21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. Check out my Booking Page.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Debuting as the brand’s first device for education, the Dremel 3D Idea Builder empowers students to master key STEM concepts through hands-on learning and creativity. A common challenge when educators are asked to use a new device is understanding its practical classroom application. Department of Labor report.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Maker Learning. The maker movement, a technological, creative and design-focused learning revolution, is revitalizing classrooms with hands-on STEM education. Educators can use the lessons of maker learning to enhance student-centered teaching practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The “Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment will work to take Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from the Martian atmosphere (which is very thin) and will work to split the molecules into pure oxygen. How can classrooms participate? Resource: [link]. Resource: [link]. Resource: [link]. Resource: [link].

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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

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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. In the space below I have posted my contribution to FETC and promise you will walk away with some amazing ideas, resources, strategies, and future collaborators. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources.

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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. Widaman said 3D printing the cars, which run 60-65 miles per hour, has been a “great addition” for the students in teaching them STEM lessons.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Hope to see you there!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM, STEAM, and design thinking are buzzwords in education today. In addition to true STEM projects, we also work to include the arts in all subjects. Specifically, this art contest combines design thinking and the arts.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The idea behind the Makers Movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, formatively learn, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. We are now past the initial way of thinking, and the Makers movement allows people to finally use the technology to create and make.

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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

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

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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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? It’s often described as a way to incubate STEM skills or drive technical innovation — and it is probably both of these. It’s exciting to see how educators are applying these resources in so many different settings.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

But Pauline, today you have for us five ways to amp up STEM in middle school. At the middle school level, teachers tend to become more isolated as content experts, and in order to make your STEM activities more powerful and engaging, I would highly recommend that you connect in any way possible with those expert colleagues.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Say you're trying for 50 or 100 - put a decorated cardboard box outside your Library or Classroom for donations! Just like new!

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Aligned with the maker movement—which focuses on using hands-on activities like building, sewing, assembling and computer programming for learning—the kits provide a foundation that teachers can use for guided projects both in and out of the classroom. There’s kits and then there’s kits ,” says Martinez. “I

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.) Additional Resources.

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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. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the coupon code COOL20. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. kellypared.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So, I invited Cheryl Nelson and Wendy Goldfein of Get Caught Engineering to share how they’ve managed Makerspaces in their own classrooms and helped other elementary and middle school teachers get started, too. What exactly is a Maker and what happens in the “space”? What materials do you use in a classroom Makerspace?

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User Generated Education

MARCH 11, 2019

I love bringing physical computing into my classrooms: Physical computing means building interactive physical systems by the use of software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world. Physical computing is a creative framework for understanding human beings’ relationship to the digital world.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

20 STEM Activities For Kids This Summer. To combat summer learning loss and keep those STEM skills fresh over the summer, Project Lead The Way put together a list of super simple (and fun) STEM activities you can do with your children over summer break. by pltw.org. In fact, it is vital that it doesn’t! Create a discovery jar.

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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 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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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy.

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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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Graphite Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

While it can be tempting to try to micromanage students’ summer learning with packets and reading lists, there are tons of resources available online that can keep your students’ brains active and their enthusiasm high. Join the maker movement. The Lesson Flow Making Makers is a great place to start. . from the pieces.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. C206: PBL, STEM, and Makers Dewey Meets Technology: What Will You Do? Those amazing verbs can be part of classroom lessons and projects allowing students to make and do. Check out my Booking Page.

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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

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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Thanks to our friends at NMC for sharing this great resource! It also provides tools and resources to youth, families and educators to help kids change the world and themselves through service. And walk away with real classroom project ideas, links and resources, and a plan for bringing the maker movement to your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Their school can win the tools and resources necessary to help that dream become reality. We talk about doing meaningful work in our classrooms. You might be selected as a winner, and your school might be provided the resources to realize your students’ dream of making their community better. Now, here’s your chance.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. What advice do you have for other student makers? Free Tools to Inspire Making in Your Classroom. Making can also help you understand a lot of things about the world around you.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. We started out with an introduction for each expert presenter (here is our slidedeck with presenter info and resources we referred to during the session.) Maker Faire. Session Info.

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