindfulness. The activities made such an incredible impact on his classroom community each year that he knew he needed to develop a tool for teachers and parents to replicate the results.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Most mapping tools feature a way to import data, with plenty of examples, search functions, and instructions to help users. We’ve spent hours creating a comprehensive list of the best mapping software products, comparing the best online mapping tools and printable maps for classroom mapping purposes.

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