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Meet TARA: Your New Teacher Headquarters

The CoolCatTeacher

Organizing lesson plans, units, resources, links, IEP’s, and IEP meetings can be cumbersome and stressful. Scheduling and Tracking Meetings. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Their stated goal is to prevent teacher burnout.

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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. We’ll have free resources available for downloading. Open Badges in Elementary School. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Amy Cooper, who’s at an elementary school in Minnesota. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e292.

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Apps are helping teachers communicate with families that don’t speak English

eSchool News

She’s attended meetings, gravitated toward Spanish-speaking staff, and relied on translators, including her kids, over the years. Now, thanks to an app that McElwain Elementary, her Adams 12 school, started using this year, she’s found opportunities to engage in new ways with her youngest child’s education.

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How to use Notion

The CoolCatTeacher

Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Norwood Elementary School. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Notion is free for educators.

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Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Class

Edsurge

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. The company will not take more than $30,000 over the two years.) The company says it has 50 hiring partners and plans to grow the list.

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150+ Digital Activities for the K-2 Classroom Inside One Simple App

The CoolCatTeacher

Once you’ve found the right apps, you have to download them and get them onto the tablets. Once you have everything in place, there will be times when you want students to play certain apps based upon their needs and the standards that you’re trying to meet. Either way, it can be a challenge. Safety First. ” .

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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll want to download the companion guide and take a look at the information covered in the course to see if it is right for you. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. You’ll want to share this with your STEM colleagues.

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