The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2018

You’ll want to sign up for your free 30-day trial at coolcatteacher.com/reallygoodstuff and remember – it is only one app – all of the other apps are inside this one simple digital learning collection from Really Good Stuff. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Google Masters for Kids of All Ages. What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2023

To keep it simple, I'm using Google sheets but you can use Excel. So, first I went into Gimkit and downloaded and opened their template into Google Sheets by opening it and clicking “New Kit” –> Import from Spreadsheet and then I downloaded the spreadsheet. Then, how we exported them and pulled them into Gimkit!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Game-Based Learning Game-Based Learning (GBL) isn’t only about having an activity based on points. Many l earning theories are associated with effective gaming and teachers are applying these principles to their classrooms to engage learners. Course: Level Up!

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This years list has quite the variety and covers a wide range of educational content, such as: game based learning, programming/coding, educational resources, and more. This is a great way to integrate STEM into the classroom as well as monitor student's progress in real-time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Today Kasey Bell @shakeuplearning sits down to talk about the hot trends at ISTE 2017 including lots of Google stuff, new AR news, Google Keep, touch Screen Chromebooks, and more news. Google classroom. Google Keep. Co-host of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast. Author of The Teacher’s Guide to Google Classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

DataCamp is a free mobile (iOS/Google Play) to learn coding for: SQL, Python, and more. This is done through a game based learning interface through 5 min courses. This is a great way to integrate STEM into the classroom and learn more advanced programming/coding languages.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This includes girls, who were already underrepresented in STEM fields before the pandemic added new caretaking responsibilities for many of them that sidelined their education. Instead of saying, ’These are your learning objectives,’ we just have #goals. We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

You’ll want to sign up for your free 30-day trial at coolcatteacher.com/reallygoodstuff and remember – it is only one app – all of the other apps are inside this one simple digital learning collection from Really Good Stuff. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Listen Now.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

More information and signup at [link] Google for Education Recordings Available. This past weekend we held our first-ever Online Summit Featuring Google for Education in conjunction with CUE.org and the inimitable Lucy Gray. Are you overwhelmed with the idea of integrating STEM tools in the classroom? Register here.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

GooseChase - An innovative site/app (iOS/Google Play) for creating digital scavenger hunts. Educandy - A wonderful site for creating educational games where a teacher just enters the questions and Educandy creates the game. brainstorming, assessing learning, etc.). article, blog, tweet, etc.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

You’ll want to sign up for your free 30-day trial at coolcatteacher.com/reallygoodstuff and remember – it is only one app – all of the other apps are inside this one simple digital learning collection from Really Good Stuff. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2017

Mari Venturino is a 7th-grade science and AVID teacher and Blended Learning Specialist at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego, CA. She is a Google For Education Certified Trainer and Innovator, a Google Certified Educator Levels 1 & 2, and is Leading Edge Certified in Online and Blended Instruction. Mari Venturino.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Learn more about gaming while at ISTE—and beyond: Book a meeting at ISTE 2018 to learn about Classcraft’s Engagement Management System for schools and districts, and the Quests Marketplace featuring partners like Google Education, Discovery Educator Network, Newsela, LRNG, Breakout EDU and OER Commons.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

We were trying out Google Expedition with a full classroom kit. If you couple that with the cheap Google Cardboard headsets, and now you can have a Virtual Reality experience for — a hundred bucks — versus eight hundred bucks. Vicki: Help me understand the differences between web VR experiences and like, Google Expedition.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Social Learning Goes Mobile. Education Revolution Google+ Community Game Based Learning in the Classroom. John Thomas shared this recent article by Jordan Shapiro about how games help learners understand context.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

With ideas for Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings for all subjects and ages, you’ll want to scroll down and follow the links in our enhanced show notes. That’s all these Google tools. And Eric Curts @ ericcurts from Control Alt Achieve and co-leader of their higher Google Educators group has so many fantastic ideas.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Her classroom was, and remains, a lively and engaged place for learning across many platforms. How does digital learning work with electives? An art teacher I am working with has students bring laptops from a STEM lab with them to art class. This is another frequently asked question. She divides her class into two groups.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

Kasey Bell teaches us eight great ways to use Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey Bell’s Google Certification courses are open for enrollment from May 28 until June 10, 2018.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. Some people are doing the Google Expeditions, and that’s great. Other resources: Why Open Sim will Dominate Virtual Worlds in Education. Web 3D: Students Using OpenSim Reflect on the Pressing Issues that We All Ask About Using Virtual Worlds.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

In my book, Hacking Digital Strategies with Ed Tech Mission s, I have a mission for students to create a game walkthrough. This is the lesson plan (click the Google Doc and feel free to make a copy ). I decided to try this mission out with my 5th graders. They are really enjoying the mission.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

In my book, Hacking Digital Strategies with Ed Tech Mission s, I have a mission for students to create a game walkthrough. This is the lesson plan (click the Google Doc and feel free to make a copy ). I decided to try this mission out with my 5th graders. They are really enjoying the mission.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

For example, Propel Schools, one of the fastest growing charter networks in Pittsburgh, is using shared Chromebooks and Google for Education to guide middle school students through every stage of the writing process—from research to revision. Consider the ways that technology can streamline these processes for teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Elementary and primary students can learn to code. For Hour of Code week this week, learn how you can go past the Hour of Code and use coding all year long! Sam Patterson on episode 201 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

But the pair also didn’t want to reduce collaboration online to a dry, empty Google Doc, either. By the end of the year, the Dhariwals had created a working prototype for CoCo Learn , which they describe as “a real-time, co-creative platform for young people.” . Likes, dislikes, endless scroll, judgment,” Shruti Dhariwal says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. Danielle Johnson (05:53.074) Yeah, there is a little bit of outlay, but I know in Texas and in other states that our college career readiness depends on CTE and STEM and other types of electives. from Texas Tech University.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 2, 2015

Beyond the structured game the player s can also design their own test c hambers , which is what m ost educators have used with their students. There are a lot of lessons that bring Portal 2 into your classroom , though designing test chambers and the general structure of the game typically lends itself to a STEM classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Her students’ blogs have developed into online portfolios, showcasing their learning in writing, reading, math, science, social studies and health. They also use wikis or google docs to collect information that will help their learning. Education Revolution Google+ Community Project Based Learning + Green Schools Paving the Way.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Build an app - sell it in the Apple or Google Play app store. With over 20 years classroom experience, Tricia is all about “putting the STEAM back in STEM.” Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. Alice Keeler— Teacher and Google Certified Innovator, author, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

It can be collaborative ala Google Docs style. It’s sort of like a timeline, but it’s not a timeline because there aren’t necessarily and numbers. It almost defies definition, but it’s a way to publish something almost like a blog except that it is actually interactive.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

They can require students to take photos of objects to demonstrate their understanding of the material, or allow them to access content with an inexpensive VR viewer like Google Cardboard. Some teachers have augmented their field trips and added layers of learning and interaction to the day’s activity. What if you could make your own?

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Based on current trends, being able to transparently communicate and work with others in both virtual and face-to-face teams is becoming an increasingly critical skill. Educators can align their instructional strategies to tap into this learning attribute by: – Using collaborative teams during projects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They support single sign-on with Google and Clever. Google Cardboard costs like, what — $12 – and every kid has a smartphone. Go to coolcatteacher.com/discover and get started for free. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Below is a transcript modified for your reading pleasure.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

," Christine Bruce , Hilary Hughes , and Ian Stoodley on "Information Experience: New approaches to theory and practice," Susan Hildreth on "Libraries as community learning partners - STEM, Maker and Badging!," Mismanagement and disorganization can create havoc for student projects!

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