The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Genius hour and passion projects are transformational. Whether you’re already having genius hour at your school or you want to get started, this blog post will give you ideas for getting started with genius hour, no matter the age or grade.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. That can free up the teacher to spend more individual time with students in small groups, facilitating the learning at that level. She has a blog on Education Week. Blog: [link].

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For Halloween 2016, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. I am sharing this lesson through my blog post as it reinforces how I approach lesson planning and teaching. To work as a small group to craft a story about their scene. Background Information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A sponsored review of a tool I'm using to teach programming From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In previous blog posts and shows, I’ve talked about augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). One group made an augmented reality tour of the school. Augmented reality is here.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Recently I facilitated a simple machines leading into Rube Goldberg machines lesson with my gifted elementary students. As I’ve discussed in past blog posts, I use several criteria to guide my lesson design: Instructional challenges are hands-on and naturally engaging for learners. There is a game-like atmosphere. v=fvOmaf2GfCY.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray on episode 235 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype. Jacqui: You know, I’m a real fan of blogging. Tip #5: Blogging.

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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. If you want to join a group of teachers doing Virtual Valentines, you’ll want to listen to the show and sign up by February 2. You can make it as a whole group. in Elementary Education.

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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. In developmental experiences, problems are written in the very fabric of group dynamics and should be welcome teaching tools, not dreaded things we complain about in the teacher’s lounge. Development Experiences.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Episode 262 with Aditya Batura From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week I’ll be sharing the 7 Pedagogical Shifts That Make Interactive Displays a Key to a Student-Centered Classroom on the Cool Cat Teacher blog sponsored by SMART Technologies. Aditya: Exactly, exactly.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 27, 2015

Indian Knoll Elementary School’s Jennifer Lewis struggles with the time factor; her students are mostly able to come to the “make room” during recess, so projects have to be organized and fast. For her little ones, she groups the materials into kits that students may check out after they attend a mini-class for training.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 4, 2015

Indian Knoll Elementary School’s Jennifer Lewis struggles with the time factor; her students are mostly able to come to the "make room" during recess, so projects have to be organized and fast. For her little ones, she groups the materials into kits that students may check out after they attend a mini-class for training.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. She leverages social media and blogging to reflect on what works and shares her insights with colleagues. Book group discussions can jumpstart conversations among colleagues.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

While humor is something that you have to use carefully (jokes making fun of individuals, groups, or those with disabilities just aren’t funny), humor can make a difference in your classroom. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored blog post.” I find that laughing at myself frees us up to get more creative.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

When Jopeck worked as an elementary school librarian in Annandale, Va., Jopeck, along with K-Fai Steele, Colleen Graves, and Buffy Hamilton led a session at the 2016 National Writing Project (NWP) annual meeting in Atlanta in November with a diverse group of educators. Still, there are hurdles. Photo/NWP.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2015

Our schedules, carefully crafted and refined, often resemble a flight schedule at a busy airport: whole-class math lessons here, reading groups there, and one-on-one conferencing/counseling/cheerleading sessions squeezed in everywhere else. For more than six hours each day, we aim to seize every teachable moment.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So, I invited Cheryl Nelson and Wendy Goldfein of Get Caught Engineering to share how they’ve managed Makerspaces in their own classrooms and helped other elementary and middle school teachers get started, too. What exactly is a Maker and what happens in the “space”? Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your experiences below!

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valerie Jopeck , Elementary Library Education Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. We also discussed the importance of revision and debugging as a group project. What makes this conversation even more important, is that lately many of us in the maker movement have been stressing the importance of process over product.

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