The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 3, 2018

From augmented reality to game-based learning and online portfolios, she has a variety of ideas to share about how she amps up her science teaching with technology. SPONSOR: Join a Free Personalized Learning Session with Me and TextHelp! Creating Elementary Portfolios with SeeSaw. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Sixth-grade teacher Jessica Gordon@ 1337teach gives us tips, ideas, and links for how to gamify our classrooms now. Game based learning can be simple and free. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Game based learning can be simple and free.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Angela Peery @ drangelapeery share their advice for helping students learn blended vocabulary. We’ll also be giving away of their book Blended Vocabulary for K12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital tools and Direct Instruction and you can enter by clicking here and following the instructions. Listen Now. FlashCard Stash.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 18, 2019

To meet this demand, there has been ongoing discussion on how to best educate our kids for a STEM-focused future. How can we best equip our kids with the necessary skills to face future challenges? Game-Based Learning Educators have long been using game-based learning strategies to boost student engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Use reciprocal learning 03:25 2. Turn your worksheet into a Kahoot (or other online quizzing tool) 07:35 5. Create a flash card game 08:45 6. So there's all kinds of opportunities then to teach students how to coach someone in the answer. Help the coach know how to coach at the same time you're helping, helping both.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 31, 2023

As you'll see, he brings several perspectives that I haven't yet discussed here or over at KyEdRPG: he's a Kentuckiana elementary teacher integrating role-playing games with his students, he's using a game other than D&D, and he's doing so in a short time frame during the instructional day. David, welcome to Edtech Elixirs!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll include the video unboxing tour that I recently had with the team at the Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection, and I’ll share some thoughts on how you can effectively use this collection in your classroom. Plus, I’ll tell you how to get your free 30-day trial. Digital Learning Collection.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The instant feedback, ability to create multiple paths (or branches), embed videos, 3D characters, websites, and even 360 experiences make this tool immediately interactive and usable for students. It is simply an object-oriented drag-and-drop tool. Without project management tools, students will waste time and not complete the task.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Ever keen to catch a trend on the upswing, I’ve curated a list of EdTech tools, apps and programs that are not only effective, but teach through joy. Developers have naturally found a niche for “joyful” tech in the elementary phases, where the idea of allowing younger kids to have fun while learning is all but a credo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

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. Personal interests engage students in learning. Personal interests engage students in learning.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 22, 2020

To learn how to create bitmojis for your learners, see this post by Matt Miller, [link]. I start all my classes, both elementary school and college classes, with an emotional check in. I show them how to do image searches with each platform and my own personalized feelings made with Adobe Spark as an example: Lego Selfie.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

London, ON – Cyber Legends, the fun, free game that empowers kids to learn online safety through play, today announced the launch of the Cyber Legends Gaming platform and its availability to schools across North America. This provides a simple way to give each child the basics on how to stay safe online. and Canada.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

Learn how money operates in the real world. Learn how to read maps. Play lots of math games to reinforce. In-depth reports help parents know how their child is performing. In this summer camp adventure, students will: Create and analyze code. Discover the role math plays in cooking. Solve math quests.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. This empowers students at a young age to document what they are learning at school and share it with their teacher, parents and classmates. She rocked it! New semesters are a great time to try new things.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 2, 2018

This Thursday, December 6 from 1-3 pm Eastern Time, Edweek is hosting an event about personalized learning. I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. Then, Rob gives teachers five ideas he uses in his classroom for brain breaks. Take a brain break today!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Today Jarrod Robinson @mrrobbo gives us the apps, tools, and mindset to rock physical education class. The very first thing that you might consider using is utilizing a video delay tool. Are you familiar with video delay tools at all? I’ve never heard them called video delay tools so tell me what it is. I don’t know.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Even if you don’t have multiple ages on campus, this can be accomplished through Skype or other video conferencing tools. And one of the beautiful things in that story is how Scout learns to see the world through someone else’s eyes. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom. Vicki: Cool.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Blog Posts —advice about ESSA, the buzz about VR, and how to teach with Snapchat. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling. Videos —featuring blended learning, virtual high school and other success stories.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools? Using Google Tools to Help Improve Behavior and Increase Engagement. We knew that engagement had to increase, and so in came our G-suite tools. We showed them how to use the paint can tool to put color in the cells, and we told them to create a jack-o’-lantern.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Most of us have seen these photographic tools in Snapchat (and now, Facebook) that let users take pictures of themselves and put funny graphic masks on their faces. Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? How does AR work in 3D Bear? You can use it and learn. This blog post is sponsored by 3D Bear.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Today Jon Corippo @jcorippo talks about one of his favorite tools, Quizizz. He shares how you can use this tool to teach vocabulary and save time for other things! Unleashing students to help with this tool. Want to hear another episode on technology tools? VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Just go to coolcatteacher.com/shake to learn more. Kasey: Pear Deck is a formative assessment tool. We can keep learning more. Listen Now. Vicki: Yes.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. As w/ any of my previous annual top lists, all tools listed in previous posts will not be eligible for this years'. Dystopia 2153 - An innovative new site that teaches programming/coding through the use of game based learning and graphic novels.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. and learn about it on their own. Did you know you could do this?”. They started discovering things. “OH, We can do that.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Vicki: Happy Ed Tech Tool Tuesday! They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. It is a powerful tool. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down.

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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. ” Want to hear some more about tech tools?

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

It’s also a time when companies of all sizes and ages announce their latest updates and tools. Tuniversitiy’s first offering is a book on how to reproduce Williams’ own song, “Happy,” and includes step-by-step tutorials on how students can create the song for themselves within Garageband. classrooms. The book costs $4.99

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

The goal of the game is for students to experience the types of decisions that you have to make just prior to college and through college that you don’t necessarily think about. We always think about, you know, how much to borrow, and interest rates, and on and on. Brian: Our fourth would be VISA’s Financial Football Game [link]. #4

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. Storify is a fantastic tool that lets you pull tweets together. How do we be respectful? (We We’ve traveled the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We’re talking about how to get people really excited about coding and interested in it. How can we condense down what we need to learn in coding to such a short period of time? He was a bit older than me, and he actually learned how to program in 1’s and 0’s. Deep learning is more conducive.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Math Playground, the premium version, enables teachers to create classes and assign games to students. Using their credentials, students can sign in to class and access the assigned games. Unfortunately, Math Playground does not offer performance tracking tools and progress reports. The games are ideal for mere math practice.

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