The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. I want them to join Google classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

So how did this Merge Cube mania start? Karen: About a month ago, I started seeing stuff on social media. How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to include media in the review. What happened? We can do that.”.

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My Island View

JULY 5, 2017

Public education is a common experience for most Americans, which is why so many people often feel that they have the answers to how to fix what they perceive as a broken system. Without exposure and some acceptance of this change, we all must fall back on our own education experiences that are, for most of us, steeped in the 20 th Century.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

So, for example, here in Maine, we have one that provides free summer training to teachers about how to better integrate food production into their classroom. Being aware of where our food originates and how things are grown – this is an important part of just life literacy. Many states have a statewide Ag in the Classroom component.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Ready to learn how to meaningfully and practically integrate technology into your classroom?! 12:07] – Kasey breaks down the dynamic learning framework, briefly explaining how to understand the graphic included with these notes. [12:54] How to Get Google Certified! How to Get Google Certified! , Listen Now.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Most compelling to me was the dialogue I saw unfold on social media between Elon Musk and the wider world. Despite the noise on social media, Mr. Musk is incredibly transparent in his conversations, allowing us all to learn, grow and even participate and contribute.

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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. If you’re interested in transforming your own community into a citywide campus for learning, you can find out more information on how to do that at the Cities of Learning website.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

He gave us great practical ideas about how to make every day STEAM activities and how to easily integrate it into your lessons. Chris Woods — he is @ dailystem on Twitter – and he’s done our chat a few times. He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science. The Biggest Heartbreak of 2nd Grade Teachers. So, let me ask you this.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. It has finally been released for sale!

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

They discussed “student generated content that educators could share with stakeholders via social media and online platforms.” What makes this conversation even more important, is that lately many of us in the maker movement have been stressing the importance of process over product.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In many schools, the library is the only haven for self-directed, informal, life-wide learning–the place to go when a student just wants to know more about or know how to do. business teachers (my school recently added a Social Media Class!), Knowledge Quest maker posts. robotics teachers (OMG! Martinez and Gary S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

Each week we interview teachers, principals, superintendents, authors and presenters to learn about how to become more effective educators! It will share and explain all Flat Connections global projects and answer any questions teachers or leaders may have about how to take their classroom global.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

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. You want to teach kids how to brainstorm. Sometimes we’ll have Marketers doing something with social media.

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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. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers, it explains how to apply the principles of Visible Learning to any classroom anywhere in the world. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Instructional methods like Genius Hour , the Maker Movement, and STEAM allow teachers to meet high learning standards while supporting innovation. Find an example of students transforming the world in this post, Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media. It’s learning that shows results in a meaningful way.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

Learn how different activities affect your heart rate with this fun activity from Rachel Allard, PLTW’s director of curriculum and instruction for PLTW Biomedical Science. Take a picture as you enjoy these activities with your children, and share it with us on social media! image attribution flickr user usarmyrdecom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Instructional methods like Genius Hour , the Maker Movement, and STEAM allow teachers to meet high learning standards while supporting innovation. Find an example of students transforming the world in this post, Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media. It’s learning that shows results in a meaningful way.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In the classroom, she teaches collaboration skills by challenging students to solve mysteries, and then debrief how well they worked together. She leverages social media and blogging to reflect on what works and shares her insights with colleagues. Wondering how to teach and assess 21st century competencies?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 29, 2017

The post How to Push the Boundaries of School with Dynamic Learning appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How to Push the Boundaries of School with Dynamic Learning #SUL #edchat #edtech #gttribe Click To Tweet. Also, check out this great article by Vicki Davis: How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Increasingly formal use of social media by education institutions. Maker Movement. General insecurity or misunderstanding about how to meaningfully integrate technology in the classroom. Rapid change in the demands for media forms (e.g., Change in credibility of a high school diploma or college degree.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

The call for volunteers will go out this week, so be on the lookout for how to get involved! Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. Learn more here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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.; Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

For example “Design” can merge math, science, and sociology to provide both a playground for arithmetic and an authentic need to know and create for authentic purposes in a true “Maker Movement Culture.”. The Maker Movement could spawn a design and/or entrepreneurial “culture” in education . Which is bad.

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