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How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies

The CoolCatTeacher

Outline of How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies Podcast Episode Thank you Propello for sponsoring this episode Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Jennifer Seravallo's Bio Podcast Transcript What is in the Reading Strategies 2.0 book that is new? So what are you waiting for?

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Professor Britt Watwood has moved his college classes off Facebook. Today he reflects on the implications for educators and how he’s talking about the Cambridge Analytica scandal with other educators. The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators. Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2018. What happened on Facebook?

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. To date, close to 3,000 educators have taken the survey.

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Tapping into the potential of AI smart speakers to boost parental engagement

Neo LMS

Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana or Facebook’s M are just a few of the most notable such technologies. These virtual assistants can provide instant answers to questions as simple as “How’s the weather?” She was like another person in our class.

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Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: May 9, 2018. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. Vicki: There are all these mermaid conspiracy theories – I think Jelly Barker posted on Facebook the other day, that somebody said he’s a mermateer(???), You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects.

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Jackson Charitable Foundation and Discovery Education Announce Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids! Elementary School Contest Winner, Set to Empower the Next Generation of Fiscally Fit Leaders

techlearning

Mary’s Elementary School in Bellevue, Nebraska as the $10,000 grand prize winner of the Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids! The contest invited elementary school teachers and families to take a pledge to teach kids how to “earn, save, spend and donate.” Mary’s Elementary School, Bellevue, Nebraska. “St.