The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Elementary and primary students can learn to code. How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. Why code in the elementary grades? So, Sam, why do we even want to code in the elementary grades? When I first heard about coding in the elementary grades, I was really put off by it.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Device rollout—when students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive their initiative-provided iPads or Chromebooks—is an exciting time in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, especially for schools new to the program. But rollout looks a bit different in 2020. Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 school year.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The future has swooped in early: We’re already seeing drones being added to the mix of teaching tools that educators are using to help bring STEM to life in their classrooms. Drone Competition Creates Fun STEM Opportunity. Drones Prepare Students for a STEM Future. Schools Adjust Curriculums to Include Drones.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks). Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We deployed primarily Chromebooks , and went with the newer Chrome Tablets for kindergarten, first and second grade. We also have multimedia labs, and STEM labs that have devices with probes and specialized software for 3D modeling. Each of our 10 elementary schools has a digital learning specialist. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

are starting the year with new options for learning about STEM subjects tied to in-demand, high-paying careers — such as cybersecurity, game art and design, digital design and animation. . Owen Roundy Elementary in Las Vegas, Christia Osborn-Preston will teach a new class this year on technology, covering topics such as robotics and coding.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Yet, iPads and Chromebooks have their limitations. Does your school issue laptops or Chromebooks to all students? Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. Students that use Chromebooks or other mobile devices during class gain digital literacy skills in tandem with class curriculum.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. This district has been 1-1 with Chromebooks for quite a while with a lot of experience. link] [link] read and fill in Interactive PDFs on the Chromebook using the cloud-based reader "PDF Escape": [link].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school. We were piloting and exploring a STEM course for sixth grade students.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2020

Working Remotely with My Gifted Elementary Students. Our state and thus my district made an extremely quick decision to close the schools – heard last Thursday night and was told to send home with students Chromebooks along with lessons on Friday, a half day. If you have additional ideas, please share them in the comments.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. I decided I was well-positioned to help make a change.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. Middle school students in Robert Lane’s STEM class dig through a box of supplies for a class project. Lane the STEM Guy.” CHANTILLY, Va. – This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. The ASUS Chromebook CR1 is a dependable option ready for a wide range of scenarios.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The app was named a winner of the Tech & Learning Best of Show at ISTE 2020 Awards and the platinum winner in the STEM/STEAM App category of THE Journal ’s 2020 New Product Awards. With worldwide distribution to over 150 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Like all Go Direct sensors, Go Direct Static Charge connects via Bluetooth ® wireless technology to any mobile device, Chromebook , or computer with either the Vernier Graphical Analysis or the Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro apps. Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2020

They have two STEM challenges running now. Both challenges have students designing STEM or STEAM solutions to our world’s problems and submitting their solutions via video and an online application form. The CITGO Fueling Education Student Challenge is for students in the US in grades 5-8 now through February 13, 2020. Join in today!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. STEM modules. bridge building kits.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This new sensor for environmental science provides an affordable way for STEM educators to engage their students in data collection as they explore the science of natural phenomena,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Software & Technology.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

The new lab book features a range of investigations—including “Cooking Under Pressure,” “My Flat Soda Pop,” “True Colors: Separating Food Dyes,” and “Quantifying Iron in Cereal”—that all use easily accessible materials found in most homes and use affordable wireless sensors that can be used with any mobile device, Chromebook , or computer.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Available as a 30-day free trial and for a site-license subscription, Vernier Video Analysis enables students to use their Chromebook or another mobile device to insert a video with recorded motion and mark points to track the object in motion.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Like all Go Direct sensors, Go Direct Platinum-Cell Conductivity connects via Bluetooth ® wireless technology to any Chromebook , computer, or compatible mobile device with either the Vernier Graphical Analysis or the Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro app.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Specifically, I’ll mention features of Screencastify , the tool I recommend for students to use for Google Chrome or Chromebooks. (If Screencastify is to Chromebooks what Explain Everything has been to iPads all these years — a formative assessment tool well-suited to any device running Google Chrome.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. From my high school classroom to this elementary classroom. Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Recently I facilitated a simple machines leading into Rube Goldberg machines lesson with my gifted elementary students. Via their own Chromebooks, they played the following online game: [link]. They used their Chromebooks to go on a scavenger hunt both inside and outside of the school to take photos of example simple machines.

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Kyle Pace

APRIL 30, 2017

With all the 1:1 implementations, STEM, apps, devices, etc. I have seen some very successful parent learning nights around technology, STEM, and digital citizenship. Yes, elementary students too. Guess what? The best ones weren’t led by teachers, they were led by kids! Put the planning in students’ hands.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. Over time, Billings Public Schools accumulated a complex assortment of devices, including 16,000 Chromebooks, 7,000 Apple iPads, 3,000 Macs, and 2,000 Windows devices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. And we forgot to mention that you’re actually an Elementary Teacher of the Year in Texas for Region 15, so these are elementary kids doing these really cool projects. Vicki: Oh, fun! Vicki: Cool.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Additionally, the app is compatible with most devices used in schools, including Chromebooks, providing flexibility and cost savings as students can use their own devices for analysis while learning remotely. Or, if students have access to sensors at home, they can create their own experiment videos to share.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Start with the Google Cardboard headset (it’s only $15), and whether you’re using iOS, Android, Chromebooks, or iPads, we’ve curated an assortment of apps and lesson plans to try out with your students. Use Augmented Reality Apps to Enhance STEM Lessons. Either way, we’ve got you covered.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. We’ve become a leader in STEM Education by changing the way we structure schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

The public charter school provides every student with a Chromebook and purchases licenses to online curricula for subjects including English language arts, math and computer science. Trenisha Goslee is a STEM teacher at DPA. To support their efforts, they enlisted unusual help: from a robot named Meccanoid. She recently moved to D.C.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2019

My deep commitment to digital probably stems from the road trips where I packed an entirely separate backpack just for books. The same happens in Kindergarten at elementary school. They don’t do those things when they’re working with their Chromebooks. It’s just simpler to tote them around in digital form.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

So she can go home on her Chromebook and she can search for something. Stephanie Goldman currently teaches fourth grade language arts and social studies in a 1:1 chromebook classroom at Lincoln County Elementary School in Lincolnton, Georgia. When we’re at school she has access to it.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

I teach gifted elementary level classes with a good portion of the students being English Language Learners. These concepts need something concrete with which to attach. Providing a Context for Grammar Instruction. This translates into ELA grammar making even less sense for them than for English only learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

The winning nominator and his or her nominee each win a $20,000 package including one 7000 series SMART Board and SMART Document Camera, 30 Chromebooks, and SMART training and implementation. They have been using the ChromeBooks in our classroom to do Google searches. Enter a great teacher today. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Eduprotocols for kindergarten and early elementary with the book’s co-author Jon Corippo. Jon Corippo on episode 375 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Then, it becomes about the content and not the tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. This is the ultimate goal. Your students can read on their device, you can be on the same page, and they don’t have to lug their books to class. No doubt about it! Collaborate.

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