The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Sixth-grade teacher Jessica Gordon@ 1337teach gives us tips, ideas, and links for how to gamify our classrooms now. ” Jessica is giving her book away free to 10-MT Listeners for Random Act of Kindness day! Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2014

A good lesson plan or project will get students to learn how to be kind, generous, problem-solving, caring, compassionate, imaginative, creative, emphatic, and/or helpful while also getting them to learn. The slideshow below provides students ideas on how to be kind in small quick ways. Free ebook of 75 Random Acts of Kindness.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If you are unable to connect with a local expert, supplemental material by science of reading experts—like books, conference recordings, or on-demand webinars—can help you structure your event. That way, they can keep track of what’s working with their students and ask for guidance from colleagues on how to work through areas of growth.

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Waterford

AUGUST 18, 2023

How to Create Opportunities for Family-Teacher Partnerships The importance of partnering with families in schools is clear. Click here for more ideas on how to build family and community engagement in your school, from homework and after-school clubs to onsite family resource centers and more. Nokali, N.E.E., Bachman, H.J.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2020

Cool book reports. Write an Ebook. How to Use Tech to Help Graduating Students Find Jobs. As a teacher, you’re fully aware of how much the world is advancing through technology. Undoubtedly, innovation has touched many aspects of how you teach. Practice keyboarding. Dig into cyberbullying. Applied Digital Skills.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2023

– Kids’ Books and Videos This is a digital library for kids 12 and under. It’s an amazing resource with a vast collection of books, educational videos, and audiobooks. Book Creator This app allows students to create their own ebooks. It’s great for any subject area, especially for visual learners.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2014

A good lesson plan or project will get students to learn how to be kind, generous, problem-solving, caring, compassionate, imaginative, creative, emphatic, and/or helpful while also getting them to learn. The slideshow below provides students ideas on how to be kind in small quick ways. Free ebook of 75 Random Acts of Kindness.

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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. Owl Eyes has hundreds of free ebooks — the Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, and all of Shakespeare’s work. But Owl Eyes isn’t just an ebook reader. Sponsor: Owl Eyes. Donnie: Yep!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

This resource has a curated list of Gsuite resources, books, and tips. See: 5 Emoji Activities for Google Docs where Eric describes how to do all of these emoji activities including the emoji math picture shown below. See Eric’s blog post on emojis in Google docs to learn how to do this. But that’s a fun thing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Tip #4: Authoring eBooks. But they do all of the steps you would normally take in writing a book.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 14, 2017

Owl Eyes has hundreds of free ebooks — the Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, and all of Shakespeare’s work. But Owl Eyes isn’t just an ebook reader. And that’s the only way that I know how to learn. Or “How have you done this? There was no, “Here’s How to Be a Great Principal.” I messed this up. Amber Teaman.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 18, 2021

TV show and book, Dotopedia is a collaboration app kids can use to read about everything from butterflies to grandparents, or to create articles of their own. This app allows students to browse and borrow ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries for free. Interest-driven reading Dotopedia. Based on the character from the Dot.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

A big move into education, Amazon edges out OverDrive to capture NYC e-book contract. Under the terms, Amazon would have the right to sell e-books and other content but not devices like Kindles through an internal marketplace site. The e-books will be readable on e-readers, tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Tool #1: Make Bookshelves in Google Books. It’s Google Books. Now, there’s two versions of Google Books. There’s Google Books where you can go and buy a book. But I’m talking about the research tool for Google Books that gives you access to millions of titles that are in the public domain. Vicki: Yeah!

