The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. Her research on the Roots of Empathy was profiled on the PBS Newshour special , the American Graduate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Geo-inquiry helps students learn through geographic based explorations. Geo-inquiry expert Jim Bentley (author of the free National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Educator Guide ) talks about what this project-based learning method looks like in his fifth-grade classroom. Contributor to Handbook of Prosocial Education.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

TCEA 2019: How One K–12 Principal Put Google Classroom to Work. Google Classroom has changed the game for teachers. Denise Neeb and Candace Tickle of the Lubbock Independent School District shared their success with Google Classroom at the annual Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition in San Antonio.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Digital textbooks are cost-effective and create equitable, engaging and flexible learning experiences. There are many advantages to using digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom for schools and districts. You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was a special edition of the Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. These districts often publish these consequences publicly in student handbooks. Subscribe today! Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2022

How do we accelerate learning? The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that “accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” Simply put, acceleration “builds on what students know as a way to access new learning.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Research says that when students are engaged in service-learning, their immune system, heart rate and sense of well-being improves dramatically. Children are happiest when they feel a sense of purpose.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

Within the past few years, thanks to COVID-19 and distance learning, the amount of technology in schools across the country has increased a hundredfold. Many districts are now supporting 1:1 device initiatives, giving students daily access to the internet and information through Chromebooks, iPads, and other smart devices.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — December 7, 2021 — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, today announced the release of Experience Physics , a brand-new phenomena-driven curriculum that focuses on the student experience through engaging hands-on and virtual inquiry activities.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 7, 2019

Microsoft Innovative Schools Toolkit “The Innovative Schools Toolkit is an accessible and practical guide for you and your school community to begin the journey of innovation. Intune for Education - advanced configuration and management of devices, apps and users.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The post Holiday Reading: 6 Books That Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS042 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. A great book will focus on pedagogy first and provide you with actionable tips and valuable resources that guide you in making real changes in your classroom and curriculum. It’s about the LEARNING!

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. I want to make sure my undergrads are thinking about their impact outside of a formal classroom,” says Martina P. That’s not unique to Auburn.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 13, 2021

With children working remotely for nearly 18 months, many parents (and teachers) have have come to the realization that children thrive in smaller, more personalized, and face-to-face learning environments. Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $249.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

“I hope it works, I hope it works,” I muttered to myself as Tonja, the student teacher in our classroom, logged into Zoom to reach the remote learners in our class. Eighteen years ago, when I was a student-teacher, I started out by silently sitting in the back of an elementary-grade classroom, watching, observing and taking notes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I didn’t learn until after the fact that you can write a policy for law that’s really well-intended, but how it gets implemented is the real story.” Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It’s an exciting time to be a teacher, and a student, with all of the newest gadgets, apps, and tools available for our use in the classroom. Seeing the student’s smiles, the teacher’s high level of engagement with the students, and trying new things together is what makes a classroom a special place. 7 Educational Transformations: 1.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools, a collection of prevention strategies and implementation tips for safe in-person learning. Use exhaust fans in restrooms and kitchens and put HEPA filters in classrooms. That same month, the U.S.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 22, 2020

Text features such as diagrams and flowcharts that are helpful for scaffolding understanding (and seen in textbooks that students must grapple with in their classrooms) -Contexts to explore social cognition strategies such as Zones of Regulation and the CBT paradigm of risk vs. opportunity (i.e. Hawkins, E.M., & & Roller, C.M.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A curriculum confined within the four walls of a classroom lacks the firepower to arouse the heart, infuse the gut with stamina, and reach into the mind to draw forth the hero lurking in everyone. Think of these as a seamless integration of PBL best practices and a purpose-driven project design: Don’t settle for Service Learning.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 29, 2015

Practitioners begin to think about ways to redesign their learning spaces and schools in the upcoming 2015-16 school year to encourage innovative teaching and learning, making this the perfect opportunity to introduce an emergent technology called iBeacons. He inspired the global education community with his creativity in this area.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 12, 2022

One of those things has been bringing my class outside for outdoor learning. Initially, I did this because it seemed like a healthier environment for my students to learn together during a pandemic. When the 2021-2022 school year began, my school returned to in-person learning with everyone wearing masks indoors.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

They told me that while there is a lot of talk about social-emotional learning (SEL), the guidance educators receive about integrating SEL into academics is more theoretical than practical. In order to scale the integration of SEL into academics, teachers are going to need support rooted in classroom practice.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 17, 2017

Dan has long been a devotee of the design thinking approach to learning and Amy’s focus at the time was remix, multimedia storytelling, and connected learning. It’s about students making connections and remixing (which Amy believes is the crux of learning) - transforming knowledge to show they grasp the subtleties.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

Additional components to help accelerate student growth in literacy include a Progress Monitoring Handbook, an Oral Reading Records Handbook, more than 60 Take-Home Books in downloadable PDF-format to extend students’ learning and support family engagement, 100 Picture Cards, and 26 Letter Cards per grade.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

After some investigating on my part, I learned that Jason had been with the school district since second grade. Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom. Serve the needs of students who required more instruction to succeed but did not necessarily display a learning disability.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2021

Online-schooling shoved students out of familiar classroom settings straight into independent, self-directed learning. That left students powering through learning challenges by texting classmates for help, forming Zoom study groups and capitalizing on free internet resources to help clarify difficult material.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Fast forward a few weeks; Minecraft kept finding its way into my classroom. How could a game featuring so little language drive this much language learning? In my experience creating projects in Minecraft and running after-school clubs, expert players are always keen to help their novice peers learn the essential skills.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 21, 2016

Starting as a novelty in a handful of innovative classrooms, Minecraft is now a foundation of curriculums around the world. From math to art to geography and even quantum mechanics, Minecraft and imaginative educators are turning bland subjects into incredible immersive learning experiences. Learning to Code.

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Cycles of Learning

AUGUST 2, 2018

​ Interested in learning more about an incredible STEM device (and flexible programming interface) to help transform young learners into inventors ? Click here and here to learn more about the "Microbit". Click here to see pictures of the Microbit in action during my recent Arduino summer camp (click here for our camp handbook).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 11, 2016

Our latest ebook, “The K-12 Website Success Handbook,” is a must-read for anyone responsible for procuring a website vendor or managing the day-to-day responsibilities of a school or district website. Ask yourself how easy it is for parents to do the same on your website.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Learn about Fake News • How We Got to Post Truth. Take Action in the Classroom • Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a "post-truth" world. The Learning Network, New York Times, Oct. Battling Fake News in the Classroom. The Classroom Where Fake News Fails ( article ). KQED Learning. •

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2015

They hold pride of place in your professional presence in the classroom. I can access Grammarly through the website by logging into my account, through the Chrome browser app, or directly within MS Word or Outlook. In addition, its extensive explanations and personal grammar handbook can teach you a lot about the subject of grammar.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 22, 2016

The post 15 Awesome Blogs to Follow for All Your Google Needs appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I follow several websites and blogs that help keep me abreast of the latest Google updates, as well as, cutting-edge classroom integration ideas. Click here to access the entire blog series on Keeping Up with Google! Alice Keeler.

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