The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In this classroom-focused episode, join us as we explore seven innovative strategies to breathe new life into worksheets, turning them into powerful vehicles for learning and student engagement. Strategies like reciprocal learning, showdown, quiz trade, Kahoot!, Linda Kardamis (06:51) Definitely, yeah, for sure.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

I definitely liked the thrill of winning but equally so interacting with my friends while we played the games. I understand and believe in value of learning through board games, and have incorporated them into my classrooms – both elementary and higher education – throughout my decades long teaching career.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength. Today, I interviewed Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and host of the Teacher Burnout Podcast and the Less Stressed Principal Podcast. Today will be a refreshing encouragement for educators everywhere. With a Ph.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

How to Use Vocabulary Builder on Your Kindle Paperwhite. She regularly contributes literacy insights at Dr. Kimberly’s Literacy Blog and has collaborated in writing classroom curriculum and language arts sections as well as chairing the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education. FlashCard Stash.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

With April being financial literacy month, there's no better time to tune in and learn how to integrate financial literacy into your curriculum. This podcast provides practical tips and strategies for teaching financial literacy to middle and high school students. This show's guest is financial literacy expert Brian Page.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The University of Sheffield provides the following synopsis that validates the importance of this pedagogical strategy: Reflective learning is a way of allowing students to step back from their learning experience to help them develop critical thinking skills and improve future performance by analyzing their experience. Hatton, N., &

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 17, 2024

Moderator Erica Hart from EVERFI began the discussion with a definition of work-based learning, which included alignment of classroom and workplace learning; the application of academic, technological, and employability skills in a work setting; and support from classroom and workplace mentors.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

13] If you can teach your students how to recognize and regulate their emotions, they’ll be better prepared to focus and reach their potential both inside and outside the classroom. Read on to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can increase your student’s academic and social-emotional abilities.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

The most challenging part has definitely been trying to keep students engaged in the classroom and interested in their learning. I hope in a similar manner, my impact extends beyond [sharpening] mathematical understanding to [supporting students in] how to be productive, kind, discerning humans in our world. For the past 1.5

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

When bullying or hate speech happens in person, on school grounds, taking disciplinary actions for the aggressors and knowing how to aid the victims can be obvious. There’s not a concrete definition, but it can be any form of expression (online or off) intended to “vilify, humiliate, or incite hatred against a group or class of people.”

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

First, Whitehead says educators and students need to be using the same definitions for the same terms, such as news literacy and fake news. For her students, Whitehead often uses definitions from the Stony Brook University Center for News Literacy. The post Media Literacy Strategies for Tackling Fake News appeared first on edWeb.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2020

Despite all of the daily chaos and what I was viewing as an epic fail of homeschooling, Lucas is definitely learning something. We’ve tossed around the idea of some sort of quarantine potty training … we’ll see how that goes (or not). Carly Chillmon (Pre-K and Elementary School Parent): My kids are active, very active.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

At the same time, my district, Kingsport City Schools (KCS), was also looking to implement its own pilot to both learn more about MCs and to investigate how to embed MCs into its professional learning model. To put it kindly, I was definitely a work in progress. I was asked to co-facilitate this work, as well.

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

Professor John Dunlosky is trying to bridge these two worlds , intentionally studying the effectiveness of strategies that lab studies indicate are promising, but that don’t require special technology or extra resources. There are hundreds of teaching strategies, most of which can be effective in certain situations. RETRIEVAL PRACTICE.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The strategy worked so well that his teacher moved him to the position of “first reader.” With the right kind of instruction, most children with dyslexia can learn how to read. was creating its own special education categories and definitions to prepare for the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2019

Umaña-Taylor and Rivas-Drake draw on social work scholar Shirley Better’s definition, which centers on practices and attitudes that allow for positive relationships among people who come from different backgrounds. “We We want to make sure we’re giving teachers the strategies and the tools to have these conversations,” Umaña-Taylor says.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). To avoid financial catastrophes, districts must plan to identify and mitigate impending budget gaps and build strategies for long-term financial health.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SEATTLE — On a bright October morning, two dozen 4- and 5-year-olds were scattered around a classroom at Impact Salish Sea Elementary in south Seattle, enthralled by plastic food, dolls, blocks and clay. Students at Impact Salish Sea Elementary play during a long, morning play session. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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edWeb.net

