The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more. She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom.

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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. Now, using 3DBear , I’m able to offer students a classroom where they can create and share.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Tom Mullaney on episode 257 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Google Jamboard is a fun interactive app. You just download it on Google Play or iTunes and use it with your touch Chromebook or iPad after listening to Tom Mullaney share how it works.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. Classroom Management Tip #1: Build a Partnership With Your Students It’s true that you must relate before you can educate. I want them to join Google classroom.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

However, the classroom culture we have created and inherited is not designed around self-direction, and tends more towards compliant consumption, an un-flipped paradigm where students absorb what teachers say, and regurgitate it via essays, assignments and tests in order to demonstrate comprehension. Maker Spaces. Genius Hour.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. This blog post is sponsored by Adobe. Video is the modern essay.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

A global search in education blog post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twenty percent time from Google. Second, I’ll give you an example from my classroom happening right now. Maker Movement. Or a genius hour. Or passion projects. Genius Hour.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can be filmmakers in this fun, engaging project that teaches graphic design, photography, the prototyping process and more. I’ve been teaching with the Adobe Suite for over fifteen years and it has helped inspire creativity in my classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

5 Ways to Teach Students to Think From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. But what I haven’t seen is kids Googling anything to help them with this project. This blog post is my answer. There’s a reason why this Invention project is a Google-free zone. The focus was on learning.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? First, Maker Spaces. The idea of 20% time became popular with Google.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Stacey Roshan, the author of Tech with Heart , talks about seven edtech topics that are sparking conversation this summer both online and at ISTE19. See Stacey’s presentation at ISTE19. See Stacey’s presentation at ISTE19.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Lee Graham on Episode 569 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dr. Lee Graham is working with teachers to teach them principles of game-based learning to teach writing. Her anecdotes of classroom behavior-changing results are – pardon the pun – game-changing. Learn more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse on episode 272 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. It might be typing up your notes in a Google Doc. Whatever works.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Peer-led learning communities assume other trending concepts like life-long learning and a trend towards decentralized systems (including the flipped classroom). Microlearning. Privacy and safety.

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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. Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I've been saying that for 7 years or so.long before I blogged about it, I tried it out. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Now.having said that. Just like new!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Sponsored by Book Creator, All Opinions My Own From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Each classroom gets 40 free books. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Mary Howard on episode 293 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. Some people are doing the Google Expeditions, and that’s great. Blog: [link].

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. The Design Thinking Process. This design can be pitched to another group for constructive feedback.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich on episode 192 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. But, one of the other benefits of Flipsnack is that you can create the books in something like Google Slides.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Julie Willcott on episode 285 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You definitely want to look at those enhanced Shownotes over on the blog. So, you could use a Google Map, for instance, and you start looking at how far food has traveled to get to you.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

Micah Brown on episode 237 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We’re going to talk about Virtual Valentines and lots of other ways that you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms. Vicki: So what will classrooms be doing with the Virtual Valentines?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 30, 2018

A Global Search for Education Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. ” I consider creating apps an essential development experience in my classroom. These opportunities change lives and should be in more schools and classrooms.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Ready to learn how to meaningfully and practically integrate technology into your classroom?! Let’s dig into a question: d oes your classroom offer one-and-done learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond ? Beyond the classroom, beyond the walls, even beyond the due date.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. We are now past the initial way of thinking, and the Makers movement allows people to finally use the technology to create and make.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

Inside Virtual Reality and Predictions for the Future From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In this blog post, I’ll share my experience, tell you how you can enter to win your own headsets and STEAM lab makeover, and give my predictions for the future of virtual reality.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. She read blog posts about how to create more suspense in a plot and how to use action rather than description to develop characters.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 26, 2015

The maker movement is growing I can''t tell you how many sessions there were on 3D Printing, makerspaces, tinkering, hacking, etc. The vendor hall was filled with products and companies supporting and connected with the maker movement. Google Glass, smart watches, etc aren''t being touted as the next educational frontier.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

$W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s. The makers movement across education has made a significant impact, allowing students to do and create. You will discover free and inexpensive maker resources to engage students in writing, math, reading. Room: NORTH 220F. Room: NORTH 220F.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn Dause on episode 318 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Marynn shares this innovative approach to teaching the Odyssey invented by her students along with their advice for using this method in your classroom. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Pam Moran on episode 236 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Secondly, four examples of virtual reality programming in the classroom. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Accelerator Nation – It is time for you to bring aerodynamics to life in your STEM Classroom. While you are at the site check out all the other possible resources that might just work for your classroom. Learn how you too can enjoy their activities in your classroom while allowing your kids to Tinker and Make!

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sam Patterson on episode 201 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teachers don’t have to be experts or “geeks” to use coding to improve literacy, use higher order thinking skills, and excite students in their classrooms. Blog: mypaperlessclassroom.com.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? Register here.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

Your students will love Coaster Crafter and Contraption Maker , which allow them to build, test, and crash their own machines to beat challenges. Join the maker movement. Maker Ed is just what it sounds like -- the process of making things, be they toys, clothes, art projects or Rube Goldberg machines. from the pieces.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

If you read a survey of blogs about STEM education you will read about everything from boat design to making ice cream. miles from Google HQ that we are on the leading edge of technology instruction. As the tech teacher I view the interest in STEM is an invitation into science and math class. People assume that since we are 2.5

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