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How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson

The CoolCatTeacher

Elementary and primary students can learn to code. For Hour of Code week this week, learn how you can go past the Hour of Code and use coding all year long! You can also use and create breakout educational experiences. How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. Students can program.

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Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades

The CoolCatTeacher

Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades. Vicki: Steve, do you find that there are teachers that think that kids can’t really understand these concepts — like elementary kids really understanding XY coordinates? You just realized, “Perhaps we’re underestimating the abilities of our elementary kids.”.

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Using Games to Help Reluctant Readers and Writers (and More)

The CoolCatTeacher

Lee Graham on Episode 569 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dr. Lee Graham is working with teachers to teach them principles of game-based learning to teach writing. Her anecdotes of classroom behavior-changing results are – pardon the pun – game-changing.

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Augmented Reality Lessons You Can Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Edchat Interactive shares best practices among educators through live online interactive events. Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Jeff: Ah, yeah… So I’m using Minecraft Education Edition in my technology classroom with my students. So with Minecraft Education Edition, that’s what I was able to accomplish. It’s all about gaming. That’s what Minecraft Education Edition does. That’s the great thing about Minecraft Education Edition.

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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

” The post 3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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What’s Hot in 2nd-Grade with #2ndchat moderator Carol McLaughlin

The CoolCatTeacher

FutureFit aligns social emotional learning and character education with your traditional subjects of math, language arts, sciences and more for grades K-12. I happen to know the educational director, one of the education directors at the zoo, and I wanted to do something with animals that was a big standard that we had.

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