Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You can connect with Jon on Twitter @FortneyTECH and check out his blog Fortneytech.com.[/callout] The post Creating student blogs with Wakelet appeared first on Ditch That Textbook. Ed Tech Guest Blog edtech educational technology writing writing in the classroom[callout]This post is written by Jon Fortney, a fifth-grade teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. callout] Writing sucks. That’s the essence of what so many kids express during writing time in school.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Ed Tech Guest Blog edtech educational technology writing writing in the classroomWriting sucks. That’s the essence of what so many kids express during writing time in school. In my experience, many children who could spend hours talking your ear off all of a sudden have nothing to say when asked to put their ideas in a journal- regardless of if a prompt is given or not. […].

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2017

A conversation with Rayna Freedman in episode 47 of the 10-minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Rayna Freedman @rlfreedm has a student classroom blog that will completely blow you away! Rayna is full-scale using blogging to teach writing. These fifth graders are writing and sharing fifteen or more blog posts a week and it shows. Her blogging work flow. Blog: [link]. Google Classroom.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 28, 2020

This post was originally published on her blog, Rockin’ the Boat, at rockntheboat.com. The post Google Classroom (still) to the rescue: Blogging, vlogging, and podcasting appeared first on Ditch That Textbook. Google Classroom Guest BlogThis post is written by Laura Steinbrink, a high school English teacher and tech coach from Plato, Missouri. Be sure to join her mailing list to get her latest posts sent right to your inbox.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Each November, we look back to the previous 12 months, and then all the way back to the very first post published on the NEO Blog, to reflect upon our progress in the e-learning blogging sphere. We blog about edtech and e-learning, so the online environment is our perfect host.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2017

Here are eleven of the top classroom blogging tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Can We Eliminate Blogs–Teachers Hate Them! 6 Tips I Wish I’d Known When I Started Blogging. 3 Problems to Address Before Blogging at Your School. 7–no 10, wait 12–OK, 13 Skills I Teach With Blogging. Once a Year Blog Maintenance–Are You Up to Date? 5 Great Tech Ed Blogs You May Not Have Heard Of. Internet Skills for K-8: Blogs.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

I’m talking about that magical time when the NEO Blog first saw the light of the Internet! The NEO Blog is now 4! During the past 12 months we published exactly 102 blog posts, the number of the contributing authors grew to 23, and everyone’s work made the NEO Blog advance into the first 4% of all e-learning blogs (based on this impressive list )! Top 10 blog posts on NEO. Since classrooms are so diverse, curricula need to meet this diversity.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Blogging is an important part of who I am as a professional. Blogging changes that for kids. More and more teachers and classrooms are embracing blogging in the classroom. Lets take a look at some classroom blogging resources to get started with. Edublogs has a great Getting Started section that will walk you through creation of your blogs and how to use them in the classroom. Five Steps To Starting A Classroom Blog -Ms.

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TeacherCast

MAY 25, 2015

Has your classroom discovered the power of self publishing yet? Learn why blogging just makes sense for your students today! My Paperless Classroom TC Blog blog blogging Kidblog Sam Patterson

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Why don’t more people just use paper and whiteboard in the classroom? Why don’t more people drive a horse and buggy to school? They got the job done. They took us where we wanted to go — just slow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

This month’s top blog posts here on the Cool Cat Teacher blog are a reflection of all of you beautiful, wonderful teachers out there. Thank you so much to all of you who read my blog and share these posts with others. May you find helpful things that make your classroom better. Top 10 Posts on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog – October 2015 Edition. Just click the title of the post and it will take you to the original blog post.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

“The first thing you need to decide when you build your blog is what you want to accomplish with it, and what it can do if successful.” Goal: Write a post or create a presentation or graphic explaining how blogging has helped you grow as an educator. Share this creation with a teacher who hasn’t yet started blogging. My first blog was posted on May 26, 2009, which was over 7 years ago. Blogging has transformed my teaching in many ways.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 14, 2020

You can connect with Thom on Twitter @GibsonEDU and catch his educational podcast Stories from the Classroom. The post Kids blogging in math class: Why and how appeared first on Ditch That Textbook. Ed Tech Guest BlogThis post is written by Thom Gibson a middle school math & robotics teacher and advisor at Headwaters School in Austin, TX. I often ask my 7th grade Pre-Algebra students "why do you think this is right?" when […].

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Thought Leader Eric Sheninger has a challenge for us today about what we can learn from the pandemic and the opportunities we have to use disruptive thinking in the classroom for the good of our students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

This week’s top blog posts also have a 2013 post with lesson plans and ideas for teaching gratitude that I’ve updated. It is fascinating to me to see three episodes of Every Classroom Matters hit the top list. Alicia Roberts and I talked about what we do when a lesson plan fails, and Steve Miletto and I discussed classroom management. Top Blog Posts for Teachers This Week. #1 7 5 Ways to Teach Gratitude in Your Classroom. Blog traffic.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2017

Blogging is a popular tool used in education to not only practice writing, but reinforce collaboration, perspective taking, speaking/listening skills, and a lot more. Look at these reasons why teachers incorporate blogging across all academic topics and lesson plans: Collaboration. Students collaborate by commenting on the posts of others and/or co-writing a blog themed to a particular topic, taking turns posting articles. The roots of blogging lay in journaling.

