The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

They don’t necessarily know how to navigate that process. And probably not as much at the middle school and high school level but at elementary certainly they want to know who their teachers are. I hold a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, earned at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. VICKI: 13:36.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. 00:05:07 Speaker 1 If yes, we know that they’ve learned how. The student was supposed to show that they can document correctly.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They can jump online and watch a video tutorial to learn how to do something that interests them. As an educator who is hyper-aware that we need more females in STEM fields, I immediately sought out fun and engaging science stuff online. She was excited to show me how raisins dance and how socks can be used to make snake bubbles!

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. Research-based DESSA assessments provide partners with an SEL foundation rooted in the promotion of assets, not deficits.

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EdTech Robotics Assessment STEM 133

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Puskar Experts say math research hasn’t gotten as much funding or attention, especially beyond the elementary level. This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. on Tuesday, Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Defense Department, in a separate study, calls for an initiative akin to the 1958 Eisenhower National Defense Act to support education in science, technology, education and math, or STEM. Among the students who decide to study STEM in college, more than a third end up changing their majors , according to the U.S.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In a nutshell, heutagogy emphasizes relearning how to learn. They also consider it an attempt to challenge prevailing ideas about teaching and learning stemming from an educator-centered learning paradigm. They help instruct learners how to teach themselves and serve as role models.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. Since I have a library of instructional videos and text documents for students to get the initial learning from, I have time-shifted myself and now students can learn the “next” thing asynchronously without my doing direct instruction to the whole class at the same time. .

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. I will be keynoting this EdTechTeacher event along with other experts in the mastery learning movement, offering strands specific for STEM teachers, humanities teachers, elementary teachers, administrators & coaches. But is there another way?

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

What may look like an arts and crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive essay. ( [link] ). It simply becomes, “How can I add a making element to my lessons to reinforce concepts being learned?”

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 180

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students. That way they can simply drag the words over and not have to worry about how to spell things. So it definitely scales up for upper elementary and for middle school kids as well.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

The winning nominator and his or her nominee each win a $20,000 package including one 7000 series SMART Board and SMART Document Camera, 30 Chromebooks, and SMART training and implementation. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. Enter a great teacher today. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 1, 2015

Just check with your IT administrative team to learn how to logon and access it. The new Office Online tools extend Microsoft’s robust document editing tool to the web and is accessible from any device. July 13-15: Enhancing STEM Curriculum with Technology OR Teaching English with Technology. July 9-10: Digital Portfolios.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 90

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths. Related: How to build an engineer: Start young.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

When they’re finished, students can just attach the link from their Google Drive and the other students can listen and understand exactly what the issues are and where in the document to find them. You can do this by setting aside the last three to four minutes of class for students to explain how to do what they learned in class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

So you can actually video and document what it is that you are seeing through the augmented reality. They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. Day 2 was they had to document it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. OH, we can download this.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

We talk about all sorts of things, from how to engage as a citizen in the United States to different laws and court cases that have an impact on them. Did you do anything to document that? It can even be done in the elementary curriculum. So they were having a face-to-face conversation about the digital space. Kristen: Yes.

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

Content Exploring the Science of Happiness: Studies show that two out of three American teens are stressed and many don't know how to handle it. Discovery Education and LG have teamed up to take students on a virtual field trip (VFT) to understand how science-based skills and practices can help us achieve sustainable happiness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It can even show new computer programmers sample code, allowing them to skip over the boring chore of learning how to write basic code. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. It is important that we document the process so we can learn and plan from it.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 5, 2019

After discussion with my students, I developed a project-based learning experience with a broad driving question of, “How can we use chemistry to design experimentation to investigate a question of our interest?” Students documented their learning, processes, successes, and failures in a digital journal. The Teaching Team.

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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 15, 2014

I am looking forward to sharing what I know about blogging and programming and learning more about makerspace, minecraft, and STEM in all things. Join us to learn how to get your students making videos to share their learning. Next we will discuss how robots help student internalize programming skills and ideas.

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Robotics iPad STEM Learning 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Not reading yet or knowing how to use a computer or mouse or knowing how to use a keyboard — everything takes longer and requires my help. I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank.

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Survey Elementary Personalized Learning Report 144

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Fewer students made credibility judgments at the document or article level, while experts on the study’s advisory panel were more likely to judge the Wikipedia resource at the individual article level, taking the time to note the scope, authority and quality of references that supported the entry. Elementary think alouds.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

srcid=0B6dF7rWxc-5aMGMyanRsMW5DbzQ&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true Find Apps for Chromebook - great resource to find apps to use with Chromebooks [link] A great list of Apps and Extensions for Education https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDrYNfAPlLY-2Y7kbL_ADBfVePYmREbNXXV_fyTh5LM/mobilebasic?pli=1

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard. Codemoji - A cool new sites where grades 1st-8th can learn how to program/code through the use of emojis.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning. How does digital learning work with electives? An art teacher I am working with has students bring laptops from a STEM lab with them to art class. This is another frequently asked question.

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Laptops Blended Learning iPad STEM 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We showed them how to use the paint can tool to put color in the cells, and we told them to create a jack-o’-lantern. But they didn’t know how to spell the compound word. We showed them how to use the Voice Notes in the Speaker Notes to type the word. Check out the interview with Christine Pinto on episode 142.

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Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 176

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2018

There was a meme a couple of years ago about this little elementary kid. So it doesn’t matter if you use videos or document-based questions, or reading passages or anything. Listen to How to Make Flipped Classroom Better. I kind of describe it like this. And he’s got this crayon gripped in his fist. His eyes are wide.

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MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” The session on grant writing, for example, was a dud because everyone there wanted to learn how to write them and nobody knew where to start. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

Williams Middle School in Charleston, South Carolina, demonstrates soldering used to build a SeaPerch, an underwater remotely controlled vehicle, to students in a summer camp program aimed at piquing their interest in the school’s STEM programs. Charleston County School District). On a recent weekday, J.

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. Related: How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Not reading yet or knowing how to use a computer or mouse or knowing how to use a keyboard — everything takes longer and requires my help. I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank.

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Survey Elementary Report Social Media 69

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop. I will have a session on STEM to STEAM to MAKERS.

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