The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Sponsor : Advancement Courses’ Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge is back again for the fourth year in a row and voting is now open from March 22 to March 31. Hint: he taught and developed over 200 courses. Additionally, Mitch relates augmented reality with the pedagogical practices used in Finland. Blog: [link].

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2015

Of course I was beyond proud of him, but I also could not help but wonder if his schooling would allow him to carry and sustain that innate zeal for learning with him as he came to face the rigors of the Common Core and standardized testing. Featured on eSchool News How-to Innovation Corner STEM Top News makerspace'

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Aligned with the maker movement—which focuses on using hands-on activities like building, sewing, assembling and computer programming for learning—the kits provide a foundation that teachers can use for guided projects both in and out of the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano, the author of the book, Beyond the Poster Board , gives us four tips to get started with effective PBL and Maker space use in your school and classroom. Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and save 20% off each course by using the code COOL20.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. 16 Resources to Build and Support a Maker’s Culture.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

Matt Widaman, a career and technology education instructor for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Kenai, Alaska, uses a Dimension Stratasys 1200 ES to help create C02 cars in his drafting courses. Featured on eSchool News Resource STEM Top News 3D printers construction engineering maker movement'

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Saving Socrates

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Utilizing the approach of learning through doing, the teachers were simultaneously learning about one of the most innovative concepts in science education today, the Maker Movement. They then discussed the real world application of this Maker Movement activity to a classroom.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He now has a Makerspace Master Course available. Here are some of the details: The Makerspace Master Course. John Spencer has designed a week-long Makerspace Mastermind Course. Supportive community of fellow teacher-makers? They will need to have a maker mindset. It’s not about STEM or STEAM.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Some sort of obstacle course? The next day they came in to pre-designed obstacle courses, where they had to find the golden statue with the roving jumping droids, or fly through hula hoops with the flying droids. I was coming in, putting up obstacle courses, making this and making that. But droids are for computer programming.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Hope to see you there!

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

This is a much more powerful and effective way of synthesizing the readings and lectures that make up that portion of the course than a simple research paper or essay test. Learn more from Douglas this summer in Boston for Enhancing STEM Curriculum with Technology. Building to Foster Collaboration. He holds an Ed.M.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

RELEVANT, INTERESTING PROJECTS Of course, it is up to us as the teachers to create projects that are interesting and relevant to our curriculum. In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology. Handing them out is a highlight of the course.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up. Where are the Administrators?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Curriculum Specialist Mandy Figlioli is excited about her school’s adoption of the Inventionland design and prototyping course. Mandy talks about how the course is structured, gives a story of how students are being transformed, and shares how they are re-working the course based on what they learned the first year. Vicki: Wow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Of course they do.”. So I totally get how you can teach with Minecraft. But let’s go into a lesson. You know, lots of teachers listen, and they will say, “Sure, they want to play Minecraft a whole period. Example Lesson: Using Minecraft to Teach Science. But how would you teach a science lesson? Give us an example.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. C206: PBL, STEM, and Makers Dewey Meets Technology: What Will You Do? Of course, important 21st-century skills can also be assessed. Perhaps it fits into PBL, STEM, 1 to 1, or particular school goals.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: 10 Classroom Tools for the Maker Movement , Discover the maker movement and find out how to harness its power to bring new tools and technology for hands-on learning to all grades and content areas – especially STEM and STEAM. Tune in live at [link] or [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Carol: Of course, STEAM is a big thing that teachers are wanting to do in Maker Space. He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science. OK, what else? So we have Project Based Learning, we have Global Projects. 2nd Grade Trend #3: STEAM and MakerSpaces. Having kids get very involved in using all the parts of STEAM.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

I have had the good fortune to teach greenhouse management at the high school level, and I now teach a course about sustainable food production at the community college level. See Julie’s iTunes Course on Greenhouse Management. Julie: Oh, absolutely you don’t have to be in the country. There’s so much, because obviously we all eat!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

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. So in the program that I use, the Anne Frank house was actually re-designed in the virtual environment for the students to visit.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Engage kids of all ages with these STEM and coding learning toys. Inspired by the Maker Movement, this JoyLabz created invention kit for all ages combines computer programming and hands-on maker tools limited only by imagination. Makey Makey. Make some magic this holiday season.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. Fusion360 —a CAD tool, including resources to teach a product design course in Spanish, Polish, French or German. Making can also help you understand a lot of things about the world around you.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

They should “work problems” in every course, because life is full of problems seeking solutions. Classrooms need well-stocked maker spaces and creativity stations. When students meet a problem that they can’t Google, they must venture forth with teamwork, creativity, and tenacity — all things that they need to be successful.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

“We’re seeing that making really helps kids with that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) piece of things if that’s something they’re excited about,” Vanderwerff said. They are on fire with the ideas on display and proud of their accomplishments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Vicki: And of course, if Ernest Hemingway can do it, we can do it too, right? So that’s a very fun one that takes the focus off of the writing, but reminds them of what they’re supposed to do with writing. They’re still writing, because it’s Twitter. But it’s not a lot. And they love Twitter! Jacqui: (laughs) Yes, exactly!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

I, of course, start off again by modeling — what does a SketchNote — or what could a SketchNote — look like? Expose students to various tools for taking notes — visual or other. Leah: Well, I really, really like to get my students to sketch out their ideas. So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Vicki: Of course, I’m in the middle of nowhere. I figured even if I just do one lesson with them, I can get my dollar’s worth of use out of each one. So that’s kind of how it started. Did you get any of them, Vicki? Vicki: I couldn’t find them in my WalMart. Karen: Oh no!!! And I’m like, “Why do I not see these things?”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Pam: But his kids… he teaches an environmental course. I think somebody told me he was actually involved in a brewery before he became a teacher… Vicki: (laughs). Pam: … which I think is probably not a bad thing. Student Bee Keepers. His kids and he, they decided that they wanted to put in beehives.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Now we have of course the ESSA Act here in the US that lets states have different measures. Schools were never designed to do that, so we basically have this massive paradigm shift that we’ve got to figure out how to go through. Right now, we’re in that transition period. Vicki: We are. So we’re talking about wanting to scale creativity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Tom: Yes, now of course, this is so new. Vicki: Cool. And is it easy to share, like Google Docs and other things are? Or is it easy to share with other — what do you call them — jammers? There’s no Google Classroom integration yet. There’s no Google Classroom integration yet, but there are ways to share.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate. But of course you took the things you learned on the Nacho app to the Overty app. Brent: Of course, of course. Vicki: Yeah.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

Over the course of a school year, Haynor reckons, these projects could save a teacher a big chunk of change. “Every teacher,” he says, “knows what it’s like to cut into their own paycheck, no matter what subject they’re teaching. So if I can make something that costs 25 cents less a project, that is $5 less for a class of 20.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Lori Trent, STEM Coordinator - Innovator of Inspiration and Magic RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE, UNA HERRAMIENTA INNOVADORA - Mª Magdalena Galiana Lloret.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

And it’s all low-cost, replicable, and of course, there are our incredible tower gardens where we are growing food in a food-insecure community using 90% less water, 90% less space, and sending home 100 bags of groceries per week. So, in the course of a day, you will come into this lab, where it’s 25 periods of weekly classroom instruction.

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