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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

Mary Howard on episode 293 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mary Howard’s students build and learn in Open Sim , a virtual world like Second Life. We sat there on laptops in a classroom, and I tried to get all 25 students online at the exact same time.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Physical Education w/ #Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Jarrod Robinson, the PE Geek, shares on episode 70 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @mrrobbo. Today Jarrod Robinson @mrrobbo gives us the apps, tools, and mindset to rock physical education class. Selected Links from this Episode.

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. Related: New high score: Game based learning is a winner in college remedial math.

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Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 3)

EdNews Daily

They use computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, video mashups, Instagram, Snapchat, Skype, Facebook, texting, tweeting, social networking, and hundreds of other tools to collaborate and learn independently or from one another. Learning Attribute #8 – Many of the digital generations are transfluent.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

and a Link to a Free Resource with More Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. For this reason, it is likely more important that kids learn to program apps than make web pages. . ClassCraft (for Tracking Game Based Learning Experiences). No problem.

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What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers

TeachThought - Learn better.

But fundamentally, using a frame work ( this one, for example ), they could then use YouTube channels & iTunesU to access compelling content, WordPress to reflect on their ideas and progress, and twitter to publicize their thinking. Google Chromebook, Toshiba Satellite laptops. twitter, tumblr, reddit. Asus Vivotab Note 8 ).

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