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It now offers more than 13,000 high-quality, leveled eBooks to help schools boost their balanced literacy program for students in grades K–12 to improve reading skills. Research shows third grade is a pivotal point for acquiring reading skills, and non-fiction titles for elementary schools are always in high demand,” said Sean P.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. 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. Tools to build eBooks to demonstrate understanding.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Embedded professional learning and collaboration: It’s not enough for the application to tell teachers how it works; the more effective ones explain how to integrate the application into the classroom and offer insights into how the tasks meet academic goals. series of books. Sara Delano Moore, Ph.D.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

WriteWell for Google Docs is a Google Docs Add-on that includes a series of templates for elementary school, middle school, and high school classrooms. How to Install WriteWell for Google Docs. Book Report. Book Report. How to Use WriteWell for Google Docs. To start: Create a new Google Doc. Five-Part Essay.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Carolina updated its award-winning K-8 science programs to support essential remote instruction in elementary and middle schools this fall. Everything is ready to teach and there is built-in support for teachers with a digital library of bite-sized three or four-minute introduction and how-to videos if they are unsure about anything!”.

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Brainscape

MAY 26, 2023

Read the following passage from Stanislas Dehaene’s book Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read : The reader’s brain contains a complicated set of mechanisms admirably attuned to reading. How is it pronounced? How do I apply bionic reading? What do they look like? Are they a word?

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

At the same time, Deirdre Sugiuchi, librarian at Oglethorpe Elementary, shared how she invited students to meet her one night at the library to sign up for library cards. This evolved into all of the 14 elementary schools signing up for a night to encourage families to visit the library. Barrow Elementary Facebook page.

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Libraries eBook Facebook Elementary 28

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In a recent edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, and Donna Burns, Technology Integrator, both from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, showcased the transformation of the NCHS library from a collection of used reference and biography books into a living, breathing makerspace. Redesigning the Space.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. This past week, because of their hard work, this book has been published through Amazon. What follows is: The Book Description. Book Description. The Table of Contents. Through Education 2.0

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Create Multimedia eBooks in a 1 iPad Classroom by Wesley Fryer Enhanced eBooks on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches can include audio, video, and interactive animations in addition to digital text, images and links. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? If You Challenge Them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The emphasis in my book Unique Learner Solutions , is that these students learn differently — not incorrectly, necessarily, but it’s a difficult thing sometimes to capture in our general education classroom, where we’re focus on the curriculum and the standards and meeting certain timeframes. They tend to learn at a different pace.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here’s a look at each winner: Winner: John Arthur, 6th Grade Teacher, Meadowlark Elementary School Nominated by: Follett John Arthur was the 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year and one of four finalists for 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

Owl Eyes has hundreds of free ebooks — the Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, and all of Shakespeare’s work. But Owl Eyes isn’t just an ebook reader. Now we’re also going to do a giveaway of her book, Make Writing: Five Teaching Strategies That Turn Writer’s Workshop Into a Maker Space , where she has five more ideas.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Whether it’s the lack of resources and support or whether it’s due to other reasons altogether, our guide will help demonstrate how to get started on incorporating technology in the K12 classroom. Higher Engagement Levels Caters To Different Learning Styles Brings Out Creativity How to Integrate Technology into the K12 Classroom?

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. iPods - Tons of audio books downloaded on them. Epic app (free) works on multiple platforms - https://www.getepic.com/ students have individualized e-book libraries based on their interests. She rocked it!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

One of the ways that I think is one of my favorites is creating an eBook inside Google Slides. Google Slide Tip #2: Create an eBook. I have created several eBooks now inside Google Slides because when I try to do it in Google Docs, I pull my hair out. You know, eBooks are just such a powerful way for kids to share.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 28, 2019

We’re starting up the year with principal Dr. Sanée Bell, author of the new book, Be Excellent On Purpose, Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership. Today, Sanée shares her eleven principles from the book and gets us motivated for an epic school year. (We’ve We’ve also included the transcript.)

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 30, 2017

One of our favorite creation apps that we use on a daily basis is the iPad app Book Creator. Book Creator, by definition is the simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks, right on your iPad. In my kindergarten classroom, we create class, group, partner and individual books every single day.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ? Future of Eduction ? Gap Years & Family Sabbaticals ? Global Collaborations ? Grades and the Game of School ?

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Elementary School Samples Middle School Samples High School Samples I have so say that finding products made through project based learning is difficult. You probably don’t want to have to teach students how to use an app or website. It''s best when students can figure out how to use it themselves. Books & COMICS.

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