The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 1, 2021

About the book and how (and why) we published it From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. It has been exciting to release my first co-authored book that is self-published on Amazon this weekend. Why Write a Book? How We Published the Book. Why Did We Self Publish?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In this post, we’ll explore some of the best online tools for writing books and ebooks. By the end of this exploration, you’ll have a clearer picture of which tools and formats can best support your journey from a blank page to a published book or ebook.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Different books appeal to different readers. Many students do not become readers until they encounter “the book.” ” It’s the book that grabs them and pulls them into the story. Once a person has had an immersive experience with a book, they usually become readers. HSbookclub.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I’ve put together a Halloween Kids Coloring Pages Book, brimming with creepy-cute designs (all from Canva) to captivate your children’s imagination. Click to download the free coloring pages book! This delightful book is available for FREE to all my subscribers. First up, the age group. The best part?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Mastermind groups are innovative ways to create safe spaces for teachers to grow and learn together. In this show, 2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki shares how she has facilitated Mastermind groups successfully. Daniel Bauer has a free Mastermind Toolkit to help you gMastet started building mastermind groups.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2022

Samuels, 18, who uses they/them pronouns, started by beseeching their district to unblock websites like the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for queer youth, and to refrian from banning library books that featured LGBTQ+ characters or dealt with racism. He adds that book distributions are taking place in Texas and Virginia.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Scholastic Book Clubs is a platform where teachers get access to a wide variety of educational books that attend to the learning needs of young learners from various age groups and cultural.read more.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 1, 2023

Working together in small groups using a book club model has helped sixth graders in Sara Kugler’s K-6 school shift from passive and disinterested to engaged and self-reliant. They’re eager to read and ready to "talk books," writes the literacy coach and co-teacher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The result is this book with a simple rationale: Education leaders must position themselves as inquirers. The book is organized into three sections: Learning from and with Students, Collaborating with Teachers and the School Community , and Leading System-level Inquiry. But be forewarned: This book is not for the faint of heart.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Now, with a new book coming out in May, provocatively titled “MATH- ish ,” Boaler is fighting back. The supposed secret sauce was an unusual curriculum that emphasized group work and de-emphasized lectures. She had written a book, “What’s Math Got to Do with It?: I see it as a form of knowledge suppression.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 8, 2024

Steve Albrecht in our " The Safe Library " section of Library 2.0 : Molly Riportella on "Book Safes" for Domestic Survivors. Molly Riportella has received national media coverage for her desire to help domestic survivors, like her, by cutting old library books into book safes, to hide cell phones for victims to use.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At the same time, the teacher can pull small groups for targeted instruction or support. They can use sorting games where students group words by their beginning sounds or word family endings. Teachers can create a cozy corner with a range of picture books, early reader books, and thematic books related to current classroom topics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 28, 2019

Everyone wants to write a book — right? Studies show that 74% of people think they have a book in them. Look at this list of kids who wrote successful books in their teens — or in one case, before: Alexandra Adornetto — published The Shadow Thie f at age 14 and Hal o at 18. Teens are no exception.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Sara Kugler’s Better Book Clubs offers teachers a valuable resource that supports authenticity and independence in book clubs, helping students deepen comprehension and elevate their conversation. Anne Anderson outlines the book’s take on scaffolding, grouping, and more.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2014

During one of my teaching internships, my mentor had us create books we read to children from the Boys and Girls Club. I still have my construction paper book with my poor drawings. This holiday season we can get them to create digital books that help others. More Book Ideas. Books to help local museums or charities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

book that is new? Subscribe to the Show Resources Mentioned in Episode 803 Show Sponsor: Propello – free NGSS-aligned differentiated science curriculum for middle school The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 Teaching Writing in Small Groups A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences. Book and the 2.0

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We provide children with a wide range of intriguing books, which increase in level alongside them as they increase in age. But what choices does he have for books that he is able to read? The books written at a third-grade level are for third graders! But the books with topics and characters intended for teenagers are too hard.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

In an education landscape awash in technology, what impact could something as analog as a coloring book make? The “Black Girls Code the Future” coloring book was created by Nia Asemota, a New York University student and mentor with the nonprofit Black Girls Code. The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2024

