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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech. Vicki: Happy EdTech Tool Tuesday. And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library.

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. 6 Super Science Edtech Ideas. I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Michelle Zimmerman – Edtech and Social Emotional Learning – talks about this research. I am a self-proclaimed “tech nerd” and love to have my hands on all the latest and greatest products and software. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids. So this is serious games.

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Making Better Videos and Movies with Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Hardware and software choices? I think it’s just when we start with video — and I made that mistake early on — I guess it’s kind of ignorance, in some ways. We just don’t know better. Once you know better, you guide your kids through the scripting, through the storyboarding, or use Jason Ohler’s storymap idea.

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Most Memorable Blogs Posts of the Year – 2016

Reading By Example

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. Dr. Brad Gustafson, an elementary school principal, shares his debate on whether to host an all schol picture using a drone for his building’s 50th anniversary. ” Wise words.

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Simple Steps to Teach Kids to Program

The CoolCatTeacher

I’m a software developer by my formalized profession. Vicki: We’re also talking about teaching kids in elementary, middle, and high school. Most programmers who are just starting out, or anyone who is just jumping in to learn programming — this could be any age, from a 6-year-old onward up to an adult. Aditya: Exactly, exactly.