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. Related Resources – Augmented Reality.

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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. Sponsored by Adobe.

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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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom. We’re going to talk about coding in the early childhood classroom. #1

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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. For these reasons, gridlines are a must-use in my classroom. Video is the modern essay. Here’s how. AUTO OR “PRO” AUTO.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are a few… Teaching Python Resources Mentioned in this Show. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Jaime Donally talks about all the ways kids can create and make inside Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in the classroom. They have a new classroom management tool called Collections. My students are making apps in Metaverse.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. See Epic Sketchnoting Resources. But using the picture and then even using videos from the classroom, and have them use slow-motion and watch it over and over and over again. Tools to enhance student voice.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

The most popular topics, based on number of sessions, focused on creativity and productivity tools (113), innovative learning environments (108), online tools and resources (82), constructivist learning and the maker movement (77), and programming and robotics (70). Next page: 28 products from ISTE 2017).

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

A snapshot of classroom-ready 3D printers available for eductors. These days, 3D printing is becoming a staple of the modern classroom, from K-12 to college and university campuses as well. Featured on eSchool News Resource STEM Top News 3D printers construction engineering maker movement'

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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

APRIL 6, 2018

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. But there is really an easier way to do this in a classroom without all the funding or – quite frankly – the space to do it, and that is you can make model greenhouses and use them. Agriculture in the Classroom. Many states have a statewide Ag in the Classroom component.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is the perfect contest for classrooms across the United States. 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. Definitely, download the lesson plan and entry forms now.

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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

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

APRIL 18, 2018

We’ll have free resources available for downloading. Other resources: Why Open Sim will Dominate Virtual Worlds in Education. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. We sat there on laptops in a classroom, and I tried to get all 25 students online at the exact same time.

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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. Join Merge Cube Mania!

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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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. I think this is something that we can all agree that we want in our remarkable classrooms!

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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. Curated resources? A set of five complete makerspace projects, unit plans, and resources you can use from day one? Easy-to-follow lessons?

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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

OCTOBER 5, 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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. How can principals supervise and evaluate a PBL classroom? Every classroom is different.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. And then they were able to produce that book and share it with parents, and grandparents, and embed it in their classroom website. Learn how she uses this tool. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

We often have family members come into the classroom to present or work alongside students as they work on their projects. Pauline: Oh, we have students in our fourth-grade classrooms who have been working on hydroponic gardening. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Vicki: Awesome.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. You and I can make a mental shift, garner some resources, and go. But it has a set of questions around agency that we’ve been having a lot of success with, with classroom teachers. Read about Trudacot and use it to evaluate your classroom. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Secondly, four examples of virtual reality programming in the classroom. Third, why creativity is important and a little bit of an upsetting story from one of her middle school teachers about what testing was actually doing to harm students in his classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom ”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sponsor: FREE MATH RESOURCE The US Matific Games are coming this February. 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. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Blog: [link].

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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 guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

But then his teacher added, “He’s always tinkering with the computers in our classroom.”. Coincidentally, as part of another role I had with the district to develop relationships with the business community, I was organizing a field trip to a tech company. These companies were eager for qualified young candidates to fill positions.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges. Some hot topics will be virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D printing, coding and the maker movement. The 2016 learner is a digital native with far more technological resources at their disposal than ever before. GoConqr Click To Tweet. Challenge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2017

You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks! The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

As such, the roles of the educator as a maker educator are also different. Lead Learner Process Facilitator Safe Environment Manager Normalizer of Ambiguous Problem Finding and Solving • Resource Provider Technology Tutor Relationship Enabler and Builder Feedback Facilitator. What resources can I use to help me with my project?

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. He understands the need to celebrate, yet has concerns about disrupting the school day and classroom instruction. Makerspaces allow us to be “active creators of our own knowledge” in all disciplines.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. She’s been in education or 33 years, but for 21 years she’s been helping so many of us with our professional development, keynoting our conferences, speaking, and encouraging us to really use technology in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Vicki: Happy Wonderful Classroom Wednesday! I mean I see it every year in my classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Vicki’s classroom. That’s not something that can just be taught in a classroom. Do you think our class – we use a blended classroom, where we have PowerSchool Learning as our LMS (Learning Management System). Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. 5 Ways to Amp Up STEAM Learning in the Classroom. Vicki: Here we are with my good friend, Aaron Maurer @ coffeechugbooks talking about five ways to amp up STEAM in our classroom. I’ve seen dancing teachers, music-making teachers, and teachers using art in the classroom.

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