The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

She is a passionate educator who is most interested in seeing teachers and administrators improve authentic learning experiences for students. Her many areas of expertise include deeper thinking with technology, authentic learning, curriculum design, and performance tasks and assessments.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom. In this post and podcast episode, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Blended Learning with Google Toolkit for Teachers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject. These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. Each project will have P erformance Tasks.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 8, 2017

The same ideals that make 21st-century teaching and learning engaging to students are quite often the same reasons online learning is appealing to teachers. Barbara Kurshan , a Forbes contributor, wrote an article titled: The Teacher as the Learner: Professional Development for Online and Blended Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number five in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some websites that can assist in providing interactive tools and resources essential in the classroom focused on student centered formative learning. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number three in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . Student Presentations.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Thanks so much.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Working with that group, I really found my tribe, and I really worked to explore and expand myself in a leadership role and helping other teachers in other districts build their own blended-learning capacities. So I think I developed myself as a leader through some of my external pieces.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Collaboration.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 25, 2015

Welcome to post number two in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both providing interactive quizzes/check ups and useful feedback that is essential in a classroom focused on student centered formative learning. Feedback Tools for Formative Assessment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 6, 2020

with Steve Hargadon || Automata for STEM Workshop No 1 - EU project (follow up from overview of the project) with Joel Josephson - Project partner || Build Your Own Virtual Library Learning Commons: Session 1 of 3 with Anita Brooks Kirkland, Chair | Professor David V. PRESENT : submit to on an education topic. with David V.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 2, 2019

Attendees can choose from a wide range of sessions, with topics covering technology, assessment, STEM, and working with bilingual students. Join MIND colleagues at various speaker presentations and workshops throughout the conference: Math Innovation Zones Year 1: A Journey With Southside ISD. Presenter: Brandon Smith @bds_math.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Thanks so much.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Increased emphasis on social-emotional learning to support students’ well-being.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

At each point, McLeod recommends educators ask questions to assess if the changes are in fact contributing to shifting practices. These include: Deeper learning. If you are looking to assess how your school or district can more effectively make a shift, consider joining us this October! Where’s the Humanity?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

At the same time the SAMR Model based on the progressive steps of substitution, augmentation, modification, and replacement integrated with Bloom’s and Webb’s DOK can truly transform the PBL experience while amplifying learning with endless possibilities. At the same time technology allows for increased student ownership of learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 26, 2021

Part 7… Critique and Revision: Free Blended and eLearning PBL Gold Standards Resources. It is often said that a cycle of authentic learning demands that students reflect, critique, and revise. In the last last blog I presented the important idea of reflection and how it is integral to the learning process.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

One of these practices is known as blended learning and the term that has been garnering some attention within the education industry as of late. But, what is blended learning? This video offers a good introduction to blended learning if you've never heard the term before. What is blended learning?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. Relevant Verbs (thinking and doing) – explain , collaborate , presentation.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. About : Provide a lesson using slide shows on each student’s device with web visits, slides, assessments. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. How can technology allow students to control and regulate their learning? I enjoy learning from all of you. Check out my Booking Page.

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techlearning

JUNE 4, 2018

a non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s most extensive variety of online and blended learning programs, in partnership with Concord Consortium and industry partners, presents The Solar Energy Design Challenge. The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.),a

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I enjoy learning from all of you. I have done 100’s of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. At the present time there are 116,769 articles on the Simple English Wikipedia site. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Part 2: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … More Reading. I enjoy learning from all of you. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

As educators, most of us were taught to think education is about giving learners a model, a plan for implementation, and a system for assessing the impact of that model. For learners that means lesson plans so tightly aligned to standards that our learners will have no choice but to learn. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. In an online discussion students find that their ideas are valuable and enjoy seeing this alternative assessment to affirm this.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 6, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. Formative and Summative Assessment. Hope to see you there!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Upcoming Opportunities: Are you traveling to Learning Forward Conference in Washington DC in December? Learn more at this link.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 14, 2018

Whether it is learning from home through online courses, professional development, conference workshops or as a keynote speaker Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a devoted transformer of classrooms and teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Enrique Chachafeiro @ @8bitbiologist is an amazing presenter. She saw Enrique present in Second Life recently about how we can really change things using Virtual Reality. Vicki: Virtual Reality is a new education paradigm.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 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. Kristen Mattson, Ed.D., is a high school library media center director in Aurora, Illinois.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Are you traveling to Learning Forward Conference in Washington DC in December? Learn more at this link. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2018

These distractions can also arise from the improper implementation of technology by educators, stemming from a lack in professional development practice, and in turn resulting in loss of interest from the students, who then resort to using their own technology during class in improper ways. No one ever said making a difference would be easy.

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