The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Listen to Heather Wolpert-Gawron Talk about Student Engagement Research Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. She is the author of Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement (Corwin/AMLE), which shares the results of a nationwide survey of 6th-12th graders and what engages them as learners.

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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. Global connectivity will continue to allow companies to outsource labor to other countries. They will need to have a maker mindset.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

We hear a lot of talk now in Ed Tech circles about how we can get these students engaged and speak a language that they’re speaking. We bring these students into a virtual world. 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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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I believe more schools worldwide will find the funds and way to have their students learn with technology. Some hot topics will be virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D printing, coding and the maker movement. Educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers if they want to keep their students engaged. “To

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2018

They want to know that students engagement is high. But they also want to know that students are going to do well on a test. The big thing that they’ll say is, “Ooh, I’m only a student teacher. 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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Vicki: Yeah, you know, teacher engagement comes before student engagement, doesn’t it? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Things can just take off from there. Aaron: Yes, yes, absolutely.

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