The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2018

Nikki is a veteran educator, school librarian, Instructional Technology Facilitator and ISTE Librarians Network President Elect. Nikki is passionate about 1:1 Digital Initiatives, collaboration with other education professionals, and assisting students in becoming well informed, critically thinking digital citizens.

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Comfortably 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Year two of #edcampcentralNE is in the books. I could go on and on about the benefits of attending an Edcamp and how amazing it is to sit in sessions with like minded educators discussing their passions, but I won''t. Another great day of collaboration, conversations and sharing.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 19, 2013

Why not attend or host an Edcamp to network with colleagues locally who share your interest in teacher-driven and participatory professional development? You can find links to many Edcamps happening across the country in the Calendar section of Educator Innovator. hosted by any organization or anyone : Anyone can host an Edcamp.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. While our PD days weren't like the traditional Edcamp style (we actually came up with the choices instead of the teachers making the choices), the teachers found the days to be useful.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

At the end of June a group of passionate, dedicated educators gathered for one of New Jersey’s last EdCamps of the 2017 school year. Whole-class novels morphed into book clubs. Students began to ask if they could choose their own books to read together in small groups while lounging in beach chairs.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Sanée Bell shared the following quote from her book, “ Be Excellent On Purpose ,” and it has stuck with me: “ Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across the board. “Innovation” is one of the most used words in education right now. . Look at EdCamp.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2016

This happens to educators more often that we can count. Many schools and districts are trying to do the right thing by meeting the needs of as many educators as possible when it comes to professional learning. But the reality is most schools and districts are not equipped to personalize the professional development of every educator.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Reviewer Susie Highley put what she learned in What Connected Educators Do Differently to work in organizing an edcamp and remotely attending ISTE this summer. She highly recommends the book to newly connected and veteran social media users.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Today is a very special book birthday. This is Kate’s debut novel and we are so excited to have her coming to our school on the book’s birthday thanks to MacMillan and Avid Bookshop. About the Book. This is a book filled with friendship, school and family challenges, and summer adventures. Going Above and Beyond.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole (education) community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I have also listed some other free events I am going to try to attend that look like great opportunities to meet other passionate educators that do not require ISTE badges.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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. It is an interactive flipbook creator. The students or the teachers or whatever.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

“Innovation” is one of the most used words in education right now. It is something that I am obviously passionate about, hence the reason I wrote the book, “The Innovator’s Mindset” I am scared that we use the word “innovation” in the wrong way when there is power to this type of thinking.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They were just coming in and sitting down, reluctantly opening up their books. Experts like Bowdoin College education chair Doris Santoro, author of the book “ Demoralized ,” define the concept in moral terms. I really believe in public education and haven’t given up quite yet. But I felt the same way.”

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Between attending FlipCon 2013, EdcampHome, EdmodoCon 2013 , Google Apps Training & TeachMeetNJ, working with the Gobstopper folks, AND having the release of my first ever contribution-to-a-third-party-published-book ( Flipping 2.0 ) AND meeting face to face with some amazing folks from my PLN, I couldn''t have asked for a better summer.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. And finally, the 2014 Global Education Conference will feature Rana Dajani, Daniel Edelson, Kern Kelley, Jennifer D.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 11, 2013

Hi Folks- Just wanted to give you an idea of where I will be the next few months: March 23, 2013- EdCamp Access , organizing and facilitating a session or two. If you are in the Boston area and can come to this free unconference dedicated to ideas and issues in special education, please do.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 22, 2017

Steven Anderson and Shaelynn Farnsworth lay out what Connected Educators do and how it’s a always a work in progress. Educators today can no longer just walk into the classroom, shut their door and teach. In every facet of our practice there are other educators doing amazing things that we can all learn from. The Classroom 2.0

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

These days, it involves spending time thinking about Choose Your Own Adventure books. For one of her latest efforts, called Slack Certification , her team developed a series of interactive scenarios partly inspired by those children’s’ books. And these days it could even have lessons for educators at schools and colleges.

