The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Master music teacher Amy Burns shares how her music students use Seesaw as a place for performance and sharing with parents and grandparents. Twitter: @ awillis2. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sponsored by Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Refer Your Friends to Enter. For referring a public school teacher, you will be entered for a chance to win. How to enter the referral program. ( Or refer a friend through the referral program.

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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. Another one I really like is this 140-character novel in Twitter. Tip #3: Twitter Novels.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Jeff Gearhart on episode 162 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids. Twitter: @ Techjeff09.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM, STEAM, and design thinking are buzzwords in education today. How to Use the U.S. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in augmented reality (AR) for the past several years has been a bit of a challenge, in my opinion, as is often the case with new technologies. Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? How does AR work in 3D Bear?

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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. Twitter: @LindseyDanhoff.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Marina Umaschi Bers on episode 202 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Marina: In early childhood is when we start learning how to read and write, the time when we develop our literacy. So I would say, how to choose? Twitter: @marinabers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Sponsored by Book Creator, All Opinions My Own From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it.

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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. Twitter: @cdhayes13. The graphic, performing, and theater arts are powerful allies for math, writing, and every subject you teach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

Micah Brown on episode 237 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Also, learn about other projects throughout the year and how teachers design these projects to meet standards. Vicki: And we will put the link to that in the Shownotes for how to sign up.

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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. Twitter: @karlyb.

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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. Vicki: Ok, so how can a teacher get started with FlipSnack without getting overwhelmed? How to get started. Twitter: @froehlichm.

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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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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. We have fifth and sixth-grade students in a middle school setting who are working on how to save the bees. Exciting STEAM projects can ignite and excite any middle school. Vicki: Incredible.

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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

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn Dause on episode 318 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Vicki: Today we’re talking with someone I made friends with on Twitter, Marynn Dause. I’d be happy to collaborate with you on Twitter! Twitter: @DauseClause. Vicki: (agrees).

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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

AUGUST 30, 2017

Episode 138 on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. What I love about Twitter and other things from #2ndChat is that we get to share ideas and talk among ourselves about ideas we have, but we can also contact people. He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science.

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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. It’s like the maze of the Minotaur, where you need to put a string on someone’s toe and pull it so they’ll know how to get out. I donned my Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset at about 10:30 p.m.

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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. Twitter: @DrDougGreen. Blog: [link].

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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

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. Twitter: @stevenpfloyd. Fun, exciting tools and techniques can help very young kids understand math and learn computational thinking. Blog: [link].

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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. Whichever model your school uses to teach kids how to write, I always boil it down to the “Tell ‘ems” method. Twitter: @joebjr. Joe: Well… Do they want to review? Blog: [link].

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Juliani on episode 165 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How teachers can be the “guide on the ride” and help students find their passions. In the process, they learn how to research, curate, and communicate. We can do this! We make choices.

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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. Twitter: @mcleod. Vicki: We are. irrelevant.

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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. Drones in the Classroom.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

Embracing a Maker Culture can take the standards in our curriculum and make them come alive as students practice the 4 C’s, venture to the top of Blooms, and experience the real depth found in Webb’s. How can the products be useful in the real world? Are your students aware of the assessment and how to perform?

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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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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. We’re actually teaching about how to collaborate, how to work together. No one person can run a Fortune 500 company by themselves, and we want kids to know how to work in groups like this.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

Meg Ormiston on episode 270 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. They didn’t know how to think, because we…. How about that? We’ve got to figure out how to be able to use our technology to teach this computational thinking. Twitter: @megormi.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Episode 262 with Aditya Batura From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We’re talking about how to get people really excited about coding and interested in it. How can we condense down what we need to learn in coding to such a short period of time? Reference: Hamari, J.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Mandi Figlioli on episode 163 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Mandy talks about how the course is structured, gives a story of how students are being transformed, and shares how they are re-working the course based on what they learned the first year.

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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). In general, just knowing how to use a program can save you a lot of time later. I think the point is here.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

In short, by “disruption,” we are referring to something that causes the kind of impact that leads to change. I’ve listed some examples of disruption in education below, and ranked them (though obviously the ranking is entirely subjective and only useful as a crude reference point to start your own thinking).

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