The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Episode 376 with Thomas Arnett on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Thomas Arnett, a senior research fellow in education for the Christensen Institute, talks about a recent paper he co-authored about “The Teacher’s Quest for Progress,” some new research that can help all of us with professional development.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

How are rural schools, which face logistical obstacles unheard of in more urban districts, finding ways to provide their students with technology? If one Alaska district is any indication, it’s through a combination of creative problem solving. Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is the second largest district in Alaska after the Anchorage School District.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2018

The web provides limitless opportunities for learning, creating, sharing, and exploring the depths of human knowledge. But it is also an unsafe arena where one needs to be equipped with the needed.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Texting isn't talking. With so much digital communication among students, Curtis Chandler wants to be sure they can also speak, listen and make eye contact with others, skills they need now and in the future. He has ideas and tools for bridging the communications gap.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Here are some powerful video screen capture tools you can use to record everything that takes place on your Chrome browser. Some of them support desktop recording allowing you to record your screen.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Educational institutions are becoming more and more aware of the importance of branding staff and schools in our digital world. However schools and districts often don't consistently have and/or use their logo and slogan in their materials. In fact often staff do not even know their slogan and in many cases if they do, it does not seem meaningful or relevant and/or they are unsure where it even came from.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 14, 2018

I shared this post recently, “ These Are The Skills That Your Kids Will Need For The Future (Hint: It’s Not Coding), ” and I want to start with a quote from the end of the article first. Perhaps most of all, we need to be honest with ourselves and make peace with the fact that our kids’ educational experience will not–and should not–mirror our own.

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Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Free Presentation Templates Every teacher needs access to free presentation templates. They’re great for so much more than presentations; I use them for posters, social media graphics, quotes, and more. I recently asked a colleague in a meeting if she had sketched the icons in her presentation. She casually replied “No, it’s from Slides Carnival,” Read more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Our award-winning series of stories that explains how students are preparing for the jobs of the future has taken us around the country. We’ve reported on how high schoolers in a New England factory town are trying to leave poverty behind; how college students in Texas are preparing to work in the burgeoning wind industry; and how apprenticeships may offer a low-cost way to prepare people for decent-paying jobs.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 14, 2018

SOLE is a "self organized learning environment" that is a wonderful app for mobile learning and integrating technology into the classroom. The way this works is by a simple process: asking a question or selecting one, investigating/collaborating w/ others, and review. A SOLE session can last up to 45 min or one class period and is a great way to generate brainstorming and creative thinking.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2018

What do you believe in professionally? We all possess a particular set of beliefs that are shaped by our respective value system. These impact our work and ultimately determine whether we are successful or not. Mark Lenz provides this great perspective: Beliefs. We all have them. They came from somewhere. They probably started forming in us as young children and have been strengthened through time.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Spin Spell is a fun iOS game for Spelling that reminds me a lot of Marble Madness. This game has users trying to spelling words while controlling a ball to roll over the correct letters. Spin Spell has over 25 levels and over 30 spelling lists for students to play through. Best of all, educators can import their own spelling lists to help students practice their words from class.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 14, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast, I’m giving you an overview of and a solid foundation for understanding trauma-informed teaching practices. You’ll learn ways that trauma impacts students and what we can do to support kids without carrying the weight of that trauma ourselves. I’ll also provide specific dos and don’ts to make it easier to navigate this in your classroom. .

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Photo by Nestor Galina I have written many times about game based learning and its place in education. Here's a revisit to a post I published several years ago. It examines the long game and strategy elements of learning through game playing. I am, as ever, interested in your views. Games playing is not always viewed as a serious pedagogical method.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Fred Rogers (3/20/28 — 2/27/03) Photo: Keystone Canada/ZUMAPRESS.COM. We are in engaged in a national conversation about consent, privilege and the patriarchy. It is bitter and contentious, and we find ourselves with even fewer role models than we might have previously believed. As a reminder that there once were role models, helpers and forces of good in the world, I suggest the recent documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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