The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Often schools who have arts, STEM or other enrichment choose to take one enrichment period and have a “genius hour” where students explore their talents to make and create. A student is allowed to select a project in a course of study that is of personal interest. Maker Movement. Genius Hour.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Or, exploring areas of social studies with the arts is a very, very easy way. So I am not a dancer, and I am not a theater actor at all, but I have seen incredible connections made — through movement art and theater specifically – that have helped kids make connections to other content areas.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. Work hard, study hard, go to college, and climb the corporate ladder. They will need to have a maker mindset. It’s not about STEM or STEAM.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Try to integrate into math, into science, into social studies, into language. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e202. 1 – How do you define “coding?”. The second one is integrate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Are you studying Mars? Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Jeff Gearhart on episode 162 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Why not let students go live there? In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. M-Cubed is a program that supports black middle school males in year-round advanced math studies to improve their high school academic performance. She holds a B.S. Twitter: @pammoran.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Date: November 9, 2017. So Lauren Resnick, who did this wonderful study for the federal government, said that our schools were never designed to prepare large numbers of critical thinkers and problem solvers — which is exactly what we need now. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript.

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