The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In addition to creating curriculum, Michael also writes software to make life easier for teachers. The post How to Make Programming Easier appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

20 STEM Activities For Kids This Summer. To combat summer learning loss and keep those STEM skills fresh over the summer, Project Lead The Way put together a list of super simple (and fun) STEM activities you can do with your children over summer break. by pltw.org. In fact, it is vital that it doesn’t! Create a discovery jar.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

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. That’s what Minecraft Education Edition does. That’s the great thing about Minecraft Education Edition. We’re a very small rural K-8 school.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2016

Entrants must be 18 years or older to enter and submissions must be an engineering project that was built or created using hardware or software. Tom Coughlin, Chair of the IEEE Public Visibility Committee, IEEE Senior Member and lifelong advocate of the maker movement, will serve as the host of this competition. .”

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

see the full rules ): During the Sweepstakes Period and during the Samsung® “Solve for Tomorrow” 2018 Education Contest registration period (starting at 12:00:01 p.m. So the students invited him to their school, interviewed him, and—using 3D software and a 3D printer—designed a better fitting prosthetic for him.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Hardware and software choices? He is an American Film Institute Screen Educator and an Apple Distinguished Educator. The post Making Better Videos and Movies with Students appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. We just don’t know better.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. Vicki: And I just want to stress — also as a fellow technology educator — that sandboxing is so important. Leah is a 20-year veteran educator. And then I think that they get the play out of the way.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 7, 2015

In contrast to a makerspace, which is a more free-form experience of making, the Fab Lab that museum educators are designing is explicitly connected to the ideas of design and engineering and connects to the Next Generation Science Standards. Most design software isn’t appropriate for kids younger than 6 or 7.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valerie Jopeck , Elementary Library Education Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. They discussed “student generated content that educators could share with stakeholders via social media and online platforms.” Maker Faire. “Girls Stem Nights” Writing and Making. What a great group of educators!

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I’m a software developer by my formalized profession. And that really was the motivation and the premise behind Potato Pirates — to try and provide a universal first step into the world of programming without having educators have to set up an entire class’ infrastructure. And that’s the main problem that people face.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

CoSN is designed for education leaders to better understand their changing roles in creating the new face of learning, and it''s a great event with terrific history and high-powered speakers. Through our Center for Geo-Education, we create learning materials and educational experiences for learners and the adults who teach them.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

I’m interested in how ed-tech (and tech more broadly) will change how we imagine education – as a process, as a practice, as an institution – and change how we value knowledge and expertise and even school itself. The “maker movement.” Collaboration. Personalization. Problem-solving.

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