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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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2021

Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum is a fantastic free resource of lesson plans, videos, and learning experiences for students everywhere. Sponsor: Today's podcast includes sponsored content from Google and their Applied Digital Skills Curriculum. Check out Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum and Back to School Lessons.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . When you create a lesson, you’ll see that you can add PDFs, PowerPoints, Google Docs, Google Slides, YouTube videos, web links, instructional audio, or SMARTNotebook lessons (and more.) References.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 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

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 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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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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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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The “Open Middle” math problem format is NOT talking about middle school math, although it applies to middle, high school, elementary, and even college math just the same. Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. However, math can be exciting.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Eduprotocols for kindergarten and early elementary with the book’s co-author Jon Corippo. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

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. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 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. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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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. I taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today. Michael Rousell, Ph.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc.

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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. STEM modules. to investigate frames of reference. They meet NGSS standards and work within Google Classroom and most LMSs. They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. And we forgot to mention that you’re actually an Elementary Teacher of the Year in Texas for Region 15, so these are elementary kids doing these really cool projects. Idea #4: Google Expeditions.

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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. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Buncee

MARCH 17, 2020

I have used it primarily in elementary science, with students in grades 3-5. I can create a quick Buncee with the standard and expectations, which students can refer back to as needed. Michael Cullen ( @Cullen4EDU ) is a Science/STEM teacher in Forest Hills Elementary, with a M.Ed. About Michael Cullen.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. From my high school classroom to this elementary classroom. Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own. Book Creator is an awesome tool for classrooms of all ages.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

You can also bookmark this list as a resource and refer back to it throughout the year. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Thankfully, there’s Alice Keeler, a Google Certified Teacher and self-described super-nerd. Kasey Bell is a Google-certified instructional technology consultant with a ton of personality.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

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. I mean, I’ve used Skype just a little bit, and Google Docs maybe a little bit. Gingerbread STEM Community Challenge. What is Mystery Skype?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 7, 2020

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

Currently, she is an Innovative Learning Specialist for Five-Star Technology Solutions and a Google Certified Trainer spreading love for #EdTech that empowers students to think critically and follow their passion! Brett Miller. I am Brett, @ bmiller_fsts an Innovative Learning Specialist for Five-Star Technology in Southern Indiana.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC), our IMLS-funded study, uses simulated Google result lists to examine what happens when student researchers make real-time search engine result page decisions. As an open reference source, it is under continual construction. Elementary think alouds. Note the binary approach.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In mission statements across the country, references to personalized learning abound, hanging proudly from schoolhouse walls. NPS is also home to well over 100 certified Google Educators , trainers, and innovators. We’ve become a leader in STEM Education by changing the way we structure schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

So is it almost like somebody’s in Google Classroom, and the doc is like a page or a webpage you would have in your LMS? Now, what I do is in Google Classroom , I will give them the Hyperdoc, and then I will make a copy for each student. Lisa: I use it in docs and slides, but I also use it in Google Sites. It was fun!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Students can log in with their Google ID or set up an account. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This is a sponsored post. What Does Owl Eyes Do? You can assign texts for students to read.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

We use Google Classroom a lot. We use Google Hangouts. They’re using tools like Google Classroom and different things that I curate for the teacher and for the class. It can even be done in the elementary curriculum. I’ve been working a little bit with some folks in the elementary world, which is a stretch for me.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

Vicki: So it’s a Google Doc, and they can make a copy of the doc, review it read only, right? Then I actually have Google Classroom, which is where I put it so it’s a little bit easier for them to access. Vicki: So when they do these activities, are they turning them back in, in Google Classroom? Laura: Yes. How does that work?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. They have been using the ChromeBooks in our classroom to do Google searches. You could make a Google slide. It’s really happening organically. Blog: [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans. There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author: High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references. Why use QR Codes? The Fun of IFTTT.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

So this work stems from my dissertation research which was an ethnography. The teachers in this book really refer to games not as games, but as virtual field trips or digital field trips where their students would experience something, and then they would be able to take that context and use it in a learning environment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2018

There was a meme a couple of years ago about this little elementary kid. Kids are graphing all the information with Google Sheet. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. I kind of describe it like this. His eyes are wide.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

We were trying out Google Expedition with a full classroom kit. If you couple that with the cheap Google Cardboard headsets, and now you can have a Virtual Reality experience for — a hundred bucks — versus eight hundred bucks. Vicki: Help me understand the differences between web VR experiences and like, Google Expedition.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype. It could be fiction or nonfiction. You write it.

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