Bookopolis –focused on student reading Books that Grow –read a story at many different reading levels Class Literature Epic –a reading library for kids, 15,000 books; most digital devices F ree Books –download any of our 23,469 classic books, and read Great Books Online by Bartleby Gutenberg Project IBooks –amazing way to download and read books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Parents can sign up home accounts to help students keep track of favorite books. Access this catalog via the website.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. A second question has been given almost equal importance: Is reading a book to students online even legal? The short answer is, well, yes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2024

Have students read the book, meet in study groups to discuss it, and then devise their own projects to address the concerns. By the end of a month, the ideas contained in the book will color how they look at the world. It can be any ecology-sensitive book that will inform students on this subject.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 21, 2021

After making a strong case for small group instruction during the writing process, Jennifer Serravallo shares how to implement and develop six types. Teacher Jennifer Wirtz loves the access to videos of groups in action and the printables for students. Highly recommended.

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Tom Murray

MAY 14, 2017

Both groups also look forward to some needed downtime and finally the opportunity to relax with a good book. To prepare for the upcoming summer, I wanted to share eight books that I’ve recently reviewed or read for my own personal growth. Recommended for School Leaders: Book: Start. Book: BrandED.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This week I was discussing with an amazing SLP colleague a "way forward" for social learning lessons for a group of moderate to high-support high-schoolers. We had at our fingertips a book she had identified, 125 True Stories of Amazing Animal Friendships , a great visual resource from National Geographic. It had the book!

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 5, 2017

But our research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: share picture books with them. There seems to be something special about the process of book sharing. Caregivers and their infants met weekly in groups of three to five with a trainer over two months.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2014

During one of my teaching internships, my mentor had us create books we read to children from the Boys and Girls Club. I still have my construction paper book with my poor drawings. This holiday season we can get them to create digital books that help others. More Book Ideas. Books to help local museums or charities.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 27, 2020

I've long been a fan of the contextual approach described by Hoggan & Strong in their influential article The Magic of Once Upon A Time -- that of pairing a picture book with pre- during- and post- narrative/language teaching opportunties. Last week I used a picture book via it's YouTube read-aloud.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2018

I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers. Online groups and forums allow them to ask questions and learn from each other outside the traditional classroom in a space where they typically turn to for studying anyway.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 18, 2024

We've just posted the lastest in a new book interview series by Dr. Steve Albrecht in our " The Safe Library " section of Library 2.0 : Kate Hall on The Public Library Director's HR Toolkit. We also offer a series of Dr. Albrecht and other paid webinars and recordings which are available for individual or group viewing here.

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ignitionEDU

JULY 31, 2016

InnovatorsMindset book study group. New book each month for school yr https://t.co/P0uJsqFgnc P0uJsqFgnc #makered #growthmindset #edchat. Wanda Terral (@wterral) July 31, 2016.

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MiddleWeb

APRIL 13, 2023

If you’ve found class book clubs frustrating, it's time to read Sara Kugler’s Better Book Clubs. She guides teachers through each step in developing clubs that will help students want to read and talk about books. The post How Reimagining Book Clubs Deepens Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 9, 2024

We've just posted the second of a new book interview series by Dr. Steve Albrecht in our " The Safe Library " section of Library 2.0 : " Katherine Pennavaria on Genealogy." She is the author of two Rowman and Littlefield books: Genealogy For Beginners (2020) and Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians (2015).

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SpeechTechie

MAY 19, 2020

Given the current crisis and stay-at-home advisory (now transitioning to a safer-at-home advisory in MA) I have been focusing in groups on narrative, conversations, and social self-regulation tools. A few books that have opened up to discussion and followup activities (Recall that EPIC!

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Recently ASCD released 4 short books that are aimed at packing a big punch in a small package. In this post we dive deep with Grading and Group Work. Before I became a teacher it was ingrained it me in my Teacher Ed program that group work was the way to go. Every member of the group had a role. Sound like fun?

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Book Creator has long been a stellar app / webtool and recently I discovered that they have templates to "remix." This is an attractive option because, well, they are attractive and you don't have to design the book yourself. This is an attractive option because, well, they are attractive and you don't have to design the book yourself.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 2, 2018

Book Creator was launched in 2011. Now, 7 years later, a staggering 1 million books are made per month! What is Book Creator? Book Creator, as the title suggests, is an app which allows you to create your own books. Try it for free, using their app: ‘ Book Creator One ’. What are the key features?

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