The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Based in San Diego, Dr. Rhoads talks about how to integrate instructional strategies, have a teacher toolbox, how to show teachers technology, using Google Jamboard to brainstorm, how to observe and model online teaching for teachers. Finally, he reflects on attendance issues and how to help students who need it most.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

She shares her thoughts on innovation and how to stay motivated when you’re exhausted. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning – One of my favorite books for teachers who use iPads with young children. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every time I try to leave it, I end up back in January 2023, it was acquired by a company called Bending Spoons, a very reputable software company out of Europe. There's tons of templates, a lot of support community, lots of YouTube videos about how to use notion and it has a lot of different systems with templates for notion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 19, 2022

When testing moved online, it became painfully apparent to teachers how little students knew about using digital devices other than the internet, some apps, and iPads. A study from the company found that half of 18-24-year olds have limited access to a laptop, tablet or PC. Digital Literacy–What is it?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. My students can use their iPhones/iPads or computers to follow along and see the slides. My students love Office 365 and can open their files in Word on their computer, online, on their phone or iPad or anywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” It’s going to be a thinking and writing partner in multiple languages,” he says, typing questions into the chatbot on his iPad.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

She tried several options before jumping on a free trial of the wireless video streaming and screen mirroring technology by Vivi, an education-focused company founded in Australia. Vivi has made her more flexible in how she teaches and how she interacts with groups within her classroom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 25, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Learn how to use the amazing Immersive Reader that makes learning accessible to all. Live webinars with ideas on how to engage students and parents.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2018

The whole class can find the SMARTboard Notebook on the iPad. They get on the iPad, and if they like puppies and cats, one story problem might be: Tom has 5 puppies. They get on the iPad, and if they like puppies and cats, one story problem might be: Tom has 5 puppies. I split them up into pairs. All the class is excited!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

How to Use Owl Eyes. If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Now, as students read, they can find and answer those questions.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company? She and her fellow panelists all also agreed on another thing: Companies are bought, not sold. Too Early to Think Exit?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the shadow of Apple Computer’s 1 Infinite Loop headquarters, an initiative requiring public middle schoolers to use iPads in class and at home has spawned a growing battle over education in the digital age. District officials and many teachers tout the iPads as innovative learning tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app. How Does Book Creator Work? Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. You’ve got a bunch of apps on your iPad. How did you do that?”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

As it has been noted, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the creator of Xplorlabs, is a global safety science company. Not only are the UL Listed safety marks for many of the appliances in your house from this company, but they also are creating free science-based modules that promote safety like this one.).

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. So when Hiram College announced last month that it would provide every student and professor an iPad starting this fall, it made us wonder what the state of Apple’s sector-creating tablet on campuses is these days.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 13, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Learn how to use the amazing Immersive Reader that makes learning accessible to all. Live webinars with ideas on how to engage students and parents.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2016

Businesses such as Pacific BioStorage specialize in providing support to pharmaceutical companies, universities, federal research labs, and hospitals across the nation. Apply for grants or funds to bring science stations and labs, iPads and computer systems into your classroom to keep students involved.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 15, 2016

That organization, the Technology for Education Consortium , has come out of the gate with an ambitious project–having released data that questions the prices that Apple is charging districts for a popular model of iPads. The consortium’s evaluation of iPads is the first study it has conducted and released publicly. .”

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? 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? You can use it and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

NCTE Position Statement on Independent Reading ) 3:51 How does Lisa talk to her students about reading stamina and how to refocus when distracted? Talk to your students about reading stamina and how to build it. How a school threw out their reading program and finally got everyone excited about reading. June 21, 2015.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I’m not going to allow tech companies be our 21st century publishers that pigeon hole my students learning. Teachers are clearly wary of the trend of putting the cart before the horse, or in this case the iPad before the learning. It’s leadership that will take us beyond the talk of devices and apps.”. Teachers are unprepared.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

Enhanced Transcript Hyperdocs: How to and Success Tips for Teachers Vicki: Today we have Lisa Scumpieru @ LScumpieru , who’s a first grade English teacher from Maryland, and we’re talking Hyperdocs. 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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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. Other companies with products in the market are Bamboo Learning, Ello and Imagine Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. How to get started. How to use PASCO devices in your classroom. Homescreen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 29, 2017

He reached in his bag and he pulled out his iPad. And he said, “You can’t play on my iPhone, but you can play on my iPad.”. I think as teachers, we should strive to give our students an iPad experience when they’re expecting an iPhone. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Or it uses an iPad. It displays something on the iPad, and then you use building blocks to recreate what you’re looking at on the iPad. The iPad is getting it’s content from a little device that you put on top of the iPad that has a mirror. And it changes the color of the note on the iPad.

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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, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Whichever model your school uses to teach kids how to write, I always boil it down to the “Tell ‘ems” method. How do you help them get ready to shoot? How do you help them get ready to shoot? Joe: The quickest, easiest thing to do is shoot and edit on the computer, iPad, whatever your device is going to be. Storyboarding?

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Data label, an online label manufacturing company, conducted a survey recently where people were asked whether they feel technology in schools has had positive effects on children. The general adoption of technology has totally changed the way teachers teach and how students learn. Devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Suppose you've wondered how to bring meaningful change to your school or classroom. Just give us an overview of those because you know we're all going to want to get the work to see exactly the details about how to do this. So I'm interviewing the teachers and I say, Well, how did the principals help you?

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 20, 2017

He reached in his bag and he pulled out his iPad. And he said, “You can’t play on my iPhone, but you can play on my iPad.”. I think as teachers, we should strive to give our students an iPad experience when they’re expecting an iPhone. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Vicki: I love that!

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Reading By Example

MAY 9, 2015

We checked this iPad accessory out at our local library. The company describes their product as “a kid’s technology system that brings the physical and digital worlds together.” ” The kit comes with an iPad stand, reflector, tans, and letter tiles. My kids tried out the Words app first. The apps are free.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify is to Chromebooks what Explain Everything has been to iPads all these years — a formative assessment tool well-suited to any device running Google Chrome. You can do this by setting aside the last three to four minutes of class for students to explain how to do what they learned in class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Marina: In early childhood is when we start learning how to read and write, the time when we develop our literacy. So I would say, how to choose? How important do you think this whole tactile — having objects to use to program — is, in the grand scheme of coding with early childhood?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. New Content.

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