The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

If I’ve learned anything from my broken foot, it is that there are things only I can do for myself. Personal interests engage students in learning. Learn how to bring those in for students. Classroom learning can use many games to teach. You can discover how to connect games to learning in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The first few explain elections in general and the next teach the process through gamification. You can also play this through BrainPop (with or without a subscription) which provides expanded options to extend learning and test your knowledge. Let students pick the ones best-suited to their learning style.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s becoming more common to take online classes or blend traditional with online learning. The main point of this theory is that social learning attributes human behavior to be an outcome of cognitive, behavioral and environmental influences (Bandura, 1977 ). Learning management systems allow for social learning to take place.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 22, 2023

Fractions are not the easiest of math concepts to learn (or teach), yet are arguably one of the most oft applied to our daily lives. Luckily, there are a lot of online apps on offer that are accessible to students and make learning much easier than traditional methods.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

So, in this article, I’m going to share my thoughts and experience about the technologies and solutions that reshape the educational industry and the way we learn in 2020 and beyond. However, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the global lockdown, distance learning became vital in 2020. Video-Based Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2018

Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. I know you’ll enjoy their thoughts: Earliest forms of learning, dating back to the stone-age, involved storyboarding one’s experiences on rocks.

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Hapara

MAY 10, 2022

Session type: Listen and learn: Ed talk. Session type: Listen and learn: Panel. View Session Details >> Digital citizenship. Why the Abstinence-Only Approach Isn’t Working With Digital Citizenship. View Session Details >> Professional learning. Date: Tuesday, June 28, 5:30 — 6:30 p.m.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

Students are digital natives, in the habit of learning via technology. What students learn must be applicable to other classes—and life. Collaboration and sharing is treated as a learned skill. Failure is a learning tool. Problem solving is integral to learning. The power of games makes learning fun.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

But the reality is also that we’re going to have to prepare for a fall that – whatever it looks like – will include an online learning component. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Classroom learning and management all begin with relationships, and SEL can guide the relationship and community building process. Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Purpose Driven Learning (or PDL) is a concept coined by Michael Matera and Adam Moreno to summarize the philosophy that each learner’s inner strengths can be unlocked by focusing with purpose and drive. In a phrase: … the goal of Purpose Driven Learning is NOT about a curriculum that lasts a year. The Goal of PDL.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

If students don’t care about using their devices, and don’t use them on a regular basis, research shows that getting them to do so may actually become distracting and slow down the learning process. Gamification is the idea of adding game-like elements to non-game contexts or environments—the classroom, for example.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. Many of the topics below were part of that conversation, including Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Social-Emotional Learning. I’ve embedded the webinar below for you to review.)

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 14, 2020

contributed by Pippa Davies , Director Learning Commons at Heritage Christian Online School. As a result, many educators have shifted to online classes to support the learning needs of their students. For many students and parents, virtual learning is a new landscape. Use your learning commons as a vital resource.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

A modern teacher implements different kinds of incentives that make students interested to learn more. Do you know how you can make them interested in learning? Educade gives you gamification resources for science, math, social studies, language arts, business, health and wellness, engineering, and more. Games Make Learning Fun!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Fingers point all directions but nothing changes the stark truth: Something causes kids to hate learning so much that they’d rather face their future without the knowledge or skills to do so successfully. The goal is to maximize enjoyment and engagement through capturing the interest of learners and inspiring them to continue learning.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The first five explain elections in general and the next three teach the process through gamification. It includes enrichments, review, projects, and a quiz so students can show their learning. Let them pick the ones best-suited to their learning style. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Election Day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The first five explain elections in general and the next three teach the process through gamification. It includes enrichments, review, projects, and a quiz so students can show their learning. The Learning Network’s list of 17 election activities. Let them pick the ones best-suited to their learning style.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Participants–like students–learned in different ways. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2016

Look at Minecraft where millions of kids voluntarily learn geology, work in virtual groups, and seek out knowledge to build a virtual world. Kahoot is a response system that has taken over classrooms all over the country to assess student learning. The learning curve is negligible: no player accounts, no set-up, just the join code.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

“We take great pride in acknowledging this year’s honorees, who represent the pinnacle of excellence and offer solutions to the pressing challenges learners encounter today, such as accessibility, equity, personalized learning and more. Congratulations to all the deserving recipients of this year’s CODiE Awards!”

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Finalists, selected by expert reviewers, represent the most innovative and impactful products from education technology developers, online learning services and related learning-focused technologies. Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

The past decade saw significant improvements in the application of technology to learning and 2017 became a tipping point where embedding technology into education finally moved from fringe to mainstream, remaking classrooms in the image of the future. Personalized student learning. Dedicated teacher training.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Students are digital natives, already in the habit of learning via technology. It’s the teacher’s responsibility to insure students learn over-arching concepts such as how to speak to a group, how to listen effectively, how to think critically, and how to solve problems. Failure is a learning tool.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The first month of school will be focused on lessons on digital citizenship and leadership. Hyperdocs - I was first introduced to Hyperdocs while taking the EdTechTeam Teacher Leader program and had to learn more. Inquiry Based Learning - Do you ask your students many questions? 7 Educational Transformations: 1.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

intuitive to use with a short learning curve. Once your account is established, add your class, create/review assignments, view student progress, get help, evaluate learning materials, and more. Your students are assigned user names and passwords which they then use to log in from their digital device. positive parent reports.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

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. The target audience is obviously their own educators, but IT teams at other school districts can take notes from FCPS’s IT team on how to digitally engage their own educators.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

Land of Venn is easy to use, with no learning curve. Land of Venn simulates the way children initially learn from parents: by imitation, play and conversation. The letters do a great job of sharing the purpose of the Prodigy math site and explaining how parents can get involved in learning. – See more at: [link].

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Graphite Blog

JULY 26, 2018

Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture. I also used digital citizenship lessons to support students in developing emotional awareness and being considerate. How well had I prepared my students?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 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

JULY 26, 2018

Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture. I also used digital citizenship lessons to support students in developing emotional awareness and being considerate. How well had I prepared my students?

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Graphite Blog

JULY 26, 2018

Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture. I also used digital citizenship lessons to support students in developing emotional awareness and being considerate. How well had I prepared my students?

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 27, 2015

What about our Digital Age educators? Differentiation and personalized learning opportunities are just as important for teachers--creating empowering learning communities is key. Here are few of the unique ways educators are given opportunities to expand their learning environment through creative measures.

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