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Top Blog Posts on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog

The CoolCatTeacher

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. I have some new sponsors I’ll be announcing soon who are supporting the show and this blog!

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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Designed for grades 7-10, it is also linked with Math and ELA Common Core standards. By educating students on the facts that vaping is not a safe alternative to smoking and other facts about this alarming trend among students.

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Simple K12: PD in Your PJs – Free Membership Giveaway!

Catlin Tucker

I follow interesting people on Twitter, read popular education blogs, and attend as many sessions as possible at the conferences where I speak. I’ve presented topics ranging from blended learning to Google Apps to Common Core. Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology Available NOW !

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8 Essential Books Every Tech-Minded Teacher Should Read

Ask a Tech Teacher

Modern teachers and educators need to adapt and keep up with the trends because that’s what their students are doing. Blended learning is slowly emerging as one of the top trends in modern education, and this book addresses that topic. More education books: Google Apps Meets Common Core. Common Core Literacy for ELA.

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

Gaisford spoke about the State Educational Technology Directors Association and the EdTech Trends Report , which was created to track the impact of technology on education across the country. Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). It is aligned with Common Core and includes not only student and teacher resources but parent materials–a great way to encourage the parent-teacher-student trilogy. Click here for my full review.

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Education and Augmented Reality — Really?

Neo LMS

We have touched on the subject of Augmented Reality quite a few times in this blog, and based on the outpouring of enthusiastic press the technology receives it is undoubtedly a mega-trend. However, as I mentioned the previous week, slavishly following trends is neither logical nor helpful. Learning is Good.

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