The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Brian Aspinall on Episode 396 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Happy Hour of Code Week. Here are your ideas to get started. Brian Aspinall, author of Code Breaker : 15+ Ways to Get Started with Coding, shares how students from kindergarten to high school can start to learn coding. He also discusses why the argument that every child won’t become a coder just doesn’t hold water.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The best job on the planet is that of a parent. I can’t begin to explain how awesome it has been over the years watching my kids grow up and being actively engaged in their lives. Sure, there are some lows along the way, but the highs are what bring so much joy and purpose into our own lives. If you are a parent, you know exactly what I am talking about.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Whether a student is an English learners or native English speaker, the strategies EL specialist Valentina Gonzalez offers will provide support for middle graders who are struggling to read text on grade level. Insight: Often we must help unlock the new language.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In today's post, we are sharing with you 5 excellent Chrome extensions you can use to clip and save web content right into any of the popular cloud storage platforms you use. In this way you will be.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2018

It’s that time of year again—nestled between Thanksgiving and winter break is Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code , offering super-cool activities to keep restless students engaged in programming challenges. This year, educators are focusing on all the things that make computer science education important and necessary for today’s students—namely, how programming builds skills like critical thinking and problem solving that help students in daily life, the fact that

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 2, 2018

I heard this quote the other day (author unknown): What you don’t know is more than what you know. It was a reminder of the importance of growing and developing as learners, but also having humility on the journey. Those two reminders for me were evident in Brad Gustafson’s new book from the IMPress team, “Reclaiming our Calling: Hold on to the Heart, Mind, and Hope of Education.” The way Brad weaves in stories of why we teach with amazing examples of his growth while

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EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Informative, inspiring, or just plain interesting education and digital technology content from across the web, posted on Twitter over the past week and collected here to share with our blog readers. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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MindShift

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In the United States, 34 million children have had at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) — ranging from abuse or neglect to parental incarceration or addiction. Children living in poverty are more likely to have multiple ACEs, compounding the effects of economic insecurity. In addition, the current opioid epidemic is devastating families and overwhelming the foster care system, and many school populations include refugee children who have fled dangerous conditions.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2018

. The country just got more politically involved — and polarized. College students caught and grew a blue wave that flipped the U.S. House of Representatives, governorships and state legislatures. The election outcomes also reflect deepening divisions along lines of ideology, age, gender and identity. That’s a dynamic that has implications for the way students learn, live and work together.

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