EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The tech giant’s Be Internet Awesome campaign now includes a free course for teachers.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 9, 2018

We recently began the summer session of my new online courses. Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jamil Ahmed, a teacher from Bangladesh, who was the recipient of the Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development course scholarship.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2020

Sponsor: This show is sponsored by Advancement Courses. Advancement Courses is a leader in online professional development, with over 280 courses in 20 different subjects, including topics like online instruction, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 9, 2018

We recently began the summer session of my new online courses. Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jamil Ahmed, a teacher from Bangladesh, who was the recipient of the Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development course scholarship.

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Meeting Game-Based Learning Guidelines Social Media 150

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Google Masters for Kids of All Ages. What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Today Kasey Bell @shakeuplearning sits down to talk about the hot trends at ISTE 2017 including lots of Google stuff, new AR news, Google Keep, touch Screen Chromebooks, and more news. Google classroom. Google Keep. Co-host of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast. Author of The Teacher’s Guide to Google Classroom.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Mercer agreed, and the course was born. With that in mind, Chad was the architect behind the new structure of the elective course: The Academy. Each of these classes has a corresponding Google Site as first designed by Chad, which consists of unique, personalized paths of learning. Or share them in the Comments below!

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Gamification Course Study Google 89

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2018

Today’s Sponsor: Advancement Courses. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects. AND, if you are in need of PD, 10-Minute Teacher listeners get 20% off any online courses with code COOL20.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 23, 2019

They share their passion for gamifying the classroom with game-based learning and teaching through play. We discuss what types of classroom environments are appropriate for gamification and ways you can incorporate game-based learning today! Join the Google Classroom Master Class. Gamification v.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2019

John is the author of EDrenaline Rush: Game-changing Student Engagement Inspired by Theme Parks, Mud Runs, and Escape Rooms. AND if you need some awesome PD, 10 Minute Teacher listeners get 20% off any online courses with the code COOL20. So, go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat to learn more and use the code COOL20.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

and London-based nonprofit Onebillion. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. Each of them received $1 million.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Linda has authored two books and also created many online courses such as Classroom Management 101 (www.teach4theheart.com/cm101) and Reclaim Your Time 101 (www.teach4theheart.com/reclaim). So if you've never tried that out, never seen it work, just kind of Google Kahoot! It comes up in real time.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 3, 2020

We kept our Google Meet open for ease of communicating during our gaming club. To get a snippet of their interactions – see below: Next up for our gaming club – Rocket League (as per my students’ request, of course). As mentioned, Fortnite Creative can be played together by a group.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Pretty much all of our freshmen take a course we call “Explorations in Computer Science.” Vicki: Wow!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

This is the lesson plan (click the Google Doc and feel free to make a copy ). You can earn professional development & college credit by taking one of my online accredited courses ! Mission – Write at least 8 good instructions to help a 4th grader pass the 1st level of Machinarium , a point and click adventure game.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

This is the lesson plan (click the Google Doc and feel free to make a copy ). You can earn professional development & college credit by taking one of my online accredited courses ! Mission – Write at least 8 good instructions to help a 4th grader pass the 1st level of Machinarium , a point and click adventure game.

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Robotics Elementary Social Media Course 159

Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

DataCamp is a free mobile (iOS/Google Play) to learn coding for: SQL, Python, and more. This is done through a game based learning interface through 5 min courses. This is a great way to integrate STEM into the classroom and learn more advanced programming/coding languages.

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Game-Based Learning STEM Mobility Course 28

The Web20Classroom

APRIL 2, 2017

The Leadership 3.0 , Early Childhood Learning Solutions , Game-Based Learning and Amazing Resources For Educators. And if you don’t find a group that suits your learning needs you can request a new one created for you. Of course they have many Google related like the Google Classroom community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

More information and signup at [link] Google for Education Recordings Available. This past weekend we held our first-ever Online Summit Featuring Google for Education in conjunction with CUE.org and the inimitable Lucy Gray. The go-at-your-own-pace collaborative course is free and open to all. More information at [link].

