The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Episode 388 Digital Resources Mentioned: EVERFI and WORD Force , amazing reading games for reading literacy Wixie one of Debbie's favorite tech tools for young learners Book Creator – students can write their own ebooks. A lot of what I see is for secondary school. So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

CLEVELAND – February 3, 2022 – TeachingBooks , an online database of supplemental resources that enrich children’s and young adult books, had a busy year in 2021. I’m extremely proud that TeachingBooks’ quest to enrich and deepen everyone’s connections to books and authors has received this recognition.”. million students.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While textbook publishing companies now offer digital versions, you can also find open textbook options online. If you’re looking for elementary or middle school materials, this is a great place to start. The textbooks cover subjects that work well for secondary grade levels, although some are written for college courses.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

In addition to online telescope access, this new solution provides elementary through college-level teachers integrated curriculum-based lesson plans that can be used with students and ongoing professional development to help educators easily use the technology.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. Many writers (presently company included) have spent countless hours staring at their screens, not knowing what to write next.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

Families can book time on a telescope to view a specific space object or event or join other families in the Slooh community that have already reserved time to view and photograph astronomical phenomena. The company additionally provides robust professional development to help educators drive student learning. Available for $9.95/month

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Boston, an all-day training in a high school gym attracted about 100 educators for instruction in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, part of a 200-hour training offered on weekends by a company called Breathe For Change. Her immediate reaction: “What a bunch of baloney!”. “I I love my students. I suspect the relationship is reciprocal.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

We made a conscious decision to make the sixth-grade experience one where we expose children to everything,” said Rick Doss, the district’s director of secondary education. Jensen , a neurologist whose excellent book on adolescence has long been my guide. Related: What does career readiness look like in middle school?

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Education Superhighway

MAY 6, 2019

I used to think that she made me stay after school with her every day because she needed someone to keep her company. Mrs. Charles was the first and only African-American teacher I would have throughout my primary and secondary schooling. That was until I landed in Mrs. Charles fifth grade classroom. She changed my life.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. YouTube has devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17).

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Almost 5 million students were enrolled as English learners in US public elementary and secondary school during the 2013/14 school year—that’s almost 10% of the total student population. Many companies are responding to this growing population by adding ELL support to an existing product.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance. Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Students are hitting the books again on college campuses this fall, with fresh possibilities ahead of them. Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark. One of his standout achievements was creating a committee consisting of teachers, parents, and students to handpick summer take-home books from Lerner Publishing Group.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Google buys Logitech and a whole host of media companies and university lectures. Today we see a number of dual enrollment programs, for example, and secondary students in P-Tech programs , the Bard Early Colleges , and other initiatives are graduating with college credits. Building the plane while flying it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Triple E Framework – [link] TARA – today's sponsor Book: Toys to Tools TPACK Seesaw Bernie Dodge about the misuse of webquests (on Women of Web 2 show) TripleE PLN Book Learning First , Technology Second . I actually read in a book recently that the answer to the teacher shortage was VR. Subscribe to the Show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

How Typography Can help us read better Canva Canva Design School Adobe Fonts Sadie’s Design EDU Resources Non-Designers Design Book [link] Sadie’s Design Guide – bit.ly/sadiedesignguide. And then 30% of the time, you use this kind of secondary color, and then 10% when you use neon green or bright colors. sadiedesignguide.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Also the book Making Thinking Visible can help you with these concepts. The Book: Making Thinking Visible. Karen Vogelsang has taught elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee for fourteen years.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance. Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 21, 2015

Simple K12 is a company that’s well known for “PD in your PJs”, so the expansion into podcasts was a natural move for them! Check out apps for mindmapping and brainstorming , tips for writing grants , and integrating tech into elementary vocabulary instruction. 6) Ask Simple K12. 7) Nerdy Cast.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0: Definitely worth a listen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2024

He is the co-author of the book, The Energy Bus for Schools, with Jon Gordon. Now, as this is being released, Jim, you have a new book called The Energy Bus and you're president of the Energy Bus for schools, but your expertise is improving the culture of a school. Maybe you're going to do a book study. That's awesome.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Ethics and Legalities The New York Times continues its investigation of education giant Pearson and ethics concerns surrounding lavish trips that the company''s foundation has sponsored for state education officials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

She has spent ten years in secondary English, and now her research focuses on teaching and learning of literary interpretation and writing in under-resourced urban high schools. I love it in particular in it's an older book now. The first book I coauthored with a with another person, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds.

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MindShift

JULY 1, 2018

Valorie Salimpoor is a trained neuroscientist who consults for the educational gaming company Cignition and has insight into helping kids who struggle with fractions. Stories and books inherently come with the bigger picture of a narrative, making them attractive to many kinds of learners. She also has two young kids of her own.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — March 16, 2022 — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, launched today several new summer learning solutions to support school districts in addressing unfinished learning in math and literacy. Thousands of e-books include high-interest, popular, and culturally relevant titles.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

APACALL Book Series Volume 3. This event is brought to you by GlobalEd Events and TakingITGlobal. Connectivist Learning: Reaching Students through Teacher Professional Development. In Son, J.-B. Computer-assisted language learning: Learners, teachers and tools. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. You are invited to connect with him on Twitter and share your favorite leadership book at @pj_aiken. Aiken now resides in Lancaster, PA, with his wife and three kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean’s book is Teaching over Testing. Enter the contest to win a copy of the book. Something I talk about in my first book is something that concerns me — especially with standardized assessments — is that we try to boil schools, students, teachers down to one test result. Meet Next Generation Science Standards.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation. Becky Alexander is the principal at Morris Elementary School in Morris, Oklahoma. Inspired by Alexander’s success, educators at Morris Elementary also use Istation’s reports and printable resources to promote academic growth in reading and math.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 16, 2017

What it is: I’ve written about StackUp before here but, over the last three years, the company has grown up enough that it warrants another post! StackUp has a pretty great back story. Nick Garvin , the founder of StackUp , was fresh out of school and wanted to apply for a job at Tesla Motors. The problem?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

From 1976 to 1980, he worked in the research department, creating science curricula for Sesame Street and testing segments for The Electric Company, the reading series. He wrote my first book, The Smart Parent’s Guide to Kids’ TV (1994) and hosted a program on the topic with special guest, First Lady Hillary Clinton.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Education experts highlighted how the ARP works in a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by NetRef.

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edWeb.net

JULY 28, 2021

Many teachers use Muzology across the district’s elementary and middle schools in different ways, like engaging students in the “fun” of music in magnet school arts or using it as an intervention tool. Lana Israel is a globally recognized learning expert who founded her first company, Brain Power for Kids, Inc., Gary Petko.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

From 1976 to 1980, he worked in the research department, creating science curricula for Sesame Street and testing segments for The Electric Company, the reading series. He wrote my first book, The Smart Parent’s Guide to Kids’ TV (1994) and hosted a program on the topic with special guest, First Lady Hillary Clinton.

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