The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Educators are the best! The Tweet That Started it I get weary of AI hype auto-generated by *gasp* ChatGPT without any real applicability to the classroom. Donnie Piercey sat down with Bob Greenberg of Brainwaves to talk about AI in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom. All opinions are my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 10, 2017

Episode 124 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Jennifer Casa-Todd @JCasaTodd opens our minds to social media leadership with students. She argues that we’re limiting students when we don’t let them lead using social media.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

Beyond the adjustments related to instruction, it was challenging to get into a workflow and figure out how to best provide for students at home and in the classroom space. How do I assess students ? Should all students take a digital assessment, or should I provide a paper assessment for students in the classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. book that is new? So what are you waiting for?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Heather Callihan in episode 143 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Heather teaches us how. Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice. Our students are in the classroom. Vicki: How do we do that?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Today’s educators have a love-hate relationship with social media. They recognize that five-year-olds know how to use tablets better than their parents and that many kids have smartphones by the time they are 12. 3 social media platforms for teachers to try. 3 social media platforms for teachers to try.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2022

Differentiating between reliable websites, books, information has always been a topic in classrooms. The roots of misinformation about Russia’s invasion stretch back further than social media. Kids tend to think if a site is at the top of the Google hit list, it is the most reliable.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 15, 2016

When I look to get my thoughts and ideas out there in blogs and publications, I try and make sure they are the right ones for our message. When Education Week asked me to write this blog, the immediate answer was yes, because it makes sense. Social media is about starting or joining conversations. Finding A Good Match.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter My students are writing a collaborative writing document following the principles I share in my book Reinventing Writing. Yesterday I demonstrated how to get AI feedback. I want you to see my issues and how I proceed at each step of the process.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A few weeks ago, I blogged about my gaming club in Video Games for Relationship- and Team Building. I cannot adequately express how grateful I am for educators’ generous and giving personalities as well for the social media platforms where they share resources and ideas. It is still going very strong.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social media can be an amazing tool for so many pu rposes. In no particular order, here are some of my colleagues' and my favorite educational social media accounts. She innovates and solves local problems in her biology classroom. Look at this hands on lesson in Sarah’s 8th grade math classroom! Jay Flores.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2022

Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some interesting thoughts on mainstreaming this in your classroom: How to Encourage Creativity in the Classroom: Best Tips to Inspire Your Students. They also need to understand how to be social, how to create connections, and how to develop their creativity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As we struggle with the coronavirus COVID-19 health crisis, many of us educators are figuring out how to prepare to teach online. Blended learning (having a face to face and an online classroom) is best.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What do you do when award-winning teachers tell you there is a way to save time? She is an actual classroom teacher and doesn't “do” hype, but I think she wants to help. Mary shares her strategies through her blog, yoursmarticles.com.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Nowadays, as it was back then, distraction remains the top enemy of classroom learning. Others claim that emotional support and social engagement are the primary drivers of using social media more often. Is banning smartphones in the classroom a viable solution? It was just different. Engagement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Education is no longer contained within classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Students can use Google Earth to take a virtual tour of a zoo or a blog to collaborate on class research. How do you teach kindergarteners to beware of the digital neighborhood, the home of Legoland and virtual pets?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 2, 2022

Not a surprise that student use of social media is way up since remote learning became de rigeur in learning. Social media limits users to 13+ but doesn’t monitor that. My conclusion: We aren’t teaching enough about the proper use of social media platforms and the danger of cyberbullying.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This blog post will give some recommendations about what you need to do to feel rejuvenated and point to some courses that will help you do that. Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. Learn how to bring those in for students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I have written in the past about parent questions concerning technology in education , but always from the perspective of a teacher at the classroom. Safe Password Practices: Teach your child how to create strong, unique passwords for their online accounts and stress the importance of not sharing passwords with anyone, except trusted adults.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. With powerful publication and distribution tools within reach, blogs remain one of the most potent ways to spread your ideas and thoughts. A Must-Read blog for us is one that offers interesting thoughts, unique ideas, useful information and remains regularly updated and active.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2022

Since we at Ask a Tech Teacher started this blog thirteen years ago, we’ve had almost 5.6 million views from visitors, about 10,000 followers who have read some or all of our 2,731 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2023

While research paves the way and shows us how to elicit emotion to engage others, there are also many other critical elements to be aware of when developing a narrative. Blog post and image credit My call to action to all educators is to become the storyteller-in-chief. Below are two images that provide additional context.

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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.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

At Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , every student receives a device with a data plan to support learning in and out of the classroom. You should not record or snap photos of your remote classroom with student images and then post on social media. This task can be daunting, as technical issues will assuredly arise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Jeff Gearhart on episode 162 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Are you studying Mars?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. class website or blog.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As physical distancing becomes a feature of students' everyday lives, social media has emerged as an important outlet for them to stay connected with friends and family. At the same time, not all students have access to the support they need to learn how to use social media in a way that's healthy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2017

10MT | #29 Steven Anderson talks technology trends From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. What are examples of how each are being used in the classroom? Which technology does Steven think will be the most helpful to classrooms? Blog: www.web20classroom.org.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2022

How to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year. How to incorporate podcasting into your class curriculum. Many schools today have access to similar technology that can be used to create podcasts in the classroom. We started our podcast using Anchor.fm Planning an episode. Creative outlet.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Page, a former Milken National Educator of the Year with 15 years of experience in the education field. Blog: [link] Twitter: @FinEdchat Instagram: @FinEdchat Linked In: @FinEdchat ?️

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2022

Here are great ideas for how to address the difficult topic of war in the Ukraine, from Ask a Tech Teacher collaborator, Christian Miraglia, recently retired from teaching after thirty-six years: 24/7. As events unfold in Ukraine, people want to know how the situation might play out. So how does a teacher navigate these conversations?

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

But it can be a struggle to understand how to use classroom technology in meaningful ways. Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. On her blog, she shares her favorite edtech resources and tips for leveraging technology.

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

This post is a guest post for McGraw-Hill and will soon be posted on their blog. . One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. You’ll find me sharing blog posts, resources, and tech tips there.

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