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Tech Helpful

APRIL 8, 2018

I've found that I enjoy looking at opportunities to do education differently but not for the sake of different- for the sake of solving an issue. Recently, I had this revelation that our teachers needed more training on the design thinking process in order to support and understand our goals for STEAM education. I like change.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These concepts should also fuel educators seeking to amplify their school missions and do their jobs well. The Edcamp movement is another example of educators organizing themselves for the simple purpose of sharing practices, successes, and miscues. This blend of online and offline connection makes this group what it is today.

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 4, 2019

My informal leadership experience (not even sure what would fall under that category; speaking gigs, writing, organizing 10 years of Edcamps, I really am not sure) greatly outweighs my formal experience. There must be with how many books and tweets and keynotes talk about its importance. It is important.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 13, 2017

On a regular year, it has not been uncommon for me to read 30-50 books. However, most of those books have been for fun. Specifically, I have tried to read at least one professional development book per month over the last year. And…guess what? Yet…can I admit something? Yes – yes, I am. Join Twitter – just do it.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

As educators continue to face much uncertainty, we also have to get extra creative with virtual PD. I am working on some new resources to help educators design more meaningful blended PD (a new podcast series starts on Tuesday!). I think it will be a good thing in the end, but now, education is experiencing some major growing pains.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. ” We now have the power to keep ourselves at the forefront of educational technology.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. ” We now have the power to keep ourselves at the forefront of educational technology.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educators have a never-ending to-do list! Pam is an Instructional Coach in Charleston, South Carolina, with 22 years in education. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. and listens to Podcasts like the Google Teacher Tribe to keep up with educational technology and pedagogy.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2016

S/he noticed I was opening a book entitled What Connected Educators Do Differently by @ToddWhitaker , @Jeff_Zoul and @Casas_Jimmy. S/he asked me if I was an educator. As I reread Eric Sheninger’s book for the third time, I decided to take the leap and create a Twitter account. I haven’t looked back since.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

” “Personalized Learning” for educators is something that is gaining more traction in education, and rightfully so. I am not saying that educators shouldn’t learn on their own time at any point, as all professionals that excel in their job will find time to do so.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 8, 2015

A quick search will show many articles, books and papers written on the importance of reflection on the learning process. Just as it is important for students to reflect, educators should take time to reflect, daily on their practice. Perhaps you''ll attend a conference or Edcamp this year. It''s how we get better.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

Related: Google Workspace for Education and Other Updates You Need to Know. Education users can find the Host controls button next to the activities panel. Available to: Education Fundamentals (Available to users with a “staff” license). Education Plus (Available to users with a “staff” license).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2018

Today, Jarod Bormann, author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD talks about designing PD that works and interests teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. Then he said, “So, what are we doing for the educators that don’t need any of that?

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Must have an education email account to set up an account. Follow hashtags on Twitter like #txed, #txlege, #digilead, #txidea, #txeduchat edweb.net - Professional social network for the education community - watch their webinars and webcasts live or in recording. Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 7, 2017

To the point where they said they could go no further on my post regarding discussing the “basics” of education. When I think about my own education as a student, the same amount of criticism on things that seemed to be simply nitpicking, kind of killed my love of writing, and sometimes even learning in general.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. Last July she re-birthed Book Club for Kids as a podcast, a project she formerly produced as a National Public Radio show in Los Angeles. . Kitty described her own kidcasting journey.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

I share a lot of information and resources to help educators reach their goals of becoming Google Certified. In this candid, video interview, Pam and I chat about her path to Google Certified Educator Level 1, Level 2, and Google Certified Trainer; AND we get a little insight into her “PIRATE,” obsession. ??.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2017

Kitty Tripp, @ kitty_tripp an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator, but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom. And educators who care, share. Want to hear another episode on great math teaching?

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The template could be built in either iBook Author or Book Creator. To accompany the book, the teachers could create a short quiz and design a badge that others will receive when they have completed their module. Publish these books to share with others and celebrate their success.

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