edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2022

These books should be part of every classroom library. Effective classroom libraries should include a minimum of 750 print and digital books covering a rich array of genres reflecting diversity. In addition, a classroom library should offer students easy access to diverse stories. Culture of Literacy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As I was grading my student’s web pages today, one student’s goals struck me. Insurance – Understanding how to make wise insurance decisions. Opening a Savings Account – Students experience a simulation showing how to open a savings account.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. Teachers are stressing over so many things. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The following is a guest blog by Teacher Librarian Tyllie Corbin. Read on to see how Tyllie uses Buncee in collaboration with classroom educators. This year, we reviewed how to use Buncee by having the students each create a Buncee about their own interests. Click here for an example. Interest Surveys.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ideas to help you spark creativity in your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Creativity is something that we have to nurture as teachers. In this blog post and episode, I share some of the ways I believe nurture creativity in students. Sponsor: The U.S.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

This blog post is the second in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Or even teaching fractions in a late-elementary classroom. New toolsets from Edthena allow any district to curate a video library of searchable lesson segments, tagged to teaching standards, and shared securely to all staff members within the district. We’ve made each organization’s library searchable by grade, subject, and tags.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

10MT #22 | An Interview with Librarian Chad Lehman From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Maker spaces are great places for kids to explore and learn, so take a trip inside the new library — one with a Maker space. The library is popular again! Blog: [link]. Guess what?

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Tech Helpful

JULY 10, 2019

This is a guest blog post by Elizabeth Lawrensen, who serves as the lower school music teacher at Chattanooga Christian School. Here's a non-exhaustive list of the digital music technology I use in my classroom, and a perspective on the benefits/disadvantages for elementary school students.

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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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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. Cyberbullying. FREE GUIDE FOR TECH ADMINS.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2022

By Dr. Steve Albrecht I posted this Library 2.0 blog below in October 2020. New attacks at an elementary school in Texas, a grocery store, and just recently, a factory in Maryland, show us this disturbing trend of mass shootings is continuing in the wrong direction. Mass attacks of violence in libraries are quite rare.

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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. This blog post is sponsored by 3D Bear. Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach?

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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. She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. You can ask experts.

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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. How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 18, 2020

One notable challenge facing educators during Remote Learning is how to teach reading and literacy from a distance. Across the nation public libraries have been finding ways to curate digital story hour opportunities for children and families. In times like this children crave some sense of routine and normalcy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. SplashLearn for Teachers and Schools – teachers can sign up for free and have access to the full SplashLearn content library. SplashLearn sponsored this blog post. Learn how money operates in the real world. Learn how to read maps.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2022

I have also created a full walkthrough tutorial of how to get up and running with Sutori, click the link here to view the video embedded below. Sutori has created a library of templates and lesson ideas to choose from, here are a few that I recommend exploring… Sutori for Elementary Teachers. Science Lesson Sample.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Kristen Mattson on episode 242 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2017

Edtech Apps that work From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Browse or search the Owl Eyes library to see if your upcoming book is included. How Do Annotations Work? How to Use Owl Eyes. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a sponsored blog post. They’ll thank you!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

On the other hand, Alisa, an elementary school teacher from Massachusetts, says that building outdoor learning spaces in her school lead to a stronger community as everyone came together to make it happen for the kids. Image via Library of Congress. schools began holding classes outdoors. Classroom on a ferry, NY, 1915.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. Jackie actively blogs at [link] and tweets at [link].

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MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Over the decades I have added both Educational Technology and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) endorsements to my elementary teaching certificate. One evening a man from another culture asked me how to spell a specific word. We began taking our mobile lab to schools, churches, libraries, and other non-profit sites.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Defined Learning sponsored this blog post. The library has over 2,000 individual products inside performance tasks. . Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored blog post.” All opinions are my own. Prepare to Celebrate Products.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Sponsored by Edpuzzle From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This blog post is sponsored by Edpuzzle. If you use my link to sign up for Edpuzzle , you’ll gain access to a curated library of 50,000 free videos to use with your school. All opinions are my own.

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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. Learn how she uses this tool. Parents couldn’t really look at it unless they were in the library for parent-teacher conferences or whatever. Vicki: Well, how did you find out FlipSnack?

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Buncee

APRIL 7, 2020

Learn how you can get involved and spread some positivity below: How to get involved in Hugs for Heroes from Buncee: Create your own Buncee for the Hugs for Heroes Buncee project. Kristina is the co-author of Hacking School Libraries, and the author of a series of Scholastic makerspace books. Amy Storer. blogspot.com/.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

Wonder Workshop is a STEM-based interactive early learning experience that introduces coding to K-5 learners and provides everything teachers require to teach coding and robotics (see below under How to Use Dash in Your Classroom ). Plus, it includes a one-year subscription to Wonder’s Digital Activities Library for more project ideas.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Reading and writing for fun outside of school are related to success in school, and the upper elementary years are often when these lifelong habits are cemented. Reading and writing also support each other by providing insight into how to use vocabulary and how others compose texts. On beginning her journey as a writer, J.H.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2016

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves. GETTING RID OF BOOKS.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. While further research is needed to determine how features such as these affect learning, our findings shed a promising light.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Tony Vincent on episode 247 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We are going to link to the blog posts that have a lot of these magic tips so that you’ll be able to get all of these tips. You just have to know how to “reveal” them by kind of trial and error.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Some are narrative; others games. Here are some I like.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

Beyond the tricky technical and logistical issues involved -- not to mention equity and safety issues -- teachers are also trying to understand how to re-formulate their curriculum. Elementary Math and Science Khan Academy Kids. Elementary ELA and Social Studies Epic! Elementary Arts and Creativity Book Creator.

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