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Virtual Valentines: The Global Valentine Project Sharing Love and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

One of the big things that we would like to know is how many miles away you are from different people, so we’ve got a little map going for social studies. So we’re really excited about the support in the Facebook group that we have going. Now back in December you did the Gingerbread STEM Community in Maker Space.

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology. Eventually, some projects do end up on Facebook and YouTube with permission. Facebook I have never had students post directly to Facebook, but I have personally done this. Be proactive with your project.

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Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade

The CoolCatTeacher

One girl brought in books and she said “I know so-and-so is studying this type of animal, so I picked up this book for them.”. Vicki: There are all these mermaid conspiracy theories – I think Jelly Barker posted on Facebook the other day, that somebody said he’s a mermateer(???), They even find books for their friends.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Two Great Library Events - GlobalEdCon Deadline - UNC's Amazing World View

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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Different Schools for a Different World

The CoolCatTeacher

So Lauren Resnick, who did this wonderful study for the federal government, said that our schools were never designed to prepare large numbers of critical thinkers and problem solvers — which is exactly what we need now. Why is it so hard to make those shifts? I think it was Alec Couros. Pretending that test measure learning.