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 28, 2019

Google Docs + Explore. Teaching research-based writing can feel like a high peak to summit, but Google is trying to make it simpler through the use of the explore tool in Google Docs. Game based Learning . Want to learn more about using Chromebooks in the Classroom ? Sign up at [link] .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

Because this is digital, it can be emailed or uploaded to a location in the cloud such as Google Classroom or OneDrive. Many students need help to learn the right way to keyboard and how to type with speed and accuracy. These are game-based learning where students strive to type fast so they can beat an opponent.

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Google Report 173

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 6, 2017

History Simulations and Game Based Learning. And then of course they didn’t, and they all ganged up on them, and… So it’s just kind of crazy. Dave: Yeah… historysimulation.com … If you Google that, our website will come right up. Simulations are such a powerful game-based way to teach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. They read, of course, the companion novel that goes along with it, and they’re able to sort of “see” and visualize what’s going on in the novel. There’s Open Sim, of course there’s Minecraft. I found it to be really hard.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. The staff fully recognized the need to provide the students with a richer learning environment than simply watching videos that led to multiple choice quizzes and eventual unit tests.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 27, 2019

This builds the case for educators to harness technology and improve learning outcomes for K-12 school students. They need to redesign their courses to suit the learning needs of the new tech-savvy generation and improve learning outcomes. Here’s how K-12 schools can improve learning outcomes with technology: 1.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2017

If you do your presentations on Google Slides or PowerPoint, it’s just simple to upload them to PearDeck. With Edpuzzle and PearDeck if you teach in a Google School in particular, Edupuzzle, those kids just bam, they’re in. They sign in with Google and “Pow” they’re in, there’s nothing to it.

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techlearning

JUNE 5, 2018

Flashcards by NKO - An excellent free iOS app that combines Game Based Learning w/ flashcards. Flippity - A cool way to turn a Google Spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards. Tinycards - A fun iOS app for creating flashcards or learning by completing lessons/games. cross posted at cyber-kap.blogspot.com.

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Differentiated Instruction Game-Based Learning Mobility Study 44

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Choose a video on YouTube, Khan Academy, Crash Course, or upload your own. Gimkit is another fast-paced quiz game, but with an extra element. Student earn in-game cash to spend on game upgrades. Check out Leslie Fisher’s review and video to learn more. Google Classroom Question Tool. Google Forms.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

GooseChase - An innovative site/app (iOS/Google Play) for creating digital scavenger hunts. Educandy - A wonderful site for creating educational games where a teacher just enters the questions and Educandy creates the game. brainstorming, assessing learning, etc.). article, blog, tweet, etc.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

Kasey Bell teaches us eight great ways to use Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey Bell’s Google Certification courses are open for enrollment from May 28 until June 10, 2018.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

With ideas for Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings for all subjects and ages, you’ll want to scroll down and follow the links in our enhanced show notes. That’s all these Google tools. And Eric Curts @ ericcurts from Control Alt Achieve and co-leader of their higher Google Educators group has so many fantastic ideas.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms. Instead of saying, ’These are your learning objectives,’ we just have #goals. We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. Also there’s a game-based learning element to it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Social Learning Goes Mobile. Education Revolution Google+ Community Game Based Learning in the Classroom. John Thomas shared this recent article by Jordan Shapiro about how games help learners understand context.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 26, 2018

Flashcards by NKO - An excellent free iOS app that combines Game Based Learning w/ flashcards. Flippity - A cool way to turn a Google Spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards. Tinycards - A fun iOS app for creating flashcards or learning by completing lessons/games.

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Differentiated Instruction Game-Based Learning Mobility Study 37

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Hyperdocs are so much more than just adding hyperlinks to a Google Doc or creating a digital worksheet! [15:45] Learn from the experts as Kasey reads an excerpt. “Hyperdocs–transformative, interactive Google Docs that replace the standard worksheet method of delivering instruction. Shake Up Learning by Kasey Bell.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2020

First you build the base, then you can just copy and paste that lower layer on top of one another. Isn’t that only giving you the base layout? Google Earth helps provide a cross reference for the height information. Over the course of a couple thousand meters it becomes obvious. This process saves a lot of time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Second, I use Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Drive in a variety of ways.The rocketbook has these icons at the bottom of the page. When we meet and talk, I take notes and then snap a picture and it goes to our shared Google Drive immediately. I love when PhD students contact me about these books that are being assigned in their courses.

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