The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2019

has 25 years in education as teacher, instructional coach, elementary/secondary principal and K-12 district administrator. Teachers describe her workshops as meaningful and engaging as she models quality instructional methods that can be used in the classroom tomorrow. Connie Hamilton – Bio as Submitted Connie Hamilton Ed.S.

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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? With a greater depth of knowledge on a subject, teachers can help build confidence and STEM literacy in students.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It MORE FROM EDTECH: Read about how K–12 educators are using technology to boost engagement. If you’re going to choose a platform, chose it, stick with it, and train your people how to use it.

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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. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. UDL is an excellent framework that can be used in any classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

10MT: A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Michael Matera From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As a gamification guru and moonshot thinker, Michael transforms the traditional classroom into a high-energy environment where active student engagement is paramount. No purchase necessary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Understanding student mental health can also help us with others who we meet in our world today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Personalize learning and make it fun for students. This real-world experience helps students apply a variety of age-appropriate math skills in real-world stories and scenarios crafted to help students realize that math can relate to their everyday life.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

EdSurge: How did you first hear about Rigamajig? Gilliland: I first learned of Rigamajig from my wife—an early childhood educator who noticed it on Twitter. The whole school community—students, staff, parents and families—saw our students create and tinker with Rigamajig. I ask my students to do this as well.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . Talking about best lessons… how about some best PD? I will be at Alan November’s BLC19 in Boston (July) presenting workshops and sessions to support educators and students. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Get 15% off your Ward's Science order and free shipping with this special code From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Ward’s Science has cool hands-on science lessons. Everything comes in the box and you’re ready to engage your students. Kits came ready to use with students.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The presenters on this panel think not and recommend that schools begin to look beyond the traditional definition of attendance and measure attendance through the lens of student engagement and participation. Focusing on how to engage students more fully has the potential to reduce chronic absenteeism significantly.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2022

Please let me share this special story and dream about educational transformation possibilities based on authenticity, relevance, and student centered learning. First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans. Also, please explore my Booking Info. But were they always like this?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2018

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . Math Basketball Games – Are you looking for a way to bring a little basketball into your elementary of middle school math class? Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . More ready-to-use tools to assess student outcomes and address learning gaps. Twitter and? LinkedIn.?.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Wednesday, December 1, 2021) — To support continued student engagement anywhere during the winter holiday breaks, Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are introducing new flexible and engaging learning resources. This experience is suitable for upper elementary and middle school students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

Episode 117 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She shares essential tips on how to use Flipgrid. This fun video tool is a great way to engage students at the beginning of school. VICKI: How is this working?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Michael Matera on episode 186 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. If you’re a US public school teacher of grades 6-12, you and your students just need to come up with a STEAM idea that can help your community. I taught you how to live life.”.

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techlearning

MARCH 22, 2018

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans. Math Basketball Games – Are you looking for a way to bring a little basketball into your elementary of middle school math class? Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

The purists feel that students are too deeply rooted in technology and do not know how to use or read results on a basic tool, such as a thermometer or pH paper. The belief is that students must learn how to master the basic tools before they can move on to the digital tools, which theoretically do most of the work for the user.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MAY 29, 2016

Read a Book : The number of flipped learning books is multiplying and can offer up some great advice on how to best implement it in your classroom. Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day (Bergmann, Sams). Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement (Bergmann, Sams). Flipping 2.0:

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. In this post, I wish to extend DI and writing in the area of student engagement. It is our students’ thoughts and ideas that must somehow make its way to the written word.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Updating this policy resulted in strengthening the partnership among district educators and technical professionals as we worked collaboratively to iterate a version that would be easy to understand and could be used as an instructional resource in guiding students and staff in the responsible use of technology.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

That applies to teachers feeling that they have the professional latitude to make the decisions they think are right for their students and their subject area. And for students as well, giving them more voice and choice in their learning. It’s a great way to differentiate and offer more flexible learning paths for students.

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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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MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” The session on grant writing, for example, was a dud because everyone there wanted to learn how to write them and nobody knew where to start. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The majority of the tools mentioned in this post and the four earlier posts in our series, transform the student experience from passive consumers of information to active creators of content, employing multiple English Language Arts standards and skills along the way. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The fast, free tool to help you with distance or hybrid learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter One of the biggest challenges we teachers have faced this year has been maintaining our quality of instruction in the midst of change. Learn more about how to get TeacherMade for your classroom here.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2016

He is currently teaching at Sir Edgar Bauer Catholic Elementary School (Waterloo Catholic District School Board). Connect with Rolland on Google + and Twitter. It feels like it was just yesterday that I introduced Google Apps for Education (GAFE, the full suite of free productivity tools) to my students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 7, 2018

Hope King on episode 306 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Hope King from Ron Clark Academy has an inspiring message for teachers about using your creativity to engage students. Twitter: @hopekingteach. Enter a great teacher today. Listen Now.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Learn how to use the iPad apps “Book Creator” and “Creative Book Builder” to create and share enhanced/multimedia eBooks using DropBox for free cloud storage/distribution. Building Early Footprints by Tanya Avrith We want to encourage our students to begin to create and publish content at an early age. A massive online game?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We're having what may be one of the most important conversations about learning in the history of the world, and understanding when, where, and how learning takes place has never been more important. Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? hours a day.

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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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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how K–12 schools can get started with using blended learning platforms. Blended learning combines technology and face-to-face interaction to improve student engagement, streamline assessments and open the lines of communication between teachers and students. . What Are Blended Learning Platforms?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 25, 2019

This year’s conference highlighted so many ways to use Google to engage learners and make grading, assessment, feedback, pbl, gamification, student engagement, collaboration, student choice, and student voice easy to do! Currently, I am the Computer and Technology teacher of over 400 elementary students.

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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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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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