The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. Classroom Management Tip #1: Build a Partnership With Your Students It’s true that you must relate before you can educate. I want them to join Google classroom.

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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. Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Post sponsored by Book Creator. Right now, my students are creating books about their heroes.

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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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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

However, the classroom culture we have created and inherited is not designed around self-direction, and tends more towards compliant consumption, an un-flipped paradigm where students absorb what teachers say, and regurgitate it via essays, assignments and tests in order to demonstrate comprehension. Maker Spaces. Genius Hour.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

For more about this, see Stephen Brookfield’s book, Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement. Words cannot describe how exciting I find this movement and hope it stands the test of time in our schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Second, I’ll give you an example from my classroom happening right now. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. MAD About Mattering: Compassion-Based Engineering in My Classroom. Or passion projects. I love this one.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Sylvia does a fantastic job of helping us understand the drawbacks, possibilities, and essential nature of tinkering in the classroom. Today’s giveaway contest is Sylvia’s book Invent to Learn. Other Links from this author: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom [link]. Listen Now.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? First, Maker Spaces. What exactly is 20% time?

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2014

The Maker Movement-Just in the last 6-12 months there has been a movement towards MakerED. And since the technology, specifically 3-D printers have come way down in price more and more educators are embracing this movement. So to get them mainstream and in the General Ed classroom is a great leap forward.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. Leah: Another way that I try to give students technology to showcase their science understanding is through like tools that help them to maybe build electronic books. See my review of Book Creator for Chrome.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 29, 2017

Some observers might see the publishing of books as an indicator of success. If we continue to prescribe students to a one-size-fits-all approach in classrooms that have remained relatively unchanged we are in a sense forcing them down a linear path. This is why I love the maker movement and makerspaces in particular.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Also, remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. Check out my Booking Page and as always… thanks so much! We are now past the initial way of thinking, and the Makers movement allows people to finally use the technology to create and make.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The embracement of the maker movement is being seen in K-12 schools and districts across the world. To learn more in depth about the concepts associated with making be sure to purchase the book World’s of Making by Laura Fleming and check out her website. For even more information visit Arduino Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? His best-selling books, Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces , The Maker Mentality , and Beyond the Poster Board can be found on Amazon.

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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

MAY 9, 2018

Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. You can investigate through a book. If I hadn’t asked this question, I never would have known that someone in our classroom was wondering about Braille.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Say you're trying for 50 or 100 - put a decorated cardboard box outside your Library or Classroom for donations! Just like new!

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 5, 2019

A few of use spent the past few weeks rearranging our library so that one side contains our books and the other our STEAM materials. Maker education needs to be intentional. We received the following items.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2016

I’ve had a lot of questions in the last few months about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) in the classroom. Apply for grants or funds to bring science stations and labs, iPads and computer systems into your classroom to keep students involved. The Maker Movement In Education. 5 lesson plans on science.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Peer-led learning communities assume other trending concepts like life-long learning and a trend towards decentralized systems (including the flipped classroom). Microlearning. Privacy and safety.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). Some of the greatest books I’ve come to love, I found on a random summertime stroll through the library. No one assigned those books to me until much later. I read all of James Michener’s books because I liked how one of them looked in the library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators. Record your own voice over.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. Check out my Booking Page. W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s. The makers movement across education has made a significant impact, allowing students to do and create.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is great news!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. We can do this!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. So, if you can imagine reading a book on Kindle, the finished product you can actually flip through like a book. Only the … the difference between just a regular book and Flipsnack is that you can actually make the book interactive.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

In the box students will find story cards, masks, a puzzle, and a sticker book. The reusable stickers in the sticker book let kids create their own version of the Three Little Pigs. How to integrate Get Qurious Maker Box into the classroom: The Get Qurious set brings the story of the Three Little Pigs alive in new and fun ways.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). Some of the greatest books I’ve come to love, I found on a random summertime stroll through the library. No one assigned those books to me until much later. I read all of James Michener’s books because I liked how one of them looked in the library.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Picking just fifty is no easy feat but we’ve done our best to cover the best books for teachers from five different angles. Best Books for Teachers 1-10. Remember the days of longing for the hands on the classroom clock to move faster? Inspiration. Leadership.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Our leadership is dependent on our ability to use the digital tools available to us in order to communicate and model what we want to see in our classrooms. I would read books in isolation, peruse the resources available by myself, and have no one to push me professionally to become a better leader. Maker Movement.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Accelerator Nation – It is time for you to bring aerodynamics to life in your STEM Classroom.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. The Design Thinking Process.

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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. Host – the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast an author of Reinventing Writing and Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through November.

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