Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2020

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. I hold a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, earned at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Although I loved teaching children, I spent the next thirteen years of my career as the elementary principal of a K-5 school.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an important group of subjects that are in high demand — not just in classrooms, but in the job market as well. In the upcoming decade, STEM jobs will grow at almost double the rate of all other jobs. Technology & Engineering. Bonus Skills.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How I teach students to be effective learners in an online classroom. This episode is an audio version of my presentation to students about how to be effective learners in an online classroom. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2018

Elementary Math can be exciting. 5 Ideas to level up Elementary Math with Technology. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kelly Gary, a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania, about five ideas for improving elementary math with technology. I create a Google Doc. Check out these five ideas to use technology to make math exciting.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Today, I am going to show you how to create a custom theme for Google Classroom. You can always select one of the themes Google has provided by clicking “Select theme.” And today, we are going to use one of my absolute favorite tools (and totally underrated, in my opinion): Google Drawings. Click Google Drawings.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

autobiography- Download Link to the Google Doc – [link] Using a Hyperdoc such as this has the additional benefits: It leverages the use of technology which consistently is of high interest, high engagement for my learners. 2000); and to avoid a number of problem behaviors, including drug use and violence (Resnick et al.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 12, 2019

link] Transcript of How to Help Kids Who Hate Math Learn It with Dan Meyer – Episode 513 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast [Recording starts 0:00:00] You can use today’s technique with just about any type of thing where you’re trying to get kids to pay attention to details. He lives in Oakland, CA.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Stephanie Goldman and her first-year mentee Lindsay George have used Google Drive and Google Classroom to supercharge their mentor/mentee relationship. Stephanie Golden: ACE Mentor Relationship Building with Google Drive and Google Classroom. It’s mostly organized, but the search feature for Google Drive is excellent.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

By eighth grade, they’re incorporating the device into classroom science and math experiments , such as learning how to plot linear equations. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how tinker–fests and hackathons can rev up STEM interest in K–12 students. At Nathaniel Morton Elementary in Plymouth, Mass., by Dan Tynan.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 7, 2020

Kyle Pearce shares how to inspire math learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Math shouldn’t break your heart. Kyle Pearce, co-creator of mathmoments.com gives us a high-level view of how every math teacher can make math moments that matter. It should excite you and your students.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The State of STEM Classrooms. Science, technology, engineering and math initiatives are helping students nationwide prepare for STEM-track careers, but they’re also gaining traction as fundamental aspects of the K–12 curriculum. BECOME AN INSIDER: Sign up access to exclusive EdTech videos, whitepapers and articles. by Doug Bonderud.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

To that last question, Sean Arnold, a STEM coach and special educator for the New York City Department of Education, has a suggestion. Find some way, some moment to connect—especially with elementary students, but all your students really—because they’re challenged,” he says. We’re in Google Classroom now and I’m sending them things."

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

They have two STEM challenges running now. Both challenges have students designing STEM or STEAM solutions to our world’s problems and submitting their solutions via video and an online application form. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Join in today! Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school. We were piloting and exploring a STEM course for sixth grade students.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2020

Working Remotely with My Gifted Elementary Students. I met with my learners quickly on Friday, as so much was going on, and asked them to check in with a shared Google doc and our Google Classroom. I asked each of them to share their stories with me via a Google doc. I work with gifted students one day a week.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Google Masters for Kids of All Ages. What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools?

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 1, 2019

CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future. ?At Follow me on Twitter and Google+. CYBERGENERATIONS ?CyberPatriot's

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 13, 2020

Jorge Valenzuela on Episode 602 of the 10 Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Sixty-seven percent of STEM jobs will be in computing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They can jump online and watch a video tutorial to learn how to do something that interests them. They can explore the globe with Google Earth, go on a virtual tour of the Louvre or the MoMA, or tinker, build, and create in the comfort of their homes. Is this learning less powerful than the learning that happens in a classroom?

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Now, they are in display cases in the lobby of our elementary school. To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, STEAM, and STREAM. Computer Science Standards: 1B-CS-02 – Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks. Wow, wow, wow!

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Techsperts will guide the students in learning how to use their new technology, without “doing it for them.” The Alpha: Techsperts will be learning on their own through Google Classroom, in adult led learning opportunities, and Techspert led learning opportunities. Our goal as educators is to train our kids to not need us.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In the past, student work has ranged from the cutting edge to the routine, from creating a measuring tool that uses lasers to estimate the length of great white sharks to teaching officials in Longmont, the district’s main city, how to better use smartphones in their jobs. STEM gives me challenges to think about. It’s more engaging.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Principal Meredith Akers shares how to motivate and encourage others From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Have you ever made the mistake of giving other people the kind of feedback you want to receive – but it just fell flat? If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

She shares her thoughts on innovation and how to stay motivated when you’re exhausted. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom – T his is a FREE Resource great for K-4 educators looking for ways to use Book Creator in their classroom.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 7, 2020

Tool #1: Google Drawings. One of my absolute favorite and most underrated Google tools (in my opinion) is Google Drawings. Google Drawings allows users to create collaborative, custom images and diagrams quite easily. Notice how the Drawing utilizes the space outside of the “canvas.” Tool #2: Slides .

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 13, 2014

On the blog I had embedded a Google form which asked them some simple questions about the toys. How much fun is the toy? How do you play with the toy. Many students struggled to come up with 20 words describing how to play with a toy car or how they play with a toy skateboard or how to play with a slinky.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2020

He reflects on how to use resources to teach science and how to make it as hands-on as possible even at home. We also reflect on what is happening in our areas with the coronavirus outbreak and how schools and teachers are preparing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Learn how to share comments in a way that can transform how a child views him or herself. How to pain struggles in the landscape of life.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric Curts gives us five ways to use Google apps, extensions and tools to celebrate Poetry Month. Google” friend Eric Curts. He knows everything about Google, but also we’re talking about poetry because April is Poetry Month. The very first one is Drag and Drop Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings. Vicki: How fun!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. STEM modules. How to get started. How to use PASCO devices in your classroom. a wide variety of sensors and probes.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Our regular classrooms are steadily transforming into ‘tech classrooms’, with an integration of learning apps like Kahoot, interactive boards, inexpensive VR devices like Google Cardboard and Class VR , voice operated devices, online flashcards , virtual assistants, etc., Read more: How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We put a platform out there for you to get some ideas of how to make Virtual Valentines with your students. So even if you’re not very comfortable with holding a live conference call via Skype or Google Hangouts, the cool thing about Flipgrid is that you can record video messages with your kids. Gingerbread STEM Community Challenge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Specifically, I’ll mention features of Screencastify , the tool I recommend for students to use for Google Chrome or Chromebooks. (If Bandwidth Savings when Uploading to Google Drive. Also, saving screencasts to Google Drive is an advantage because I don’t have to download those large video files. Demonstrating a skill.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020.

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