The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter First-grade teacher Danielle Moore has worked with early elementary and kindergarten students as she helps them amplify their voice. Yes, young children have something to say to the world! Danielle shows us how. Tell your friends and plan your PD today!

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Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

Some, like social-emotional learning and digital citizenship, have long been important—and they may require even more focus this year. Others, like genius hour and bite-sized learning, are recently arrived educational trends that may have a helpful place in your classroom. Blended Learning. Personalized Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Every corner of every life includes STEM, which explains the increasing interest in STEM-educated students to fill the nation’s jobs. Department of Commerce, STEM occupations are growing at 17%, while other occupations are growing at 9.8%.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Listen and Read.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback. meghan.bogardu….

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Device rollout—when students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive their initiative-provided iPads or Chromebooks—is an exciting time in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, especially for schools new to the program. But rollout looks a bit different in 2020.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. why bother.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Meeting standards and managing devices One of our first challenges was that Massachusetts has specific digital literacy and computer science standards that are a bit different than the national CSTA standards used by many other states.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Upcoming Opportunities: Are you traveling to Learning Forward Conference in Washington DC in December?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. In this post I would like to introduce 10 more resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Learn more at this link. If you are attending, check out my STEM and Maker’s Session.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Here are ten of the top Math-and-tech tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: C-STEM Studio — A Great Way to Blend Math and Robotics. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. Math Books for Elementary Grades.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Listen and Read.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. These automated humanoid bots often interact with users, require critical thinking and problem-solving, and grab the imagination of students in ways that makes everyone want to learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. No matter the technology mix in the classroom, everyone shares the same user experience, with learning focused on the subject matter not the hardware, thus simplifying classroom management for the teacher. STEM modules.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

These issues may appear isolated but largely stem from systemic problems facing the nation’s schools. A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 How can teachers facilitate inclusive learning?

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Kyle Pace

APRIL 30, 2017

With all the 1:1 implementations, STEM, apps, devices, etc. Is it solely a school district’s job to educate parents about technology, social media, digital citizenship, etc.? I have seen some very successful parent learning nights around technology, STEM, and digital citizenship. Of course not.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“We’ve heard a lot about the need to tackle pandemic-related ‘learning loss’ this school year, but if we don’t support students’ behavioral, social, and emotional needs, they may not be able to focus on academics,” said Vector Solutions CEO Marc Scheipe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

They have two STEM challenges running now. Both challenges have students designing STEM or STEAM solutions to our world’s problems and submitting their solutions via video and an online application form. The CITGO Fueling Education Student Challenge is for students in the US in grades 5-8 now through February 13, 2020. Join in today!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Check out my Booking Page. John Dewey.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Social awareness skills When students work on building their social awareness skills, they learn how to empathize with people from different cultures and backgrounds and understand their perspectives. You can start teaching these skills in elementary and continue developing social and emotional skills for high school students.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Throughout the League of Innovative Schools , districts are taking a range of steps to demonstrate this commitment and improve student learning. Lincoln Public Schools , a K-5 partner district of Code.org, will teach CS Fundamentals in all 39 of its elementary schools during the 2016-2017 school year, reaching nearly 19,000 students.

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Learning in Hand

JANUARY 3, 2016

I’m always on the lookout for products created by students through project based learning experiences. Elementary Grades PreK-2. Elementary Grades 3-5. The production is made by students or documents students’ learning. Read more about project based learning. Learn more about project based learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Elementary schools, high schools, universities and even vocational training courses are ideal places to incorporate 3D printing as part of the curriculum. . The ability to produce almost any object in 3D is poised to revolutionize learning. Yet 3D printers are a natural choice for instruction in STEM courses. Final Word.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Virginia educator Tim Stahmer talks all things STEM (science, technology, education and math) on his blog. The tech team at Fayette County Public Schools in Kentucky offer what they call “tech snacks,” or bite-sized pieces of advice to help transform learning and teaching. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Alice Keeler.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

Teachers who specialize in preparing students for college and career instinctively want tools that extend learning, support lesson plans, and simplify concepts taught in the curriculum. A ( Augmentation) — technology functionally improves the traditional learning approach. Of course they do! 2 Crash course. 3 Periodic Videos.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Watching videos and interacting with visual media are engaging ways to help students learn. And of course, how can I help my students learn as much as possible from movies and videos? Every school and district is bound to have its own policies, rules, and norms around using video content for learning. That's a no-no.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans. If you’re still wondering, watch this glorious video made by a 7-year-old on QR Codes and how to make them and this one how QR codes are used in an elementary school. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Why use QR Codes?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Listen and Read.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome to the fourth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I will have a session on STEM to STEAM to MAKERS.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Students go beyond just learning about legitimate sources of information on the internet and delve into just how the information is put together in the first place. Students learned they can sabotage randomization in picking teams by setting up a line so they are one student away from their friend. “In START EARLY.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions.

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

To read the full article and learn more about the School Librarian of the Year Award, visit: [link]. All entries to the 2018 School Librarian of the Year Awards were judged based on criteria including creativity in programming and use of content; demonstrated student engagement; outreach to families; and exemplary use of technology tools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 in teaching and learning, and the URL for attending is [link]. and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time.

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