The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more. Project Pals has a useful classroom collaborative platform that lets you create and manage projects for your students. Project Pals connects with Google Classroom but also lets me see detail on which students are contributing and participating.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2019

Then, he took the time to condense down some of the biggest takeaways from the book for those making film in the K12 classroom in this podcast. Steve Hullfish – Bio as Submitted Steve Hullfish has written six books on post-production, editing and color correction) and have two more in production.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Suzie Boss – Inspiring speaker, consultant, and author of several popular books including All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimaging School and Reinventing Project-Based Learning. Best teacher blog winner, *Speaker*author* @Mashable Top Teacher on Twitter*Top #edtech Twitterer.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

From Mission to Methods How wide is the gap between lofty aspirations for learning and day-to-day classroom practice? Frameworks provide mental models, but “don’t usually help educators know what to do differently,” argues technology leadership expert Scott McLeod in his latest book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn shares this innovative approach to teaching the Odyssey invented by her students along with their advice for using this method in your classroom. My students and I were sort of stuck with two and a half weeks to tackle twenty-four books (or chapters) of The Odyssey by Homer. Or, I mean we actually do have the books themselves.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 26, 2015

FETC is one of the largest EdTech conferences in the country with over 10,000 attendees from around the world. The maker movement is growing I can''t tell you how many sessions there were on 3D Printing, makerspaces, tinkering, hacking, etc. FETC is a HUGE conference with lots of big names and big ideas.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Ready to learn how to meaningfully and practically integrate technology into your classroom?! This framework is actually at the heart of my book Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic. I’ll talk about both the world into your classroom, as well as bringing your classroom to the world.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Learn practical tips and ideas from Joe Brennan for making movies in the classroom. I’m a big proponent of using it in any classroom, with any subject. I make videos in my classroom and digital film and… you know. I guess there’s a little aspect of a book report in there. He is in Illinois. Where do you start?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: 10 Classroom Tools for the Maker Movement , Discover the maker movement and find out how to harness its power to bring new tools and technology for hands-on learning to all grades and content areas – especially STEM and STEAM. Tune in live at [link] or [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Huge thanks!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. Also take a look at MAD-learn and their really cool books! SMART wants to recognize educators across the globe who inspire greatness in their students, peers or community. Nominate your favorite educator at coolcatteacher.com/greatness.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. He understands the need to celebrate, yet has concerns about disrupting the school day and classroom instruction. My favorite quote from his post is: “What problems are we hiring edtech to solve?”

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