The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Lindsey Danhoff on episode 308 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ideas to help you spark creativity in your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Creativity is something that we have to nurture as teachers. In this blog post and episode, I share some of the ways I believe nurture creativity in students. Sponsor: The U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter For me, this eighty days of AI journey is about looking at every AI tool that might be helpful to teachers. Google Bard FAQ Document Again, Google Bard only keeps the prompts but not the answers. How to join the waitlist. So, wait and see!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A sponsored post by GradeCam From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This past week, I took a tour of GradeCam, and in this post, I’ll share with you the features of this system and how it can save you time as a teacher. But I was wrong. Any Camera Works… But Practice First.

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The Electric Educator

JULY 6, 2017

Start Date : July 15, 2017 End Date : August 5, 2017 Skill Level : Beginner / Intermediate Format : Online via Google Classroom Cost : $2.00 + Book Register here Course 2: Developing your Elementary Chromebook Classroom - REGISTER HERE This course is specifically developed for anyone teaching in grades PK - 3.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Kristen Mattson on episode 242 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Kristen Mattson, author of Digital Citizenship in Action talks about how they’ve integrated digital citizenship into all of their courses at her school and how you can too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Melissa Mann on episode 167 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listen to: How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom episode #72 with Crystal Koenig. Vicki: It’s so empowering when you teach kids how to voice type. Special Ed Treasure #4: Seesaw.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Sixteen types of games, Google Classroom and LMS compatibility and auto-grading From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The matching column resources are perfect for kindergarten and lower elementary teachers working with phonetic sounds and word recognition.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. We can do that.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. Estimates of just how sluggish vary. Related: What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read. Fordham Institute, a think tank, posted on Twitter. “It’s READ THE SERIES.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In this blog post, I’ll share how I use screencasting to assess student work. Students can bring up a historical document on their screen and analyze the artifact.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vickie Morgado on episode 177 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. Instantly scan and score with any mobile, desktop or document camera.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Eric Curts from Ctrl Alt Achieve From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts @ ericcurts teaches us twenty-three ways to use Gsuite tools in our classroom. See Eric’s blog post on emojis in Google docs to learn how to do this. However, an anchor links within the document.

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Buncee

JUNE 11, 2021

Ever wonder how to make writing have more of an impact on students? I have seen firsthand how Buncee entices reluctant writers to write more than they ever would on a sheet of paper or even type far more than they ever would on a normal document. Follow Barbie’s class on Twitter! Wonder no more! Meet the Author.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Lee Ann Yonker on episode 168 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On Twitter it’s #MiniGoogleMasters for the younger kids and #MakingGoogleMasters for the older kids. But they didn’t know how to spell the compound word.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Thank you to everyone on Twitter who challenged me to explain numbers that seem to be nonsensical and contradictory.). How can 9-year-olds lose 20 years of academic progress? It’s not that individual children used to know how to read and then stopped being able to read. But the scores also raised many questions.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2017

The question was how to do it. I can’t remember how I discovered Padlet , but I know it was after I left the classroom. It can be simply a place to house important documents and resources for learners, or it can be a tool that facilitates assessment and feedback. The program provides varied accessibility for one’s needs.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 10, 2019

Here is how to get started: Identifying Your Topic. Whether this opportunity to reflect is done independently or as a group, students are able to use this time to consider how their personal experience can serve as a beginning point for crafting an inquiry question that builds on an aspect of their experience.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Episode 125 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 04:32 Karen: And they’re like, we’re gonna figure out who Rusty is and why Rusty is hiding at Hazelwood Elementary. How to make a class list in Google Classroom, YouTube. 04:31 Vicki: Yeah.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

Douglas Gotel For example, we use child-centered play therapy intervention in our elementary schools where kids learn how to solve their problems and work through relational difficulties. Twitter: Child Mind Institute. TEDMED: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime. Video: The WellCast Channel on YouTube.

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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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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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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2018

Marc Seigel on episode 273 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How do lessons flow? How do students make progress? There was a meme a couple of years ago about this little elementary kid. Listen to How to Make Flipped Classroom Better.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. Please feel free to contact me via email ( mjgormans@gmail.com ) or Twitter at ( @mjgormans ). I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 19, 2021

Thank you to Keith McCray for sharing his thoughts on the new Blended Learning with Google book on Twitter. Rethink how to use #EdTech and now more than ever the 1800s model of education is not working! Did you know you can convert images and PDF documents into a Google Doc? Watch this quick video to learn how!

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 13, 2018

I've blogged about it quite a few times over the past few years: 10 Google Form Tricks Restrict Answer Length in Google Forms My most epic spreadsheet ever Elementary book report machine You have probably created a survey or quiz using Forms. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2018

As I sat at a giant table with 15 colleagues pondering how to make professional learning more personal for our teachers, my eyes drifted to my screen. Once we had each individual’s information, we began curating and collecting articles, Twitter accounts, podcasts and books that would fit each member’s profile.

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Adam Welcome

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

This post is co-written with Amy Fadeji , Elementary Principal at Penngrove Elementary ! Check the power cord and VGI cable, start problem solving) Other Principals or Directors - “What’s that Twitter thing you do, I should do that, but you’re techy. We didn’t know how to do all these things either when we got started.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

You’ll learn some of the common misconceptions about creating choice boards, but most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started with utilizing the choice board for your classroom. Choice boards, or learning menus, can look like several different replicas of real-life documents. Find ideas and examples in this episode.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 15, 2014

Conferences and Topics June 11 SF Google Summit San Francisco Blogger for Elementary Ed – Setting up a private class blog with blogger can make it safe and easy to share work from your class or school with subscribed readers. Join us to learn how to get your students making videos to share their learning.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 2, 2017

How to integrate Adobe Spark in the classroom: The collection of tools in Adobe Spark are perfect for students and teachers alike. Students can use these tools to create book reviews, to document science experiments, for storytelling, to explain their inquiry process, as an eportfolio, to illustrate math concepts, and so much more!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 28, 2018

Lindsay George on episode 321 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She’s really great at not only – she bridges the gap between what I learned in college and how to actually apply that, so she’s been really great with that.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 21, 2019

For elementary-age students, it’s best if all actions take place on the same screen. Having templates for different types of projects allows them to focus on their learning activity rather than how to create layouts. Drag-and-drop, point-and-click should be the standard approach. but at the beginning, they just want to add content.

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wwwatanabe

MAY 13, 2014

I also share how to right click by pressing Alt + click or place two fingers on the mousepad and click. Getting to the Chrome Web Store: Using the Chrome Web Store is how you add educational apps and extensions to your Chrome browser. Some of my most used extensions are: Tweetdeck -- It makes viewing my Twitter feeds easier!

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EdTechSandyK

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Terice''s post on what she would do differently before deploying iPads to 735 middle schoolers went wild on Twitter, so I know the information she is sharing is important to a wide audience. (As Best Twitter Hashtag: #eduit - I am fairly certain Howard Chan ( @socratech ) started this hashtag a couple of years ago.

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