The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And for a bit of fun, meet CAT GPT, my very own Content AI Taskhelper – a personal assistant I've created with a blend of my own educational beliefs and research-backed best practices. Modern Classrooms Project will help you bring engaging, exciting teaching to your classroom with their free online course and community.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

That appears to be the hope of officials at the two companies, which have both been trying for years to shift the focus of their businesses from selling print books to shipping software and other online tools, and have recently been experimenting with subscription models. Only about 20 percent of courses in the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

For over 30 years, Advancement Courses has been a leader in professional development, providing expertly-crafted, classroom-applicable courses to thousands of teachers across the country. They offer over 200 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Advancement Courses - Podcast Sponsor. Advancement Courses is my preferred professional development provider. Last year when I needed to take a college CEU course, I chose Advancement Courses and learned so much about teaching computer science in the classroom. Click Here to Look at Courses. Subscribe to the Show.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Rather than spending most of my time time helping people become better online teachers, I have been figuring out how to meet two competing objectives: increase online course offerings and avoid adopting an online proctoring system. We know that all students are online, so open book and open notes should be assumed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Modern Classrooms Project will help you bring engaging, exciting teaching to your classroom with their free online course and community. His book, Teach From Your Best Self: A Guide to Thriving in the Classroom , will be released by Routledge in August 2023. Jay is an affiliate faculty member at Southern Oregon University.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

Advancement Courses sponsored this show. Helpful Courses for Administrators. I’m getting ready for an amazing fall myself by taking my summer accreditation requirements through Advancement Courses. You can take your professional development courses from Advancement Courses and save 20% by using the code COOL20.

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The Jose Vilson

MARCH 13, 2024

For my part, I partook four events: a multilingual learner and teacher meet-up with Alejandra Vázquez Baur, a mentorship session focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a book signing (I can’t believe This Is Not A Test is still selling well after a decade!). And that they did.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2022

Advancement Courses for Your Summer PD. Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! All of the course ideas come from the advancement courses catalog. Learn about some courses you might want to take and some things that you need to do this summer.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After witnessing companies and organizations renege on their commitment to DEI after the police murder of George Floyd, I promised myself that I would not work with an organization or a company that treated DEI as a trend or an item on a compliance checklist. Who gets to decide what books go into the library?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2023

Microsoft 's Free AI Course for Educators Microsoft has an amazing artificial intelligence course for educators that will help you and your education team have the knowledge you need to understand the best practices for artificial intelligence in schools. I highly recommend this free AI course from Microsoft. AIforEducators.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

What were two things that excited you about working with the company? Depending on student bookings, I typically teach until 10 or 11 am. Another part of 51Talk I enjoy is the depth and knowledge of their training courses for their instructors. You recently joined 51Talk as an online English teacher. About Inkeri Martin.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 2, 2016

Off Any SAT Course Coupon Code-2400 SAT Prepexpert”]. Please tell me about the motivation behind your first SAT prep book. I piloted a few SAT prep courses in Las Vegas, which resulted in an improvement of 376 points. McGraw-Hill noticed was I was doing and offered me a book deal. Essay is optional-50 minutes.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. With their collective power, they could shut down resellers of books.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2021

That should come as no surprise, considering a recent CollegeBoard survey calculated that undergrads spent $1,240 on average for books and supplies during the 2020-21 academic year. But thousands of students are starting the semester without having to worry about course material expenses at all.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2021

An English professor at Southern Connecticut State University, Cynthia Stretch is used to meeting after hours with her students, many of whom work full time while in college. Related: More colleges and universities outsource services to for-profit companies. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. And not only in Connecticut.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization. He is a co-author of two upcoming books, The AI Classroom, and The Discipline Code. And I think that's why the three of us got together and wrote this book because the potential of this new technology is absolutely amazing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

New York – June 6, 2021 – Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced that M. the Company’s Chairman and CEO passed away yesterday unexpectedly. Richard Robinson, Jr. About Scholastic. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. Articles , podcasts and books about burnout are released every day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2022

Sponsor: Advancement Courses. Thank you Advancement Courses for sponsoring today’s show. This month, Advancement Courses is kicking off their annual Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge where educators can win up to $2,000 in prizes. And such we must do as James Arthur Sherman's book Rejection said. Vicki: It does.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Friends and social media users began alerting her that images and material from one of her children’s books, “I Am Not a Number,” about a young Indigenous girl sent to a residential school in Canada and based on the experience of her grandmother, had made their way into paid lessons on the site that she had never seen before.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a now-famous 1997 interview , he candidly explained why Amazon started out by selling books. Books were simply a stepping stone, the “best first thing” to sell.) In 1994, hardly anyone was buying books on the internet. Bezos, more than any other tech entrepreneur, is known to play the long game, masterfully. But they are.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

Meet the Money Monsters stories introduce elementary aged students to ideas, habits, and activities that they'll need as you grow up and start to manage money. His course, Self Help Homework Hacks << [link] >>, allows students ages 13-22 to learn research-backed homework hacks and independent learning strategies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Meet the cohort We’re excited to announce the startups that will make up this inaugural cohort. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2022

Advancement Courses - Podcast Sponsor. Advancement Courses is my preferred professional development provider. Last year when I needed to take a college CEU course, I chose Advancement Courses and learned so much about teaching computer science in the classroom. Click Here to Look at Courses.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

Meet with a professor on Zoom to talk about academic plans. Attend student government meetings. Students who study on campus tend to come for career and tech courses, learning about, for example, welding, or scientific diving, or aquaculture. The program says it will meet demonstrated financial need for its students.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

00;04;18;01 – 00;04;37;04 Vicki Davis And each of those I asked for it to describe the data and I actually got some great stuff that I could adapt and use that was fresh and not from a text book and not really from online. It can also type up a very solid meeting summary. Describe the data set.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. Here’s what we learned.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Developing my first online courses alongside my department was very much a humbling experience. Over time, I benefited from reading books on online pedagogy, attending online learning conferences and receiving training in online teaching and learning—including good instructional standards from tools like the Quality Matters rubric.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2023

Recorded live at ISTE, the conversation delves into how Genius Hour has been revamped and integrated into the sixth-grade curriculum, offering students a full-year exploratory course that goes beyond traditional learning. Vicki: So I just want to mention in the book, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds that I was part of writing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Standing Meetings on the Calendar 00;02;07;18 – 00;03;36;14 Chris Chappotin So one way is standing meetings on the calendar in collaboration with a former colleague, developed a system of wildly important goal sessions, kind of based off of Franklin Covey in the Four Disciplines of Execution ™ work. But there's another thing.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

Each class session he taught started with such a question, but even his entire course was designed around a seminal question: Why do successful organizations fail? I had a meeting with him about a different topic. In his words, the book would take a year to write, and then he would help me land in whatever job I wanted to do next.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2019

Scheduling isn’t for the faint of heart, as anyone who’s tried to find a time and room for a team meeting well knows. That’s a tall order for any organization—and especially for a small company like Coursedog , which claims its scheduling software can help colleges and universities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities stemming from issues such as inadequate internet access, strategically invests in companies worldwide that align with their mission and actively contribute to its realization. This article highlights the initiatives of one such company, Rocket Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Students in Germany can embark on apprenticeships directly after finishing general education at age 16 in grade 10, attending vocational schools that offer theoretical study, alongside practical training at a company. Chambers of commerce and industry support company-school partnerships and help smaller businesses train their interns.

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