The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray on episode 235 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. Example of Tip #1 Use Minecraft to Scaffold Story Writing. Tip #3: Twitter Novels.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Lindsey Danhoff on episode 308 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects. Give me an example.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 30, 2018

A Global Search for Education Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. They are in the midst of an app building project that will require not only technical skills but will develop individual agency, development of new competencies and learning how students want to interact with the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Catherine Davis-Hayes on episode 153 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Arts in Every Subject: How to Make It Happen. So for example, we had a third grade class with a Planet of the Shapes, because they were learning shapes in geometry.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Karen: It doesn’t.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. Here’s how. It syncs and works on all platforms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

Inside Virtual Reality and Predictions for the Future From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. For example, if I took students on a field trip to the set of a Star Wars shoot, they would all be looking at different things. I donned my Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset at about 10:30 p.m.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

Pauline Roberts on episode 230 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Do you have any examples for us of something you’ve done at your school? We have fifth and sixth-grade students in a middle school setting who are working on how to save the bees.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Joe Brennan on episode 297 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Vicki: Give me an example. What would be an example of a video you’ve seen in math or in history? Give us an example of a video in an unlikely subject. Twitter: @joebjr.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Julie Willcott on episode 285 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Julie Wilcott talks about how we can bring sustainable food systems and understanding into our schools with these five simple ideas. Twitter: @willcottjulie. Blog: Julie Willcott.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich on episode 192 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn how she uses this tool. For example, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Vicki: Ok, so how can a teacher get started with FlipSnack without getting overwhelmed?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Episode 127 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. How Donnie started using Virtual Reality in his classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Episode 138 on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Vicki: Can you think of an example that you’ve seen lately? Chris Woods — he is @ dailystem on Twitter – and he’s done our chat a few times. Not Just Visiting the Zoo – Collaborating with It.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Steve Floyd on episode 249 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today’s guest, Steve Floyd, tells us how. 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? Blog: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Doug Green challenges our thinking about school, how we should teach, and the flaws with the testing programs we have in education today. Vicki: Give us some examples. Vicki: (agrees).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse on episode 272 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Twitter: @llacrosse. Link to show: www.coollcatteacher.com/e272.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Scott McLeod on episode 189 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Schools were never designed to do that, so we basically have this massive paradigm shift that we’ve got to figure out how to go through. We know, for example, say we did portfolios.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Pam Moran on episode 241 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Twitter: @pammoran. Vicki: Ohhhh!

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

In Pittsburgh, kids might join the growing Maker Movement or pick up some engineering skills while making robots. With a click, anyone can learn about the skills needed to earn a badge, which skills the youth has mastered, and see examples of work. In Dallas, it might mean exploring community action with digital storytelling.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

First, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . Of course, there is still Flipped Learning, 1 to 1 Programs, Blended Learning, Maker Movements, Genious Hours, SAMR, Learning Targets, 21st Century Learning, the 4C’s, Personalised Learning, Digital Textbooks, and OER!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

Vicki Davis on episode 307 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. For example, I have a boy who came and said, “Ms. We’re actually teaching about how to collaborate, how to work together. I’m so excited! This is the time of year we are making apps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2018

John Spencer on episode 226 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. John Spencer, co-author of two different best-selling books, Launch and Empower , talks about the creativity (and test score) boosts his classes experienced when he began Maker Mondays.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . Maker Movement.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Learn how to focus on your good employees first, and help them shift these monkeys back to the underperformers. With heartfelt advice, practical wisdom, and examples from the field, Todd Whitaker explains the qualities and practices that distinguish great principals. Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential – Carol Dweck.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Now that in this information age content is freely and abundantly available, it is more important than ever to assist learners in the process of how to learn. It is a mistaken assumption that educators know how to do so. In order to model my process as lead learner, I noted how I am learning how to use Littlebits.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Brent Johnson on episode 193 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How to Hook Students (without them knowing it – unless you tell them). Vicki: Brent is a great example to all you listeners of someone who really has taken the most out of my class.

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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]. Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; See you online! Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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