The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more. Project Pals has a useful classroom collaborative platform that lets you create and manage projects for your students. Project Pals connects with Google Classroom but also lets me see detail on which students are contributing and participating.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. Classroom Management Tip #1: Build a Partnership With Your Students It’s true that you must relate before you can educate. I want them to join Google classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Now, using 3DBear , I’m able to offer students a classroom where they can create and share. Recently, I hosted a webinar (embedded above) with some Augmented Reality Teaching enthusiasts who had a lot to say about AR, how to teach with it, and where they think it’s going in the future. How does AR work in 3D Bear?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You know the maker movement has hit the big leagues when even the President is talking about it. Earlier this year, for the National Week of Making, President Obama issued a call to action to educators, designers, and makers of all stripes. It’s a great vision but what does it actually mean for the teachers in the classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Metaverse is a powerful augmented reality (AR) programming app for classrooms. Metaverse has come a long way and is specifically focused on becoming an amazing AR app for classrooms with the new Collections feature. This blog post is sponsored by Metaverse.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today, Dr. Marina Umashchi Bers from Tufts University discusses her research findings about what works (and doesn’t) with young children in the classroom. Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom. We’re going to talk about coding in the early childhood classroom. #1 1 – How do you define “coding?”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Teachers don’t have to be experts or “geeks” to use coding to improve literacy, use higher order thinking skills, and excite students in their classrooms. For Hour of Code week this week, learn how you can go past the Hour of Code and use coding all year long! How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve uploaded these resources to the Adobe Education Exchange, a fantastic resource for educators looking to use Adobe products in the classroom. I’ve been teaching with the Adobe Suite for over fifteen years and it has helped inspire creativity in my classroom. See also, the Adobe Premiere Rush movie project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

It has replaced my use of iMovie in the classroom with my students because it is more robust. I’ll also dive into some of the features that have me most excited as a classroom teacher. Here’s how. For these reasons, gridlines are a must-use in my classroom. AUTO OR “PRO” AUTO.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2016

I’ve had a lot of questions in the last few months about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) in the classroom. Businesses such as Pacific BioStorage specialize in providing support to pharmaceutical companies, universities, federal research labs, and hospitals across the nation. The Maker Movement In Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Sylvia does a fantastic job of helping us understand the drawbacks, possibilities, and essential nature of tinkering in the classroom. In today’s show, we’ll discuss: How to make time for tinkering. Other Links from this author: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom [link]. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML.

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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: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. Grant writing and awards have brought many resources to her science classroom. Twitter: @llacrosse.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. If I hadn’t asked this question, I never would have known that someone in our classroom was wondering about Braille. Have the kids investigate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators. Record your own voice over.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Each classroom gets 40 free books. How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. Book Creator is an awesome tool for classrooms of all ages.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is the perfect contest for classrooms across the United States. How to Use the U.S. Show us the cool cars that your students are drawing in your classroom on social media! Right now, sign up here [ [link] ] and you might receive a Classroom Kit for the U.S. GIVEAWAY ALERT!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We’re going to talk about Virtual Valentines and lots of other ways that you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms. Micah: Virtual Valentines are an amazing way for you to get yourself and your students plugged in with other classrooms around the world. Vicki: So what will classrooms be doing with the Virtual Valentines?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. Aurasma and Augmented Reality in the Classroom. How did you do that?”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

We were able to get some grant funding, and my students literally did everything from calling the hardware store to ask how much components cost, to leveling the ground, and putting the plastic on it. Agriculture in the Classroom. There is a national organization called Agriculture in the Classroom. Vicki: Awesome.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

The contest promotes immersive technology and illustrates how impactful mixed reality can be in a classroom setting. When I’m teaching digital film this fall, I’ll have my students don mixed reality headsets to watch the shooting of Star Wars:The Last Jedi in 360 from the comfort of our classroom. A Valuable Tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms, on any device, using the Chrome web browser. In the process, they learn how to research, curate, and communicate. Students learn how to play this game of school very early on.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. She spent her free time in class looking up how to set up lead magnets and create funnels for an email list. She had a maker mindset.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

We have fifth and sixth-grade students in a middle school setting who are working on how to save the bees. They’ve worked very diligently to build their own beehives offsite, and they collect data and manage that data to try and learn how they can help save bees and spread what they’ve learned to the wider community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn shares this innovative approach to teaching the Odyssey invented by her students along with their advice for using this method in your classroom. We have a very collaborative classroom, I let the students lead their learning as much as possible. Vicki: But they recommend this for other classrooms? Listen Now. Vicki: Yeah.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Learn practical tips and ideas from Joe Brennan for making movies in the classroom. I’m a big proponent of using it in any classroom, with any subject. I make videos in my classroom and digital film and… you know. So how does a teacher start off finding a purpose, and then helping their kids plan out their video?

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

That was a key area of focus at the 2016 South by Southwest Education ( SXSWedu ) conference in Austin, Texas, March 7-10, and a number of ed-tech companies and organizations demonstrated possible solutions. That’s the experience her company is trying to replicate for students at all levels with the new STEAM Student Set.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

What it is: Get Qurious is a company who’s goal is to keep kids curious, creative, and expressive by combining technology and play. The Get Qurious Maker Box is packed full of interactive play opportunities. If you teach in the primary classroom, Get Qurious could be a great kit to send home with students throughout the year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Instead of having students write down responses and being told how mathematics works, they’re getting a chance to sort of construct that knowledge by using these tools. We even had a grade 7 classroom (in which) this young girl was just so excited. Steven: We were in a grade three classroom, and we were doing X-Y coordinates.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

That’s always been really elevated in the upper grades, but I’m starting to see second grade and lower do some Project Based Learning in their classrooms. We want our kids connected to other classrooms around the world. Project Based Learning, what else? 2nd Grade Trend #2: Global Projects. Vicki: Oh, wow. OK, what else?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. 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. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Who in a career ever does any computations?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Schools were never designed to do that, so we basically have this massive paradigm shift that we’ve got to figure out how to go through. Other folks either don’t feel that urgency, or at least have some inkling that that’s the direction we need to go, but they don’t have any ideas of how to accomplish that. Vicki: We are.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Drones in the Classroom. Vicki: Ohhhh! Pam: Teacher. Those are the drone pilots.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

Her talent won her an internship with a company in Atlanta (she telecommuted as a sophomore and junior in high school.) To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. We need to teach people how to think. Classrooms need well-stocked maker spaces and creativity stations.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. It has finally been released for sale!

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