The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

A course to help support your learning goal of using social media effectively is Social Media Tools for Teaching and Learning. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. You can best help your students implement these tech tools by learning how to use them yourself.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

If I’ve learned anything from my broken foot, it is that there are things only I can do for myself. And when you’re ready, consider how to bring your passions (and your students’) into the classroom with passion projects and student interest projects. As you do, consider how to bring these types of interests into your classroom.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

I understand and believe in value of learning through board games, and have incorporated them into my classrooms – both elementary and higher education – throughout my decades long teaching career. Research indicates that there is power in using board games in the classroom.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 22, 2020

I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests. To learn how to create bitmojis for your learners, see this post by Matt Miller, [link]. Personalized Feelings Chart.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

I recently took on a new position teaching 400+ elementary students Computer and Technology. I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

I recently took on a new position teaching 400+ elementary students Computer and Technology. I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions.

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Robotics Elementary Social Media Course 159

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. Games4Ed facilitates collaborations between educators, researchers, game developers, publishers, and policymakers to further the use of games and other immersive strategies in schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Years ago when I discussed strategy with a Disney Cruise leader, they told me that people tend to remember how an experience starts and how it ends. Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. But Alana, we are talking about how to end the school year.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

If an exam showed that a student struggled with identifying theme, for instance, I would come to the data talk prepared with learning strategies and together we would develop a plan for remediation. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Blog Posts —advice about ESSA, the buzz about VR, and how to teach with Snapchat.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Cool Math Games Cool Math Games offers access to a wide range of free math games that help students sharpen their mathematical skills. These include free thinking, strategy, and logic games. Cool Math games are student friendly and can be used in school and at home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

I did a study , several years back about some of the older children working with younger children, (pre-kindergarten), just very basic digital inking, starting with colors and talking to 3 and 4-year-olds about their favorite colors, showing them how to use the tool. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software. SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor. Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm. Strategies for not getting overwhelmed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enrique Cachafeiro has spent the last decade finding ways to evolve the state of the classroom as to take advantage of new instructional technologies and strategies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Here’s more proof: University of Glasgow researchers observed that playing video games improves communication, resourcefulness, and adaptability among undergraduates—all important competencies for our students to develop if they’re going to get ahead. A good game knows how to keep us challenged and in our zone of proximal development—or flow.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning. Using her document camera and an iPad, the teacher demonstrated how to take a 2D image that one student had previously drawn and alter it to become a 3D image ready to be printed.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Students improve math skills (applying mathematical theories and formulas to calculate gaming strategy), become more tech literate, and strengthen their scientific reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. Decide how to recruit student leaders or support students who want to start an esports team.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Mobile learning and BYOD (bring your own device) is making it easier students to learn, especially in the subject of Math. 50 Math Sites and Apps 4 Dice: Fraction Games - A great iOS app for learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. This list is in alphabetical order.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

If you are uncertain how to proceed, you’re not alone. Here's how the decision-making practice in a simulation might go: You—in the role of elementary school principal—receive a series of emails from your staff complaining about another staff member’s "inappropriate dress."

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

If you’re interested in the possibility of video games for learning–that is, teaching and learning with video games to master both academic and non-academic content–than the following collection may be of interest to you. With that in mind, 50 of the best video games for learning are listed below.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

Read How to Use Padlet. It’s sort of the reason why it doesn’t seem new and sexy to talk about blogging or to evangelize blogging anymore or show people how to use EduBlog , or how to use WordPress. technologies in connecting educators and creating professional learning communities. Tool #7 & 8 WordPress and Edublogs.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. The game has a very specific role.”. And yet, middle schoolers at Quest perform well on state standardized tests.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2017

How to get started. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Louis, Missouri, she began her teaching career at Buder Elementary within the St. with us and she has done a previous episode with us on game-based learning that was awesome.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

I want every student to understand how they can share from every single electronic device or a photograph of physical objects on my interactive display. This is why, as part of my first and second day procedures, I teach students how to “throw” their screens (of all kinds) to my large screen at the front of the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Wednesday, October 1st at 4pm ISTE Webinar: Equity in Education: Actively Engaging Girls in STEM Education , Discover instructional strategies that engage all youth in STEM, with a specific focus on girls. Learn about proven activities and program examples and get resources for immediate implementation in your classroom or program.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. Learn four important skills that will help you integrate edtech into your curriculum. Learn more and register here. Learn more and register here.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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