The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Tech Tools and Writing. Meaningful Feedback and Digital Tools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. This movement includes leveraging virtual training, analytics, tools and platforms to support our employees and maximize output. [By] Britt’s right.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Flipgrid Check-ins – Flipgrid is a free online education video tool that allows students to respond to a teacher’s video with a quick video and emojis. Students share a greeting and how they are feeling through a handshake, high five, or other method.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The first step in student ownership of their own learning is goal setting. One way I help my students set learning goals is by having them complete the vision board template below, which is free for you to copy and assign to students. Student Examples.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Digital learning tools are the pen and paper of our time. Digital technology is the lens through which we are experiencing the world now. In typical classrooms, students learn from textbooks or lectures and then solve the problems given at the end of the chapter. Popular Tech Tools for Formative Assessments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We can dig in and find that in some excellent research from the 2020 State of Engagement report. To help you get closer to these answers, I recommend that all of you read GoGuardian ’s 2020 State of Engagement Report. The 2020 State of Engagement Report first observes the themes of engagement (Pages 7-9). Classroom Level.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Flipgrid Check-ins – Flipgrid is a free online education video tool that allows students to respond to a teacher’s video with a quick video and emojis. Students share a greeting and how they are feeling through a handshake, high five, or other method.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2020

Conferences give educators a chance to meet peers in different districts and states, learning about new instructional practices and innovative trends. At TCEA 2020, educators will share a vision for the future of education. While you’re at TCEA 2020, check out some of the sessions that caught our eye.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students spend so much time with their digital devices and indoors. When possible we should provide them opportunities to learn outdoors and play. Below is my slide presentation, Outdoor Learning , full of ideas. Go on a scavenger hunt! Jump rope !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 25, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Free Distance Learning Resources. Learn how to use the amazing Immersive Reader that makes learning accessible to all.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As districts continue planning and adjusting for the 2020-21 school year, the question remains: How can teachers develop enriching and educational lesson plans for both online and in-person students during the COVID-19 pandemic? Learning about The Civil Rights Movement in history class? Reading a classic novel in English class?

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As districts continue planning and adjusting for the 2020-21 school year, the question remains: How can teachers develop enriching and educational lesson plans for both online and in-person students during the COVID-19 pandemic? Learning about The Civil Rights Movement in history class? Reading a classic novel in English class?

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

One that affirms and celebrates their identities and helps them learn about and understand others? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Take today’s state standardized tests as an example.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Renaissance displayed its literacy solutions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2021

TeacherMade, the app for making free interactive worksheets, has launched TeacherMade PRO, a premium edition with powerful capabilities for interactive digital learning. . TeacherMade’s free digital worksheet creation software was the breakout hit of the 2020-21 school year. Such a tool is what is needed going forward.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2020, the digital proctoring company Proctorio brought a lawsuit against Ian Linkletter, who was then a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia. She explained that the lawsuit caught edtech critics off-guard as an example of a growing and profitable company “punching down” on an individual critic.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 13, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Free Distance Learning Resources. Learn how to use the amazing Immersive Reader that makes learning accessible to all.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

But when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools in March 2020, Mrs. Stamey realized that everything she had been doing suddenly needed to become digital. I wanted to have as many tools in my belt as possible when the new school year rolled around,” she said.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

When schools shuttered in the spring of 2020, more than 1 billion students worldwide shifted to online instruction in less than one month. Educators struggled to meet students' needs without proper technology tools, training and infrastructure, and edtech innovators capitalized, introducing much-needed solutions. It’s been a wild ride.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Addressing the digital divide requires a human-centered approach In the early days of the pandemic, schools raced to provide devices and hotspots to students, responding to concerns over a widening digital divide. We must not let the flood of tech tools overshadow the necessary human element of education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She served on the leadership team for the EdTech Coaches Network of ISTE from 2015-2020, was a Future Ready Schools Instructional Coaches Thought Leader from 2017-2020, is a cohost of the Restart Recharge Podcast for coaches, and is a Google Certified Innovator, Coach, and Trainer. Lumio sponsored this episode. Katie finished her Ed.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But doing so is imperative if we want to re-humanize learning experiences for our students. Far too many distance learning discussions in the spring began with identifying digital tools. Of course, video conferencing tools like Google Meet or Zoom round out the toolkit. What are we going to use for curriculum?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As part of this project, we interviewed product leads from 12 edtech companies during the spring and summer of 2020. Learn more about this EdSurge Research project.) It also meant developing features that would support fully online learning.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 30, 2020

Here are 5 easy ways to get started on setting intentional coaching goals in 2020. As an instructional coach, and especially as an instructional coach working with the Dynamic Learning Project, you should be familiar with the Impactful Technology Use Rubric , as well as the DLP Coach Success Standards. Celebrate it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. Ideas to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom – Show Notes 1 – Make a Digital Learning Launchpad Hyperdocs.co Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 31, 2020

Infrastructure and access To begin, schools must answer questions of what infrastructure and access students and teachers need to participate in digital learning experiences. Have they used the tools before, and if not, have they received training? Making the most of time Immediacy is a limited resource (Stanford, 2020).

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

Part of the issue when designing assignments and exams to deter cheating is recognizing what cheating in 2020 looks like. Turnitin has seen use of its tools grow during COVID-19 and remote instruction. Online tools and honor codes alone don’t prevent cheating either.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 11, 2021

If you can comprehend the above lines at a proficient reading level, you might be a teacher transitioning out of the 2020-2021 school year. How I use digital tools in my lesson procedures. These digital interfaces allow you to take the sticky note, the butcher paper, and the whiteboard into the digital world.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The fall semester of 2020 is like nothing we have seen before in higher education. In the early days of radio, for example, its proponents didn’t know quite what to do with it. Second, the basic configuration of Zoom–which, after all, was not designed as a pedagogical tool–introduces layers of complexity into the teaching process.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 7, 2020

It is a powerful tool that allows users to navigate the globe using satellite images. Google Earth is a great tool for students and teachers to use in classrooms at all levels. Data visualization Google Earth includes simple measurement tools. Filter by country, tool, or topic.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

and only Isolated good examples? Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. million in new funds from the Mayor’s Office in Fiscal Year 2020 to ensure a 3:1 device ratio in all grades and a 1:1 ratio for students in grades 3-12 over the next three years. It includes $4.6

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

In contrast, students who reported that they struggled to learn to use new technology had more-negative experiences with online learning—and they were also more likely to consider the use of such tools in class to be invasive. That’s not to say that students should never struggle during the learning process.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Most of its schools already had instructional coaches and digital learning specialists. It surveyed staff to learn about their coaching experiences. 2019-2020: Video coaching becomes more intentional: Induction teachers record videos and share them with their mentors, who offer commentary on their teaching.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What effective communication skills are they developing, which industry standard productivity tools are they using? Externships offer tools and skills, leading to fundamental changes in how educators teach, how students learn, and what industry is teaching education about what it means to be prepared for the modern workforce.

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