The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, we share a must-listen podcast for educators who want to help their students succeed financially. With April being financial literacy month, there's no better time to tune in and learn how to integrate financial literacy into your curriculum.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Connect your classroom! Blog: [link] Twitter @m_drez Instagram @mdrez07 Facebook: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.” It can be done.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms.

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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. This blog post is sponsored by 3D Bear. Also, I’m able to easily assess and share their work in AR.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Lindsey Danhoff on episode 308 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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(???), Blog: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Blog: [link] Twitter: @ CastroCorner Note from Teresa: We conduct weekly PDs across 5 platforms, including our YouTube Channel [link] on topics requested by our teachers! Blog: [link] Twitter: @ TechTosas.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

If you’re not ready to share funding or host events, consider starting a blog or closed Facebook group for your district’s and another district’s educators. Manchester Community Schools in Michigan is a smaller district, with only one elementary school. Make sure your pilot targets the correct student populations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enrique Cachafeiro on episode 204 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We have a group on Facebook and Collaborate. Blog: Enrique Cachafeiro. Several virtual reality options are available for classrooms. She’s awesome. We share ideas.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In this blog post and podcast episode, my guest, Craig Klement, will share free tools, templates, and lesson ideas you can use across grade levels. Elementary. ” Desmos just released some more elementary activities! Alice Keeler’s Templates for Elementary Math. Click here to view. Google My Maps Choice Board.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Canva includes elementary topics for awards, as well as, certificates for older students. Canva also has each specific size for the personalized headers that appear in your favorite social apps, like Twitter and Facebook, or even YouTube channel art. © Shake Up Learning 2021. Certificates. Social Headers. Invitations.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

Learn how you can go BEYOND the walls of your classroom with #GSuiteEdu tools in part 4 of this EPIC series! Shoutout to Elizabeth Ledkins from our Facebook community for sharing her 60-second PD idea, a one-minute screencast tutorial. My favorite method for sharing student work is on a Google Site or a Blogger blog.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

Check out this blog post from Jake Miller about a slides timer extension. 36 years teaching preschool, elementary, and middle school. Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning community or on your favorite social platform. Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group. Quick Tip of the Week: .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Classtools – Here is another site rich in resources and tools that can either scaffold learning, or be the final product. I wonder what George Washington’s Facebook Page might have looked like? Kidblog – A great way to get those younger students blogging in a teacher monitored and controlled environment.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’re not ready to share funding or host events, consider starting a blog or closed Facebook group for your district’s and another district’s educators. Manchester Community Schools in Michigan is a smaller district, with only one elementary school. Make sure your pilot targets the correct student populations.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 17, 2020

Check out this blog post from Jake Miller about a slides timer extension. 36 years teaching preschool, elementary, and middle school. Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning community or on your favorite social platform. Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group. Quick Tip of the Week: .

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She teaches courses in educational technology for the undergraduate elementary, undergraduate secondary, and Masters and Certification programs. Learning First, Technology Second, and Learning First, Technology Second: In Practice.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

.'" Tagged on: September 20, 2017 Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows | EdScoop → The fellows will serve directly with White House offices and bring backgrounds in one-to-one and blended learning programs. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

.'" Tagged on: September 20, 2017 Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows | EdScoop → The fellows will serve directly with White House offices and bring backgrounds in one-to-one and blended learning programs. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Episode 135 from the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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. Kecia: Yeah!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Among people new to the Summit program, such scenes of silent, computer-based work can arouse worries that personalized learning means parking kids in front of screens. So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

I decided to put this question to the Shake Up Learning Facebook group and find out what teachers are doing with this new setup. I did notice some trends, so I thought it would be useful to share these in a blog post. Organize By Subject Areas (best for elementary). Will students understand the work types?

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. What is personalized learning?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

ec Surfing safe on the net - Eva Buyuksimkesyan 5:00pm Project Based Learning - giving it a go in the English Classroom - Jenny Luca Six Degrees of Separation: Using Our Connections to Improve Global Learning - Jen Marten Student-generated apps, animations, & infographics – can they lead to higher levels of understanding? .

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2020

People learn about breaking stories through them, typically in the form of confusing headlines (designed to distract) with articles that have the meat of the story but that consumers do not read. What’s really happening does not typically get translated in a Twitter or Facebook feed. in elementary education and an M.Ed.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 3, 2017 Blended Learning for Quality Higher Education: Selected Case Studies on Implementation from Asia-Pacific | UNESCO Bangkok → A new report presents a framework and self-assessment tool developed to drive, sustain, and scale up blended learning.

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