The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul.

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Robotics Elementary Classroom Flipped Classroom 361

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I am a self-proclaimed “tech nerd” and love to have my hands on all the latest and greatest products and software. I am the Technology Coordinator for Brinnon School District in Brinnon, WA. I love the camaraderie among other educators. Being able to network with so many other educators through social media has been an amazing experience.

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Classroom Social Media Resources Company 369

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Hardware and software choices? I think it’s just when we start with video — and I made that mistake early on — I guess it’s kind of ignorance, in some ways. We just don’t know better. Once you know better, you guide your kids through the scripting, through the storyboarding, or use Jason Ohler’s storymap idea.

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Video iPad Examples Company 178

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. Leah: Well, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it.

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EdTech Technology Robotics Classroom 186

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valerie Jopeck , Elementary Library Education Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. Maker Faire. “Girls Stem Nights” Writing and Making. What makes this conversation even more important, is that lately many of us in the maker movement have been stressing the importance of process over product.

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Meeting Maker Movement Classroom Libraries 28

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I’m a software developer by my formalized profession. Vicki: We’re also talking about teaching kids in elementary, middle, and high school. Most programmers who are just starting out, or anyone who is just jumping in to learn programming — this could be any age, from a 6-year-old onward up to an adult. Aditya: Exactly, exactly.

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Gamification Company Game-Based Learning Elementary 166