The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

But it’s definitely beyond the jobs. These are the things that we have to teach — how to interact with these intelligent machines, how to program, but also how to do these other things. You start to understand those algorithms, and I think it just makes you a “critical citizen,” I suppose… a critical thinker?

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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. But definitely, you want a storyboard. Joe: Well… Do they want to review? Do they want to introduce something? It depends on what class it is. I go right back to the writing process with this. Tell ‘em what you told them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

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. Other folks either don’t feel that urgency, or at least have some inkling that that’s the direction we need to go, but they don’t have any ideas of how to accomplish that. Vicki: We are. Scott: Cool.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The broad, inclusive Educause definition in 7 Things You Should Know about Makerspaces practically screams library to me: A makerspace is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build. We did not need dedicated space for STEM in the library. Knowledge Quest maker posts.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 30, 2015

As the maker movement continues to build in numbers, I’ve been particularly interested in the critical research that is scrutinizing the dynamics of interaction and learning within spaces of making. Meg’s insights were also invaluable for thinking about the aspects of our research that would be most useful for educators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

How to Hook Students (without them knowing it – unless you tell them). laughs) Definitely not. Brent: Well, the way I see it, education is definitely changing every day. You have to work much harder, stay up later at night, and that’s definitely one of the things that I’ve learned. Brent: A joke, yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

What they’ve been working on over the last seven or eight years was a way to teach students how to be innovative — and how to go through that design process to create an invention of your own. That would be definitely the way I would describe our student. So I had the opportunity to tour the facility. Mandi: Absolutely.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We’re talking about how to get people really excited about coding and interested in it. How can we condense down what we need to learn in coding to such a short period of time? He was a bit older than me, and he actually learned how to program in 1’s and 0’s. Aditya: Oh, definitely. Simple Steps to Teach Kids to Program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

Idea #1: Expand Your Definition of Writing. And she had the first graders from the previous year skype into the classroom and share informational pieces with the kindergarten students about what they could expect and how to take care of those chicks, based on their experiences the previous year. Transcript for Episode 129 .

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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