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The post 10 ideas for creating an interACTIVE classroom appeared first on Ditch That Textbook. Guest Blog Teaching creative teaching edtech interactive class interactive classroomThis post is written by Joe and Kristin Merrill.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2015

A Weekly Roundup of What's Being Talked About in my PLN This week, an inspirational blog post inspired by a cellist who played on through the bombing of Sarajevo tops the list of blogs this week. I used the statistics of traffic on my blog for the blog posts. Top 10 Blog Posts This Week. Why teachers need to keep going even when it’s hard topped this week’s list of top blogs. 10 Ways to Build Team Classroom https://t.co/41m3YkH0t7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2021

It’s Time to Make Your Classroom Paper-free. April 22nd is Earth Day, a day when (historically) more than 1 billion people in 192 countries put the Earth’s health ahead of convenience, habits, and cultural norms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

We are needing inspiration and simple edtech advice as shown by the top blog posts here on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog and shows this month. Top 10 Blog Posts of November 2015: The Cool Cat Teacher Blog. 5 Ways to Teach Gratitude in Your Classroom. 8 Great Ways to Level Up Game Based Learning in the Classroom. Top Shows of November 2015: Every Classroom Matters. Thank you to the sponsors of Every Classroom Matters!

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 25, 2013

Blogging is an important part of who I am as a professional. Blogging changes that for kids. More and more teachers and classrooms are embracing blogging in the classroom. Lets take a look at some classroom blogging resources to get started with. Edublogs has a great Getting Started section that will walk you through creation of your blogs and how to use them in the classroom. Five Steps To Starting A Classroom Blog -Ms.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Blogging gives educators a way to share their voice. Through blogging, we can give others a window into our classroom. DitchBook Twitter chat blogging in the classroom blogging resources blogging tips getting started with blogging tips for bloggersIt allows us as professionals an opportunity to collaborate with others and write for our peers. We can write about our passions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 2, 2018

Believe it or not, there is an International Blog Delurking Week that traditionally takes place in the first full week of January. It’s an opportunity for bloggers to find out who quietly reads their blog without commenting. OK, another yep –comments are always closed on this blog. More on blogs. Great list of Top Education Blogs. 11 Classroom Blogging Tips You Don’t Want to Miss. Subscribe to my Blog–Get Gifts Every Month.

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Battelle for Kids

JULY 29, 2015

Teachers have been taught to act as sole pilots, in complete control of their classrooms. July 30, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 8, Number 15. Sitting in the Atlanta airport watching the planes and passengers come and go, it occurs to me that traditional educator preparation has been a bit like an airport-most of the "customers" (students) treated identically, with the common goal of getting from here to there, from to home to graduation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 27, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I’ve seen one tool improve student engagement in Google Classroom significantly — H?para. Google Classroom isn’t always simple to use for students who struggle.

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Turns out the top blog post hits of 2020 were not in 2020 at all! Google Classroom Header Template 2. Roll Dice in Google Slides Add Videos to Google Classroom 4. Submitting Photos to Google Classroom 6. […]. For most of us 2020 was not a typical year.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Blogging in the classroom was a watershed discovery for me. I was wary of blogging. When I heard Matt talk about how he created KidBlog to support exactly the kind of connected learning I want to happen in my classroom. In fact it is the type of learning I want to see in every classroom. Blogs are becoming more popular than ever, and now you can get started on Kidblog through this great step by step guide by Jeff Bradbury.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Cool Cat Teacher Blog From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. January 2016 was an epic month here with a reach of over 200,000 views between this blog, my blogspot blog, and vickidavis.me. Add to it a great month for Every Classroom Matters and all of you who share and reshare on Facebook and Twitter and you’re looking at more than a million educators reached through the network built around this blog.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. What are our recommendations for classroom-based technology coaching?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Alana Stanton talks about what matters in the classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Each year, many educators select a word or two for the year.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast we discuss Student Blogging options and how they can be used with Google Sites and Google Classroom. The post Lets Take a Look At: Google Sites, Google Classroom, @Edublogs, and @Seesaw appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

I was looking for examples of great classroom blog sites – I do marketing for our school and we had set up “classroom” blog pages for the teachers to control and be able to put up information – i.e. links to great sites relevant to their kids, their bio, hot reference sheets (memory work schedule, etc.) –. Does it help with the marketing of the school and the value it offers in and out of the classroom? (we 3 Problems to Address Before Blogging at Your School.

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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2021

As we recognize that educators’ capacity is already limited with classroom-related responsibilities, we also understand their time for seeking out professional learning opportunities is also limited. Blog Deeper Learning Educator Micro-credentials Partnerships partnerships

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2020

For synchronous classrooms From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In addition to a learning management system (LMS), students need to know how to learn in an online synchronous classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 17, 2020

” She played the role of the teacher and I played the role of the student as we shared what various actions look like on both sides of the dynamic relationship between students and teachers in Google Classroom.

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