The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2019

Whether you want to follow education technology, special education, math, or just teaching best practices , SmartBrief has an email newsletter for you. has 25 years in education as teacher, instructional coach, elementary/secondary principal and K-12 district administrator. SmartBrief Keeping up with the news is challenging.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 18, 2020

In February, I had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of elementary educators from Nauset Schools on Cape Cod. As part of the PBL workshop, teachers designed project sketches. Interested in learning more about project-based learning (PBL) and how to implement PBL in blended and remote learning environments?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

“It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. The game serves as an on-ramp for students, introducing technology into their educational journeys. Expose Students to Progressive Technology. I use Twitter a lot.

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techlearning

AUGUST 13, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, August 13, 2018 — This fall, Vernier Software & Technology will host 38 free, hands-on workshops around the country to help science educators learn how to best incorporate probeware and data-collection technology into their curriculum. Interested educators can select dates from the schedule below.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. Before I dig into Dash, let me tell you about his creator, Wonder Workshop.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Ideas are categorized based on grade levels (elementary, middle, high) and sorted into three buckets by the amount of resources needed for the project (small, medium, large). Teams engage in human center designed workshops and spend the next few months testing prototypes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2017

How to help students guide their eyes in online reading. Jennifer Cronk is an Assistant Manager of Emerging Technologies for the Southern Westchester BOCES in New York. Jennifer presents nationally at instructional technology conferences, and workshops on integrating Google Apps and other emerging technologies into learning.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The post How to Make an Impact as a Tech Coach appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Alison Jalufka is a Learning Coach at an elementary school in her Central Texas school district. She started her teaching career in elementary education as a first-grade teacher and now has the opportunity to make an impact as a tech coach. .

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

What follows are the general guidelines I use to plan and structure my professional development workshops. Recently, I facilitated two weekends of math instruction for elementary teachers. I use these workshops as a reference in this discussion. Natural Integration of Technology. Models Best Classroom Practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In today’s episode, Jeromie Heath helps teachers understand how to engage families in the classroom in positive, proactive ways. You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. Plus, you can save 20% of your order the code COOL20.

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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 This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2018

Nonprofits in eight states are first to partner with developer of popular educational robots; Wonder Workshop initiative will provide teachers with professional development to support state-of-the-art coding and robotics education. The Teach Wonder program is available to all teachers at www.teachwonder.com.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

How to Enter T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Foundation and Ashoka, (a leading organization in the field of social entrepreneurship) are looking for bold ideas focused on education, the environment, or technology for the 2019 Changemaker Challenge. But after that workshop, we started incorporating our stories. Amy Poehler's Smart Girls.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, February 23, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 free hands-on workshops to help science and STEM educators learn how to integrate Vernier data-collection technology—including the new Vernier Go Direct wireless sensors—into their curriculum.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 18, 2018

Our elementary school creates an opportunity for our fourth and fifth-grade students to take part in Friday afternoon electives where they choose from about 7- 8 choices that teachers lead from their passions. For me, it finally gave me the opportunity to create an elementary tech support team. I loved the idea!

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

STEAMbassadors, STEMbassadors, Alpha:Techsperts, The Girls – they go by many names, but they are all groups of students dedicated to learning the newest technology and sharing their knowledge with their peers and their teachers. Students leading other students in learning is one of the most amazing things you can see.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Targeted to both administrators, instructional coaches, and technology coaches – Sherry has five practical ideas to get us started. Additionally, Sherry developed virtual instructional workshops for the CTE Technical Assistance Center of New York. Clair gives us principles for effective instructional coaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2017

Empowering special needs students with technologies is one of the greatest ways to motivate and ignite their learning. Let’s start this Monday motivation remembering the joyful opportunity we have to help every child with technology! How Jennifer motivates students and teachers to unleash learning. Blog: [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Over the decades I have added both Educational Technology and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) endorsements to my elementary teaching certificate. My graduate studies focused on integrating technology across the curriculum. One evening a man from another culture asked me how to spell a specific word.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. Now, the question was how to experiment with it—and what to do when that money ran out.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions. Counselors at our school began using specific names of brain structures, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, when teaching learners how to self-regulate. toward the end of Writer’s Workshop.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

So, what role(s) should technology play in education? How is current research-based evidence validating tech integration? Make it (inter)personal “Many educators associate personalized learning technology with a push to commercialize and dehumanize education—keeping students glued to screens with little human interaction.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. PASCO Scientific is the global leader in developing technology-based solutions for hands-on science. False Target Rejection Technology for clean data. How to get started. How to use PASCO devices in your classroom. the concept of slope.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The family engagement room at Belleaire Elementary School in the suburbs of Omaha is bustling on a late October morning. And Breanna Gruhn-McLaughlin, a family facilitator who plans monthly get-togethers for families, pours over a stack of manuals on how to nurture parent-child relationships. BELLEVUE, Neb.—The Credit: Sharon Lurye.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 8, 2017

CS for All: Teaching CS in Elementary Schools SXSWedu 2017 Workshop As the Computer Science for All initiative jump starts around the world, more students in grades 6-12 have the opportunity to take computer science courses. Ex: How to make a PB & J sandwich.) Agenda : bit.ly/CSforAllinElementary

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Even better, this kind of “unplugged” approach to teaching computational thinking may be the path that will help us address a looming educational chasm: how to ensure equitable access to computer education across the globe. Here’s what makes up computational thinking: Teachers use subway maps to solve problems at a PD workshop.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. But technology is only one part of it. Rogers Elementary is one of 10 “wall-to-wall” personalized learning schools that recently emerged as part of an initiative at Dallas ISD—one of the largest school districts in the country, serving 157,000 students.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. How to use ChatGPT for Personalized Learning For primary grades, ChatGPT can help build basic skills in math, reading, and writing. Group registration discounts available.) Get Your Pass Today!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

How could school work if teachers only taught 4 days out of a 5 day school week? At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. One relatively easy option would be for elementary classes to have their normal classes 4 days a week. So let’s imagine.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

I will be at Alan November’s BLC19 in Boston (July) presenting workshops and sessions to support educators and students. Checkout my conference half day workshops : Making Makers Mainstream and Project Based Learning Quick Start. Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 20, 2021

My principal at the time called me out on this secret rule and encouraged me to submit a proposal on the topic as a professional development workshop. Lisa Edinger is a passionate believer in the positive impact of education and has taught students at various elementary grades for 23 years. About the Author.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. They are working once they have some of their work done for reader’s workshop where they are getting on their computers and investigating that way. Give me an example.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 25, 2021

Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. We look forward to attending again this year.”

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 12, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. How to use ChatGPT as a Writing Assistant ChatGPT is a better writer when prompts are specific. Check out our first tip here! Group registration discounts available.) Get Your Pass Today!

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