The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Elementary and primary students can learn to code. How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. Why code in the elementary grades? So, Sam, why do we even want to code in the elementary grades? When I first heard about coding in the elementary grades, I was really put off by it.

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Elementary How To iPad Exercises 247

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2019

A Look Inside Amanda’s Library at Meadow View Elementary Amanda Johnson – Bio As Submitted Amanda Johnson is the media specialist at Meadow View Elementary in Henry County, Virginia. As a lifelong learner, every day is an adventure for Amanda and her 670 elementary school students!

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Libraries How To Elementary Exercises 294

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

My answer to you is this: We must bring more arts programming—and blend it with the maker movement—into our schools. So then… how are “making” and the maker movement uniquely powerful as avenues of learning—and where might it come up against resistance? What about film ?

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Maker Movement Robotics Social Media Exercises 117

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For Halloween 2016, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, and STEM. Background Information. Principles that drive my instructional approach. National Core Arts Standards).

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STEM Education Exercises Groups 120

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And our teachers, in terms of being able to exercise that creative juice, that it lets them really explore learning in a way that gets at passions of teachers. If our kids don’t leave us with that, then we’ve done an incredible disservice. I think that we’ve had really almost two decades in Virginia where our kids have been held in thrall.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Both of the elementary schools where I work have general consumables for educators (and I believe it’s true for most schools): xerox paper, butcher block paper, crayons, scissors, tape, markers, rubber bands, papers clips. The same seems to be true for the maker movement these days. Materials Openly and Easily Accessible.

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Libraries Classroom Maker Movement Robotics 164

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. EdLeader21 has developed a toolkit to guide districts and independent schools in developing their own “portrait of a graduate” as a visioning exercise. What can they design that works well for their community?”

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Assessment Gamification Digital Citizenship Social Media 166