The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 12, 2018

Sponsored by Legends of Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Students love to play games, and they also need real-world examples to help science come alive. With this in mind, Legends of Learning is a fantastic platform full of NGSS aligned science games that does both.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning! Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. Michelle, you’ve done some fantastic work with Social Emotional Learning and Ed Tech. Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @ mrzphd is with us today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Example Lesson: Using Minecraft to Teach Science. Give us an example. Vicki: So Jeff, how did the teacher that you worked with in this particular example feel about what these kids understood about Mars? There are specific elements that you can add into the game – that you can’t do with the normal console version.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

There are times that it’s more appropriate to use technology in the pedagogy so that you can reinforce concept that the child is learning. Vicki: OK, Glen, if I came to your classroom, and you wanted to show me one of your best lessons that promote active learning, describe what I would see. Do you have an example of active learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

But I think the more engaged you can get your students in that process — and really get them to think about the learning rather than just respond to it — I think that helps keep classroom management a lot more interactive for the student and a lot more engaging for them throughout the class. What’s the first example?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

So, Alfred, what’s the most transformational … Give me an example of a project or something you’ve done in some of these courses, that you’re like, “OK. Semester Project Examples. So they’ll write a simple game — you know, a tic-tac-toe, a Lights Out game. I’m really excited about that! Vicki: Yeah?

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Vicki: So what are some of your favorite examples when you’re trying to convince people that this is a great model? Enrique: Well, some examples that I’ve either done or suggested to them in the past have been….

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

[They’re] using all the skill they need to solve it with a real audience and finding experts in that field – because kids can do that, and they get excited about what they’re learning because they’re solving a real problem. Vicki: Can you think of an example that you’ve seen lately? He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. The Basics of Digital Game-Based Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2018

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better? I’ll give one example. For example, I have a student who had to be gone for three weeks to do auditions for colleges for music. 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

APRIL 11, 2018

So what’s an example of something it might look like? They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. They had to give some examples. Karen’s website called “Creative APP-titude: iPad Multimedia Tools for Creativity” contains a wealth of iPad resources and student project examples. Karen: It doesn’t.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Vicki: Steve, you’ve given us one example of a seventh grade girl. Do you have an example for us where the light bulb went on? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. That would be really interesting to see.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Santha is a great example of using drones in the English classroom. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. They will be up by the new year, so I will make sure that you get a copy of that on January 1st. Vicki: Awesome. That’s amazing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

What we know, and what the research tells us and practical examples tell us, is that despite all that we know about what makes up effective vocabulary instruction, very little of that has really trickled down to classroom practice. I’ll say that one of my favorite reference tools – I have a lot of favorites. [00:04:00].

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

For example, take my personal journey to learn Spanish. For games to provide a valuable learning experience, they must offer meaningful engagement. The best game-based learning programs will actually boost students’ ability to reason and understand underlying concepts. The same is true in math.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Students work on their own computers sometimes; however, there are many times (like the Avengers Photoshop example) where I want students interacting with and manipulating digital objects as they discuss and work together. When we were ready to discuss, I would click on one example to make it large and send it to student screens.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This last element forms the F’s stem. . F-Patte rn. Educators can address this learning attribute by: – Strategically teaching students the difference between deep reading versus superficial reading. – Using Ted Talks or TED-Ed to learn a wide variety of topics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

So, for example, on a computer screen you can put objects in different places. Here are five examples of simple breakouts, but you can find many more by downloading the Metaverse app and browsing them. So, for example, you could take the QR code from different experiences and put them around your school or location.

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