The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. Sponsor: The US Matific Games are coming this February. Try Matific free now and sign up to join their Math games. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. And its free! Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Even when connecting at a distance instead of in person, we can all benefit from learning some skills to connect with students on an emotional level, even while delivering classroom instruction.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2022

There are many resources available for students in all grade levels from elementary school through Higher Ed that will help them develop a greater awareness and build their knowledge of managing finances and everything related to long-term planning. Read more: Teaching students financial literacy with education technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

He adds, “Kids are allowed to learn at their own pace, and can learn experientially.” When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

This week, I created a quick review crossword puzzle of the conversations we had in Zoom about technology change, types of interfaces, input, output, and processing devices. When you click on the map game index , look on the left side to click on your subject and find “maps” or graphics that you can use in your topics.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

London, ON – Cyber Legends, the fun, free game that empowers kids to learn online safety through play, today announced the launch of the Cyber Legends Gaming platform and its availability to schools across North America. Westover, Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Coordinator at Rainy River District School Board.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 14, 2022

We are a learning community where assisting and learning from one another will be an expectation. This means our learning activities will combine several content areas: language arts, math, science, technology, art. Because my learners are elementary age, they don’t (or shouldn’t) have their own Instagram account.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students can design a game in any subject to assess their peers. When students design games they use a lot of creativity and critical thinking skills. Students must imagine and design worlds, characters, levels, sound effects, game elements, and more. Free Game Design Tools.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2013

For students, call a "test" a "game" and it changes their level of excitement and investment increases. As they get older, their experiences narrow from elementary to middle school. So games can capitalize on this in the context of encouraging kids to engage in play and experimentation. CATS - Heavy focus on assessment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Christine Prescott Principal, Vista Grande Elementary When Vista Grande Elementary in Rio Rancho, New Mexico wanted a reading tool that could serve a student body with diverse needs, the K-5 school turned to Istation, a program that they were already using for assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

If you don’t “get” why technology is important, or know people who don’t, take a listen to understand and learn about transformative practices that work in education. They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning. Idea #1: Use Formative Data to Improve Learning.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For this reason, MIND is proud to have partnered with John Deere since 2014 to reach more than 37,000 students in over 90 schools, ensuring the next generation of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) workforce continues to carry the innovation and leadership torch. ST Math has been a game changer for our kids.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

While engaging activities often make learning more exciting, they do not always translate into increased practice and improved skill development. Game-based learning, however, has been proven to engage students in a way that encourages increased practice. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey: Pear Deck is a formative assessment tool. Adding those formative assessments in and preparing for those. We can keep learning more. Vicki: Yes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Prodigy Math: Kids Game Prodigy Math is ideal for elementary and middle school students, blending curriculum-aligned math content with captivating, role-playing game (RPG) elements. Its unique approach combines adaptive learning technology with engaging content to create a tailored educational experience for each child.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

Game Based Learning is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom as well generate excitement for students. 50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. Braineos - Games based on flash card in a wide variety of subjects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in augmented reality (AR) for the past several years has been a bit of a challenge, in my opinion, as is often the case with new technologies. For example, I had to assess “over the shoulder” by looking at what students were doing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level. And this is the beauty of technology. And the thing about technology is we want to let technology do what it does best. VICKI: Yeah.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Think Fluency - A wonderful iOS/Google Play app for assessing a student's reading fluency. Dystopia 2153 - An innovative new site that teaches programming/coding through the use of game based learning and graphic novels. Edji - An innovative new site for annotating texts for collaborative learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Sponsored by SMART Technologies From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. SMART Technologies sponsored this post. The students love the Monster Quiz games and other activities that the SMART Notebook does so easily. Shift #1: Students as Collaborators. More about this at Rosenshine, B.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Our world revolves around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Related: 8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact | 2019. Allows Students to Keep Up with Technology. What is STEM?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

This conversation is so much fun and will give PE teachers and coaches lots of ideas for using technology to improve sports performance and get fit. I travel the world helping #physed teachers use technology more meaningfully in their classes. geek is helping us learn five simple ways to improve physical education with technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2018

Professionally, I am a Technology Integrationist Lead Teacher at a Middle School (Sudlow, Grades 6-8) in Davenport, Iowa. I teach Language Arts and Computer Applications, in addition to assisting all of the teachers in the building integrate technology into their curriculum.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

He’s won the Utah Governor’s Award for Science and Technology, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and many other awards. Now, Glen, you are passionate about motivating active learning in the science classroom. That took a lot of good technology and a lot of engineering. Glen: It really was.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enrique: Well, I think it has a number of advantages over other education technologies right now. Within the virtual environment, you get you learning, you get your assessment, you get your experience. So, Enrique, why do you think that Virtual Reality is going to change everything in education? Make it more immersive.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. Quickly create assessments for any grade or subject without special forms or equipment. Vickie has been an elementary educator in Ontario, Canada for 16 years. nd worked as a technology coach. Bio as submitted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

She regularly contributes literacy insights at Dr. Kimberly’s Literacy Blog and has collaborated in writing classroom curriculum and language arts sections as well as chairing the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

Go behind the scenes with game designers from the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, makers of the GameUp title Code Fred, for an inside look at their creative process. See how they identified the goals of the game and what went into the development and evaluation of teaching resources. Learn more and join the event here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Until now, however, we haven’t really had apps to help us see the possibilities of this technology. To me, this technology leap is similar to when Marc Andreessen programmed Mosaic, the very first web browser, and showed us how we could “browse the web.” I think Metaverse will be an app to watch in this space.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? I have had a lot of noneducators talk to me about technology in the classroom. Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids .

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Research-based evidence affirms its highly positive impact on students’ academic achievement, soft skills, and socio-emotional well-being. Technology – Ask yourself: Does the school have the technology to support games? What gaming platform should we use? If not, are there are funds to buy what is needed?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

A fourth-grade student at Mendez Elementary in San Marcos, Texas, held an iPad out in front of her. On the screen, she saw her classroom just as though she were using the camera, but with one startling difference: There was a zombie floating in front of her.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments. Learn more and register here.

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