The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

10MT: A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Michael Matera From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Michael Matera (@ mrmatera ) is a middle school teacher, author of Explore Like a Pirate and speaker. As a gamification guru and moonshot thinker, Michael transforms the traditional classroom into a high-energy environment where active student engagement is paramount.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Report finds that as more schools are requesting funds for high speed internet, the connectivity concerns will begin to shift.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

What does it take to raise $2 million in funding for your startup? I know, because I've done it. The post Build a Startup Company Investors Want to Fund appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Here’s a collection of Ask a Tech Teacher articles addressing individual Google Apps: Google Docs. Google Drawings. Google Forms. Google Hangouts. Google Keep. Google Voice. This isn’t meant to be comprehensive. Yet. If your favorite Google App isn’t listed and you’d like me to review it, fill out the form below: Loading… More articles on Google Apps: How do I teach Google Drive to K/1?

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

(This blog is excerpted from an article that originally appeared on Forbes.com.). A great place to launch new products and services is often in places where there is no competition. Finding such an area of nonconsumption—where customers can be delighted by something that is infinitely better than their alternative (nothing at all)—is key to launching a disruptive innovation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 Over the last few days we spent sometime going through the piles of tools saved in our archive and managed to select the ones that fit perfectly for STEAM (Science, Technology,read more.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

I recently did some writing for Scholastic. It was an online resource, featuring 50 story starters to encourage exciting writing. Click here for the full piece. Tagged: education , story starters , teachers , teaching , teaching ideas , teaching resources , writing , writing prompts.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

February 4, 2017 Below are five good educational apps we picked up from Apple's 'New Apps We Love' category in iTunes App Store. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: sign documents.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The post How To Never Run Out Of New Ideas As A Teacher appeared first on TeachThought.

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Perry Hewitt

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It’s hard to tease out what makes for a great use of color in interface design but like Potter Stewart, we know it when we see it. Explore these practical tips and tools for using color in UI design. Andrew Chen identifies the smart questions to ask to make sure you aren’t falling for the Bad Product Fallacy : just because you don’t like it, that doesn’t mean it will fail.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Riddles are a fun way to get students thinking logically and tackling problems that can seem overwhelming at first. In this TED-Ed riddle , students are put in the position of a famous mathematician who has been jailed by his king, but has a chance at freedom if he can figure out which of 12 seemingly identical coins has been counterfeited by a corrupt official.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

On a Saturday afternoon, on a whim, I went to see “ La La Land “ When the previews first came out, I was excited, but the more I heard about it, the less I actually wanted to go. As the movie started, I thought the beginning was okay, but all of a sudden, I was swept up in it. Ryan Gosling, my new man-crush, was awesome in it, and Emma Stone was also quite amazing.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Hawaii Event: Google Classroom in Paradise Join Alice Keeler and Michael Fricano for “Google Classroom in Paradise” July 1 in Hawaii! Event Website bit.ly/gcparadise Win a Free Registration We are giving away a free registration (sorry no travel costs included). Please fill out the Google Form to register. The Winner will be chosen randomly after February […].

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Confession: I don’t know that I completely get the coloring craze. I recognize the value of stress reduction and mindfulness. I know there’s a certain nostalgia associated with coloring. Last year, however, I did get super excited about one particular coloring project: #colorourcollections or #colourourcollections week! And her it comes again!

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

As technology plays a larger role in the jobs of the future, educators will need to reassess what is taught in schools, speakers at the LearnLaunch conference said. The post ‘LearnLaunch’ Speakers See Artificial Intelligence, Learning Sciences Shaping Future of K-12 appeared first on Market Brief.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In October 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the Google Innovator Academy in Toronto. Along with the amazing experience and a newly formed tribe I returned home with a copy of The HyperDoc Handbook by Lisa Highfill , Kelly Hilton , and Sarah Landis. I started reading the book on the flight home. By the time I landed in Texas, I knew I had to share this book with the teachers at my school through a book study.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

We are so excited to have the second location of Avid Bookshop just a few blocks from our school. Avid was recently named one of the top 5 finalists for the 2017 bookstore of the year by Publisher’s Weekly. Since our students have walking field trip forms on file, it was easy for this year’s student book budget group to plan a walking field trip to the new Avid.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

I nstructional Technology Specialist at Cumberland Academy of Georgia Jennifer Liang knows all about digital citizenship. But teaching the fundamentals of digital citizenship to students with High Functioning Autism is all the more important, especially as they prepare to enter college or the workforce. In “ Teaching Students with Autism about Digital Citizenship ,” a webinar hosted by edWeb.net and Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec , Jennifer discussed her teaching strategies for

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EdTechnocation.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Do you love Alice Keeler , the queen of spreadsheets, and her blog and books ? Then you'll want to attend Google Classroom in Paradise on July 1st in Honolulu, HI! Here's your chance to earn a free registration ! It's almost Valentine's Day! So we're giving away free registration to Google Classroom in Paradise on July 1st (travel and lodging is not included).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Global community helps young writers write, revise, think, and grow.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

I guess there’s not going to be any settling down, is there? Here, as is often the case, are some interesting articles to kick off your weekend: Looks like Audrey Watters gave a barn-burner at the University of Richmond this week, on “Ed-Tech in a Time of Trump” : “A Time of Trump” could be “A Time of Neoliberalism” or “A Time of Libertarianism” or “A Time of Algorithmic Discrimination” or “A Time of Economic Precarity.̶

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Peter Cunningham, former press secretary to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Drama over the nomination of Michigan philanthropist and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as President Trump’s education secretary is captivating the education and political sector and now comes to a nail-biting finale on Monday.

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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