MAY 24, 2022

Learning how to best incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction was the subject of the edLeader Panel, “ Powerful Strategies for Embedding SEL Across the Curriculum ,” which was led by Dr. Tammy Cruz, an instructional coach for elementary schools at Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

78% of elementary school students, 69% of middle school students, and 49% of high schoolers now use a tablet in their school life. Data from the same Pearson survey says that 50% of high school students use learning apps, and this percentage grows in the case of students in elementary school. Measuring the results.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here. Madda et al.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

However, if you look at the definition of the word, you’ll find: 1. While I go into the full pitch process in the blog post, “ 7 Strategies I Use When Students Make Apps (or Do Any Genius Project) “, I have a “red light – yellow light – green light process.” ” A red light is a hard stop.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 26, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Real teachers talk about differentiated teaching strategies that worked — and didn’t work — in their classrooms. This time around, we’re talking about how to manage differentiation. To help scaffold the content from the beginning, I rely on EDI and GLAD strategies, especially in ELA.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One of my favorites is from Kate Wagner, principal of Red Mill Elementary, who says, “ We are no longer teaching to the middle.” 2) Video - Personalizing Learning at Oregon High School Learn how Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin uses technology to personalize the learning experience. Know that we are cheering you on!

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s been a busy few months for schools reopening—and perhaps an even busier time for the agencies releasing guidance on how to do those reopenings safely. When prioritizing testing, we recommend that schools prioritize teachers and staff first, then high school and middle school students and then elementary school [students.]”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

You’d definitely want to check the transcript and show notes for all of these ideas. You’ll definitely want to go to Eric’s website Control Alt Achieve and his YouTube channel. See: 5 Emoji Activities for Google Docs where Eric describes how to do all of these emoji activities including the emoji math picture shown below.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 19, 2020

First off, if you are feeling like that, you are definitely NOT a bad teacher for enjoying this new way of interacting with your students. Fine-tune the system now, and learn how to really get the most bang for your buck in terms of these virtual tutoring sessions. This is my dream job. Does this make me a bad teacher?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

How does that work? I’ve kind of modeled off of Stephanie Harvey’s Strategies That Work , so there are different sections. I mean, I think that we as teachers are teaching a lot more intentionally as we did before when I first started teaching, definitely. Hyperdocs How to Tips and Tricks for Teachers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

When Tammy ThompsonKapp was Principal of Lapham Elementary School in Wisconsin, she and her staff struggled to help students who came to school hungry, tired or coping with mental health issues. Learn how she implemented the program there, the impact she's seeing and why she feels other schools should follow suit.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and Chief Scientist at EveryDay Labs, have tirelessly worked with school districts to identify, develop and implement strategies to reduce absenteeism at scale. Focusing on how to engage students more fully has the potential to reduce chronic absenteeism significantly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Here’s how we do this in our own sixth grade classrooms. Teaching to a Range of Maturity Levels By definition, a self-paced model allows for more differentiation. In other words, how students are learning and how they can improve. Capitalize on peer obsessions in a positive way. Take a student of ours named Layla.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

Graeme Boyd, Middle and High School Librarian for Lincoln Community School in Accra, Ghana, told me this: “As students move into elementary and middle school, they can take advantage of the accessibility tools in eBooks that are not available in print books. Many educators I know feel a blend will continue to be critical in the future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I was first “officially introduced” to computers shortly after learning how to read. The program itself was set up in a simple way that allowed elementary students to use them easily. In that class, my classmates and I were introduced to the common strategies of typing, such as the “home row.” Now for 7 th grade.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Hundreds of administrators tell the Learning Counsel the great effect of this research survey telling them what it really means to transition digitally, what the definitions of things really are, and how to look at new software capacities and digital curriculum for their utility and efficiency. Buckeye Elementary School District.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So It took a lot of training on the part of teachers to implement new strategies, Iturralde said.

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