The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Geo-inquiry expert Jim Bentley (author of the free National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Educator Guide ) talks about what this project-based learning method looks like in his fifth-grade classroom. This is particularly useful for teachers of elementary-age children.). Today’s Sponsor: Advancement Courses. Donor’s Choose.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

Jillian DuBois talks about her end of the school year and from the conversation we have twelve inspiring ideas for classrooms everywhere including: How to Use the element of surprise in learning. She is a children’s book author and illustrator of Liv’s Seashells , Road to Awesome: A Journey for Kids , and Look at YOU, Piper Lou! ,

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The post Google Classroom Advanced Tips (Part 1) – SULS0172 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing my favorite Google Classroom Advanced Tips. Let’s explore important Google Classroom updates, features, tips, and organizational strategies. Google Classroom Advanced Tips.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

Principals play a vital role in the successful integration of new technologies into the classroom. From creating inventive professional development programs to pioneering new technologies, four California principals told the crowd at the Spring CUE 2018 conference how administrators can support technology integration. meghan.bogardu….

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

The “Getting to Know and Love Your Brain” poster on her wall, which read “breathe deep into your belly to stay calm and help your PFC (prefrontal cortex) think clearly,” prompted her first graders to get their brains ready for learning. She wasn’t the only one. I knew it was possible and that my school was ready. So, I put out my feelers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Interactive, game-based lessons designed by experienced educators help you engage students at all grade levels and bring critical real-world skills like financial education, early literacy, character education, health & wellness, and more to your classroom.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jackie Gerstein Recently, EdSurge spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms: Dr. Jackie Gerstein, Dr. Brandon Taylor and Dr. Stacy George. EdSurge: How have you incorporated the teaching of AI in the classroom?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schools are thus faced with ensuring students are adept at engaging with digital tools in a manner that is both ethical and informed, regardless of their starting level of digital literacy or the extent of their technology access outside the classroom. “As We interact with technology as a key aspect of our daily activities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. None of these promotions came with special training or additional coaching; I wasn't even told to read any books in preparation.

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N2Y

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

quality instruction in their classrooms. service teachers as they prepare to lead their classrooms. service teachers need many tools in their metaphorical toolbox in order to enter their first classroom with confidence. Students are stepping into our classrooms with diverse academic, social?emotional, In today’s ever?changing

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Waterford

AUGUST 18, 2023

You may already be familiar with family engagement , or listening to and working with families in the classroom. Why Family-Teacher Connections Matter Family partnerships are one of the most effective steps you can take as an educator to create a strong learning environment in your school. What are Family-Teacher Partnerships?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Recent research reinforces this perspective. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. When I do an H, I do a straight line down, another straight line down and then I cross in the middle,” Miller said, demonstrating on a projector in a front corner of the classroom. A student works on a writing assignment in Heather Miller’s classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Show Sponsor: PowerSchool This summer, PowerSchool announced the Unified Classroom. The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. Learn about the Unified Classroom.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Thiesen-Homer joins us on the EdSurge podcast this week to discuss her research, how residency programs work, the types of teachers they create and how the programs address race and relationships in the classroom. As Thiesen-Homer explains, teacher residencies are ultimately designed to increase diversity among the teaching force.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

“And low-quality professional development, frankly, feels like detention.” ( New Report Reveals That Teacher Professional Development Is Costly And Ineffective ). What follows are the general guidelines I use to plan and structure my professional development workshops. Models Best Classroom Practices. Active and Hands-On.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

Leveraging Learning Trajectories and Diagnostics for Personalization in 6-8 Math (B304). Professional Learning with SeeSaw (B302). Adding Interactivity to Google Slides for Customized Learning (B307). iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306).

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2018

- Discovery Education´s Digital Resources and Comprehensive Professional Development System to Create Authentic STEM Teaching and Learning Environments for Elementary Students- Silver Spring, Md. STEM Connect enhances core curriculum and brings STEM to life in classrooms.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

Over the past 10 years as a teacher (and more recently as an aspiring administrator), I have consistently sought out new and innovative professional development. This pilot sought to understand how beneficial MCs could be for teachers and begin to determine how MCs could play into the professional learning landscape of our state.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Sam Robinson, a 5th grade teacher from Ottawa notes that tools like Hāpara provide more opportunities to create personalized and individualized learning tasks for students. He has seen the learning process in his classroom become more reciprocal as students use these tools to contribute something uniquely theirs to the group.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Professional Development: Teachers can engage in professional development discussions with ChatGPT to explore new teaching methodologies, classroom management strategies, or to gain insights into educational research and best practices. Seek book recommendations for advanced readers in elementary school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. It is an interactive flipbook creator. The students or the teachers or whatever.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

McGrath is a K-5 ELL teacher at West View Elementary School, a small inner-city school in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Valdez is a kindergarten teacher at Minnie Mars Jamieson Elementary at Chicago Public Schools. Donovan also stated that besides being an excellent teacher, Machado guides students in their lives beyond the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Leave a review on iTunes to enter today’s contest for the Makerbot Replicator Mini+ and Billy’s book! Billy Krakower’s Book: 140 Twitter Tips for Educators: Get Connected, Grow Your Professional Learning Network and Reinvigorate Your Career. See below for contest rules. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. The responses were jarring.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2020

A student in a Mississippi elementary school reads a book in class. Research shows young children need explicit, systematic phonics instruction to learn how to read fluently. Though teachers’ approaches may differ, the research is pretty clear on how best to help kids learn to read. How do kids actually learn how to read?

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Bank of rich and culturally relevant tasks: Any mathematics content management system should give teachers access to or allow them to create and import problems that represent the diverse needs of their classroom. It’s a mindset—a way of approaching the world—and any tools used in the classroom should support growing these essential skills.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Check out my Booking Page.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological launched three new sets of K-8 digital resources for remote teaching this fall: Smithsonian Science for the Classroom @HOME, Smithsonian Science and Technology Concepts Middle School@HOME , and Building Blocks of Science 3D@HOME. Professional Learning. Smithsonian.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

For educators, summer is the ideal time to try to relax, re-energize, and do some professional learning that can be put to good use starting in the fall. 3 Books I’m Reading. My entire career has been spent working in elementary schools, and I’m excited to explore what leaders in this area from across the country have to offer.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The end result of the pilot was a sustained blended learning program for the districts and key learnings to support the effective implementation of blended learning as a pathway to personalization. Provide professional learning that allows participants to experience blended learning. Horn and Heather Staker.

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Reading By Example

JANUARY 16, 2019

In a primary classroom today, I was observing the teacher reading aloud a picture book about penguins. You made predictions about what would happen next, using details from the book.” When I became an elementary principal, I had limited background knowledge about promising reading and writing practices.

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Buncee

AUGUST 27, 2018

I was involved in a book study for The Book of What If by Matt Murrie, and to reflect on one of his prompts, I created a Buncee with my niece, Nancy. There are so many ways to use it in the classroom, but also outside of the classroom. Fast forward to now, it is the tool that I RUN to when an idea hits !

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Apple joined President Obama’s ConnectED initiative and pledged $100 million of teaching and learning solutions to 114 underserved schools across the country.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 25, 2018

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Check out my Booking Page.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

As we learned, we would sidebar about how this could be applied at our site and exchanged new ideas. Our site, Woodbury Elementary , had about 15 people in attendance and as usual, we were there to learn and have fun doing so. Whether we realized it or not, we became a small, yet powerful professional learning network.

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