The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. How can we ensure STEM is more than just a buzzword?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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. PD Connection.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. As teachers, we need to constantly refresh and update topics to improve our distance learning skills. You’ll even want to start with a Wow.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

In this post, I’d like to suggest some ideas for how teachers who are new(ish) to CS can go beyond the Hour of Code. Take an online course. There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric Curts on episode 300 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. From blackout poetry to rhymefinding extensions, learn about some tools you can use all year long in your language arts classes. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 19, 2021

Thank you to Keith McCray for sharing his thoughts on the new Blended Learning with Google book on Twitter. Rethink how to use #EdTech and now more than ever the 1800s model of education is not working! Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Learning Expectations. Is Online Learning Good for ALL Types of Learners?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Joe Mazza on episode 201 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Joe Mazza shares how parents can help students have empathy and become empowered changemakers in the face of tragedy. Twitter: @joe_mazza. Note to reader: This episode is a special episode.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Video and Infographic From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teachers are moving from face to face classrooms to online classrooms quickly. Top online course designers who have also taught face to face tell us how. I had so many people ask for the video.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In this interview, we chat about challenges teachers are facing in the midst of the pandemic and what strategies teachers can use in a concurrent classroom learning environment. Losing the Benefits of Online Learning. Catlin says there are many benefits to face-to-face learning and online learning.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 7, 2017

I pretty much stalked the authors on Twitter, even direct messaging Lisa! I had surveyed one of our elementary sites to find out their tech needs. I didn’t know how to meet ALL of their needs, but I valued their time during PLCs so I had to find a way to make sure my teachers were engaged (really, actually, EMPOWERED).

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2021

But what happens when kids are learning at home? Rosabella Manzanares, a first grader at Betsy Ross Elementary in Forest Park, Ill., ” Schools might not know, for example, how to support a blind parent or caregiver who is now expected to help her child practice her handwriting—writing she can’t see.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Eric Curts from Ctrl Alt Achieve From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts @ ericcurts teaches us twenty-three ways to use Gsuite tools in our classroom. See Eric’s blog post on emojis in Google docs to learn how to do this. But that’s a fun thing. Blow their minds.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Cuomo, who appeared to question this week whether students have to be in classrooms at all , drew immediate fire from many educators and parents, and his secretary later wrote on Twitter that “nothing could ever replace in-person learning.” Nagler, who became superintendent in 2009, had lots of ideas about how to do that.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

If you have any questions—or see something that should be updated—please let me know on Twitter @tonywan or tony@edsurge.com. Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. November suggests Stratosphere which talks about how to evaluate technology projects. Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter. They will get this.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

.” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” And we’ve got WritingCity.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. For elementary, this may be an all-subject checklist. How you create your checklist is up to you. See also How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.). Click here to learn more and to ENROLL TODAY!

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

He has been a prime mover in some of the most innovative projects for technology supported learning in the past few years. He was co-creator of the Twitter weekly discussion group #Edchat and he hosts the Web 2.0 Kids need to learn math and learn how to read and kids only use those devices to play games, not to learn.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

These experiences come from a wide variety of interests including school education, higher education, workplace learning, consulting, lifelong learning, training, and community education. An Introduction to Self-determined Learning (Heutagogy): Stewart Hase. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. For elementary, this may be an all-subject checklist. How you create your checklist is up to you. See also How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.). Click here to learn more and to ENROLL TODAY!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

But even as teachers, students and families prepare to go back to school online, there still isn’t a clear vision of what quality remote learning should look like during a pandemic. Many state’s school reopening plans lack specific standards or expectations for how to provide instruction during remote learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock. Dr. David R.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Our conversation covered plenty of practical tips for remote learning, specifically in the areas of student engagement and motivation, teacher clarity, online instruction, building relationships, asynchronous/synchronous learning, and more. “We We didn’t forget how to be teachers. For elementary, it’s 2-3.5

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2017

“A little mindset intervention can move the needle, but not equally for everyone,” David Dockterman, a lecturer at the Harvard School of Education, wrote on Twitter. He has incorporated mindset messages into a couple widely-used elementary school curricula for remedial reading and math. “The how part is hard.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Understanding when, where, and how learning takes place has never been more important. Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Elementary Years ? Learning Coaching and Mentoring ? Learning Cultures ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Online Learning ?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. " Tagged on: March 17, 2017 770 Apple iPad Air Coming To Cullman County Elementary Schools | Cullman Today → At $340,000, kindergarten, first & second-grade students get 'ultra-modern' tablets.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. See you online! Gary Bass Meaningful STEM-Based Learning in a University/Elementary School Partnership - Maria D. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. .

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

So please check out their website at d2l.com/pulsepodcast to learn more. I also invite you to follow me on Twitter. I really think there are two big parts when we think about the training program, and this is certainly an oversimplification, but you have the kind of classroom style learning, a methods course.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

So please check out their website at d2l.com/pulsepodcast to learn more. I also invite you to follow me on Twitter. I really think there are two big parts when we think about the training program, and this is certainly an oversimplification, but you have the kind of classroom style learning, a methods course.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Laura Gilchrist 9:00pm KEYNOTE: John T. . Naomi Ganin-Epstein I speak meme! Nina Jeron?i? Publish your ePortfolio using Weebly - Valerie R.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2020

He started his career as an elementary school teacher. As he wrote on Twitter last week: “I’m a Black man who was raised by a single mother in a housing project. I started my career as an elementary school teacher in the South Bronx before becoming a high school dean of students and guidance counselor for three years.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” ” “Whatever happened to the promise of online learning ?”

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