EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. To be honest, I hate the term blended learning. Let me explain why: In today’s world of education, blended learning gets thrown around for any type of new education involving technology. . What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Like teachers, they are working crazy hours to help keep learning going.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2019

Meredith Akers – Bio As Submitted Meredith Akers is an Elementary Principal who believes that the best way to help others grow is to build relationships, offer support, serve, love, and be transparent about how she is working to grow herself. I think this is important advice we can use. Please share what you’re doing!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

A course to help support your learning goal of using social media effectively is Social Media Tools for Teaching and Learning. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. You can best help your students implement these tech tools by learning how to use them yourself.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. ” e The post How to Create in AR and VR appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I’ve included them on the image below as a quick reference. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. There are many more terminologies that I teach with Metaverse, but these are just some that we use at the beginning of the process.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Insurance – Understanding how to make wise insurance decisions. Saving and Managing Expenses – In this scenario, students help advise a person on how to manage their paycheck and daily expenses. Data Science Foundations teaches: Real World – Students learn about the real-world problems a data scientist would solve.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2020

Service Learning. How to Use Tech to Help Graduating Students Find Jobs. As a teacher, you’re fully aware of how much the world is advancing through technology. Undoubtedly, innovation has touched many aspects of how you teach. Undoubtedly, innovation has touched many aspects of how you teach. Class Debate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This Thursday, December 6 from 1-3 pm Eastern Time, Edweek is hosting an event about personalized learning. I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. Dr. Douglas Fisher, co-author of the best-selling book Rebound, Grades K-12: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. It helps give them a frame of reference. These apps will work for all ages of students and subjects. Vicki: Oh, fun!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2018

Visit www.coolcatteacher.com/econ for more information and remember to tweet out your pics about how you teach your students using #PowerofEcon. The Best PD for Math Teachers (and How to Use It). It turns out there are lots of “chat” hashtags — #scichat and #edchat and #elemchat (elementary). Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. Every STEM educator should take a look at these resources and integrate them into their blended or online learning environment. How can we ensure STEM is more than just a buzzword?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

With April being financial literacy month, there's no better time to tune in and learn how to integrate financial literacy into your curriculum. Episode 801 Empower Your Students: Tips to Teach Financial Literacy Like a Pro In this episode, Financial Literacy Expert Brian Page shares how to teach financial literacy in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and lead developer of RULER , a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning reflects on where students are now and how to reach them. Listen to Dr. Marc Brackett talk about how to help students learn now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In this example, a student who likes Harry Potter learns how to program a sorting hat simulator. Every resource and instruction is available inside Tract to guide a student through this learning adventure. Teachers can help students create a learning path consistent with the school's standards and objectives.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Blog: [link] Twitter @m_drez Instagram @mdrez07 Facebook: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They've been learning about projectile motion. Or, you know, how far does it go? How long was in the air? And so I've made videos and how physicists know how to figure out where the ball's going to land. This is basically, I mean what the book really, it's kind of a how to manual. Questions like that.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

We talk about all sorts of things, from how to engage as a citizen in the United States to different laws and court cases that have an impact on them. It can even be done in the elementary curriculum. I’ve been working a little bit with some folks in the elementary world, which is a stretch for me. Kristen: Oh, I agree 100%.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Because the videos begin with how to set up an Educaplay account, I recommend that you skip to 47 seconds by dragging the slider bar so you can get directly to how to create the specific classroom learning game. For example, this slide show on how to read population pyramids is useful.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

Think about how to use Twitter, surveys, and town-hall style meetings for your communications. At a minimum you want to consider school leaders, teachers, students and parents but there may be more audiences to think about or more ways to split them up (for example you might want different messages for your secondary vs elementary teachers).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. I’ve been able to just sit back and facilitate questioning and watch them ask questions and take learning beyond our classroom. You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects. Vicki: This is intriguing. Blog: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

Enhanced Transcript Hyperdocs: How to and Success Tips for Teachers Vicki: Today we have Lisa Scumpieru @ LScumpieru , who’s a first grade English teacher from Maryland, and we’re talking Hyperdocs. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Episode 794 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Use the Triple E Framework for Edtech Evaluations Dr. Liz Kolb, clinical associate professor of education technologies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Learning First, Technology Second, and Learning First, Technology Second: In Practice. Click Here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

Taken from their popular ISTE 2018 session , learn about the next evolution of Hyperdocs and how they’re being used in the classroom. Learn how at coolcatteacher.com/vr , and see the virtual reality video I shot using my Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning sponsored this blog post. Go to [link] to receive free 60-day access to all of Defined Learning’s PBL resources. I would add if you have an external portfolio tool that at certain points in the year, students can download and pull the best items out of Defined Learning to showcase there as well.).

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

I did a study , several years back about some of the older children working with younger children, (pre-kindergarten), just very basic digital inking, starting with colors and talking to 3 and 4-year-olds about their favorite colors, showing them how to use the tool. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Half of all principals quit during their third year , and districts nationwide are trying to figure out how to better support principals and improve their effectiveness. Secondary school superintendents joined their counterparts from the elementary school level to compare notes across schools, hoping to identify common problems and patterns.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this episode, Sarah Kiefer shares her passion for using Google Sheets in the classroom and how it can be a game-changer. This blog post will take you through some key insights from the podcast and show you how to harness the full potential of Google Sheets in your teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? Recently, I hosted a webinar (embedded above) with some Augmented Reality Teaching enthusiasts who had a lot to say about AR, how to teach with it, and where they think it’s going in the future. How does AR work in 3D Bear? You can use it and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. Well, who in a career, when they don’t know something, doesn’t just go online and find it out?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2021

We talked to educator Alyssa Lyons about how to bring real-world skills to your classroom with some powerful curriculum. Listen to 6 Ways to Help Kids Learn Real-World Skills. And I just learned the other day that there is actually a whole TikTok series on learning about money. All opinions are my own. VICKI: 05:28.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2022

Microsoft Translator Can Also Translate Text 00;07;50;20 – 00;08;28;21 Ricardo Recinos Yeah, you know, I actually saw a principal using that, and it was amazing to see that we had a couple of parents that did not know how to read. Bios as Submitted. Teresa Magpayo Castro. I mean, we don't think about that, right?

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