The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2019

A Video Shot by CBS Interactive and T-Mobile in my classroom What kind of impact will 5G have on education? Recently a film crew from CBS Interactive for T-Mobile came to my campus to film my predictions on just that topic. We have lots of laughter in our classroom. These precious moments are why I love to teach.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, that result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. … It is referred to as a learning disability because dyslexia can make it very difficult for a student to succeed… ” — the International Dyslexia Foundation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 21, 2020

I serve as the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network, a Member at Large for Games & Sims, the Innovations and Resources Co-Chair for the Teacher Education Network and the PAECT (PA ISTE affiliate) Historian. I am also an Attorney and have a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 7, 2022

The purpose of today's post is to share with you this collection of some of the best selling Amazon teacher supplies to use in your classroom. These supplies are arranged into various categories but I have only featured categories that are most relevant to us practicing teachers. Each category contains several products.

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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. I love that this works with their individual mobile phone cameras.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. My career began in Arlington Heights, IL, where I taught 3rd and 4th graders English as a Second Language in a self-contained classroom. green ), and Securing the Connected Classroom (ISTE Press – bit.ly/securingGreen

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

For those who don’t know what it is, eLearning refers to learning that utilizes electronic means to create a more dynamic and instructive learning environment. To that end, we’ve identified 10 trends that we believe indicate the future of eLearning and its role in the classroom. Today, eLearning reigns supreme.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With EdTech gaining ground, educational institutions, including schools and higher education institutions are increasingly leveraging the advances in technology to support their classrooms. How can teaching technology help improve effectiveness in the classroom?

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Neo LMS

MARCH 31, 2016

The virtual classrooms might become the norm a few hundreds years from now - or maybe sooner. Slowly but steady, teachers and schools take steps towards a more virtual classroom. Besides the individual learning times, and not cheating on tests by peeking in the next student's paper, kids need to collaborate in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With the Chrome­cast and this de­vice, I can move all over the classroom, and it works all day. (It The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This adaptive feature is powerful for privacy and security as I work with sensitive student data.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, that result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. … It is referred to as a learning disability because dyslexia can make it very difficult for a student to succeed… ” — the International Dyslexia Foundation.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Digital citizenship refers to being a responsible member of the global digital community. Also, many families do have mobile phones with online access, so giving learners tools that are mobile-friendly will support equitable access to instruction. That’s why teaching digital citizenship has to be part of our roles as educators.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 22, 2019

I had erred by not at any point in the blog referring to Augmented Reality, but only AR. So when viewing “reality” through the camera or mobile screen, digital tools augment or add to what you see. Read more: Can Pokemon Go be part of the classroom? Read more: 5 useful VR apps for the modern classroom. Mixed Reality (MR).

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 21, 2024

Modern K12 education means reshaping traditional learning models by integrating digital education into classrooms. 57% of students in the US have digital learning tools such as mobile devices designated for school use. What Do Digital Textbook Platforms Refer To? To Wrap Up What Do Digital Textbook Platforms Refer To?

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Tune in to find out a few strategies teachers can use right away to encourage any human brain to come up with great ideas and pave the way to innovation in the classroom. A few ways to nurture innovation in the classroom. Look around you and steal any idea that can improve any aspect of your classroom. Stealing ideas.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 26, 2017

You can add thoughts by typing or speaking (mobile devices only), as a narrative note or a bullet list, and include images from your collection, your camera roll, or by taking one with the native camera (mobile devices only). Here are nine suggestions for using it in the classroom: Bookmark interesting links.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this show, AR/VR guru Rachelle Dené Poth delves deep into the transformative potential of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom. You're still a teacher in the classroom, though, right Rachelle?

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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. Like our mobile devices, especially in science, is using that camera feature and having the students like capture a photo and annotate over the top of it. Use the camera feature on any mobile device.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 22, 2022

Read on to learn about what digital accessibility is and why it’s essential for all academic institutions, or explore ViewSonic’s collection of Education solutions for the modern classroom. . What is digital accessibility, and why is it so crucial in schools and other academic environments?

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

No, I’m not referring to Thanksgiving Day, nor to Black Friday, not even to Christmas; even though you can’t really ignore all the hustle and bustle that has already started. Since classrooms are so diverse, curricula need to meet this diversity. 6 Examples of classroom tech that improves education.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

There are so many possibilities that I decided to put together this post and infographic with ideas for how Google Keep can be used in the classroom: 15 Ways for Students to Use Google Keep! Using Google Keep in the Classroom. I love to think of all of the possibilities that Google Keep creates for the classroom.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Much was discussed during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris. The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. don't have internet capability).

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Competing with a computer or mobile screen for students' attention can be a challenge at best and at worst extremely frustrating. Turn over In the case of tablets or mobile phones an easy solution when you want students' attention is simply to ask them to turn their device over on the desk so the screen is facing downwards.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2020

For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2023

Google Classroom, Khan Academy, Edmodo, Nearpod, Socrative, and the list goes on. The web is full of resources that you can use to bring science to life in and outside of your classroom. With the widespread use of web and mobile technologies, language learning has become way easier and accessible.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

We have seen elsewhere in the development of revolutionary technologies that administrators, government, NGOs and policy-makers lag behind the avant-garde of tech development and adoption; (reference cell phones, e-commerce, self-driving cars, the sharing economy, crypto currencies etc.) Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Instantly scan and score with any mobile, desktop or document camera. Overview of Vickie Morgado’s Global Collaboration in Her 3rd Grade Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. How Vickie Morgado Uses Social Media in Her Classroom. Describe how that works in your classroom. Vicki Davis: Wow!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 23, 2018

This process is commonly known as “sideloading” and refers to media file transfers to a mobile device via USB, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, or by writing to a memory card for insertion into the mobile device. K12 classrooms are all about #collaboration and #personalized learning. InFocus JTouch Plus. Pull Quote. Tweet Text 3.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The mission of My Paperless Classroom is primarily to discover the best uses of technology to support learning, and to save me from my own organizational shortcomings. It is a copy I can refer to, but not really reuse. When I taught high school English I enjoyed having my own classroom and my students always came to me for class.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

BenQ , an internationally renowned provider of visual display and collaboration solutions, is ensuring teachers and educators can quickly and easily respond to new demands in the classroom with the launch of the InstaShow WDC20E. The WDC20E also makes the most of interactive display real estate while maximizing engagement in the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2023

And the people who need schooling the most to make social mobility possible still get shafted, essentially.” She argues that the focus of reform efforts should be on providing a consistently high quality of education, no matter which students are in the classroom. Why are dollars associated with the presence of white children?”

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2015

If you’ve ever tried to get a button on your iPad to respond to a simple tap without success; squinted to be able to see letters on your mobile phone screen; or spent far too much time riffling through traditional website to get the information that you’re looking for, then you know what poor responsive web design looks and feels like.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2020

“Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, that result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. … It is referred to as a learning disability because dyslexia can make it very difficult for a student to succeed… ” — the International Dyslexia Foundation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As I dug into the background of “app building” to prepare this article, I found that it doesn’t just refer to the little buttons you click to see about today’s weather or add numbers or find your friends (well, find their phones). Students do need to set up their mobile device to run the app. High School; fee.

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