The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

Alefiya shares how app building can enhance STEM education and how it also teaches essential skills like teamwork, problem-solving, and passion-based learning. Master strongly believes that since we don't know what jobs are going to be available 10 years from now, we have to teach kids how to create their own.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students enjoy producing their own videos. This year make a goal of motivating students to share their knowledge through a video project. In my books find lesson plans, handouts and rubrics for creating video projects. Video Projects: Tips and Tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2023

Here are a few suggestions from one of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew: How to Introduce Tech to Kids as a Parent As modern parents, we all want to give our children the best opportunities available. Technology has become a huge part of day-to-day life, and it’s important for kids to learn how to use it safely and effectively.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2020

For synchronous classrooms From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In addition to a learning management system (LMS), students need to know how to learn in an online synchronous classroom. How do they engage? How do they exit?

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2023

Kareem Edouard has been doing research for years on how to make children’s media more inclusive. Before he became an academic, he spent years producing TV commercials and music videos. EdSurge: What is the gap that you've seen in children’s entertainment around STEM topics that you're trying to fill? That does two things.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! This year video conferencing has been the way many teachers deliver instruction. Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller. This is very different than in class instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Competitive video gaming has quickly risen to the ranks of “real sports” in many vital ways. Because of this, many high school teachers, students, and administrators are thinking about how to start esports teams at their school. How to Start a High School Esports Team. Want to start an esports team at your school?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Numerade , the AI-powered online STEM learning platform, announced the company is offering a free year of access to its Numerade Plus subscription to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) K-12 students and teachers. Short training programs like webinars and boot camps have become a popular alternative among busy STEM professionals.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As I’ve recently blogged about several contests where students create “pitch” videos for learning, some teachers probably want some advice on creating such a “pitch” video. This blog post will give you several tips for making great student pitch videos.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 13, 2020

These are some additional free remote learning resources: A remote learning guide for new or existing Buncee users that are looking to learn how to use Buncee for remote learning or in combination with tools such as Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Wakelet, and Flipgrid. Live webinars with ideas on how to engage students and parents.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

How to facilitate meaningful discussions in hybrid or virtual classrooms. Read more: Teaching students how to manage digital distractions. Read more: 7 Tips on how to adapt teacher-student rapport while teaching online. What does a teacher do, then, when some or all of the students are online? Accountability during discussions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2021

Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum is a fantastic free resource of lesson plans, videos, and learning experiences for students everywhere. Today's guest Coach Victor Hicks talks about how he's used the curriculum for grades kindergarten and up. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 27, 2020

This was the topic of my recent 10 minute keynote for the ELT Day for Puerto Rico conference , entitled, How to Inspire the Next World Changers. Where to find activities, projects and lessons: The Science Demo Guy’s website has free STEM and Engineering Design Process posters and experiments to download and print.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Carol Ann Tomlinson, an expert on the topic, gives an overview of how to differentiate math instruction with younger students. . – Sponsor of today's show, a differentiation tool How the Brain Learns by David Sousa Teaching Channel Math Video. The free differentiation tool to help students level up and learn.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2022

As they are learning, give students the opportunity to articulate their thought process of how they came up with their solution to a puzzle. The post Video Game-Based Learning: How To Teach With Portal 2 appeared first on TeachThought.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an important group of subjects that are in high demand — not just in classrooms, but in the job market as well. In the upcoming decade, STEM jobs will grow at almost double the rate of all other jobs. You’ll never use those algebra skills in the real world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How I teach students to be effective learners in an online classroom. This episode is an audio version of my presentation to students about how to be effective learners in an online classroom. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 13, 2018

STEM and Computational Thinking go together. Today’s guest is a PhD, Biomedical engineer and STEM Teacher. Stephanie Zeiger helps us see the potential of STEM and computational thinking. 5 Ways to Bring Computational Thinking and STEM Together. So first of all, you said, STEM and computational thinking are not exclusive.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 27, 2020

This was the topic of my recent 10 minute keynote for the ELT Day for Puerto Rico conference , entitled, How to Inspire the Next World Changers. Where to find activities, projects and lessons: The Science Demo Guy’s website has free STEM and Engineering Design Process posters and experiments to download and print.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Generally speaking, this free interactive STEM lab takes 2-4 days to complete and includes extension science experiments that you could add to the unit. Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science. This online, free STEM module is interactive and engaging and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The free screen recording tools below help teachers quickly record video tutorials to share with parents and students within minutes. The free screen recording tools below help teachers quickly record video tutorials to share with parents and students within minutes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By taking responsibility for their own education, students learn how to become more independent and advocate for themselves. If they have agency over their schedule, they also learn how to manage their time effectively. Choice in product lets students decide how to show what they’ve learned.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2017

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom (published in September), students are sent on a mission to instruct others by creating their own video tutorials. These videos help students visualize and explain in their own words their understanding of the topic.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In recent years, many of us have heard the term STEM used in conversations about kids and the way they learn, and for good reason. STEM — or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — is often intimidating to young children and can leave them with low self-esteem when it’s time to apply the concepts to real life. Get involved.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

EdSurge caught up with Asemota to talk about her unexpected path to computer science, and how becoming a mentor to other Black girl coders sparked her passion for representation in the sciences. EdSurge: Why did you decide to create a coloring book, of all things, about Black women in STEM? Then in March 2020, the pandemic hit.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The project looked at how those skills could be integrated in common preschool and home STEM learning experiences in mutually supportive ways. Co-designing STEM resources with teachers and parents. How computational thinking can support early learning. Introducing the STEM-tastic Adventures app and a look at what’s next.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

I love it because videos and the editing projects move seamlessly between all of my student’s devices. ” The post How to Use Fortnite in the Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

There are different types of learning gaps, but usually, they all fall into one of these five categories: Knowledge gaps stem from a lack of correct and sufficient knowledge; they can be caused by poorly planned teaching activities. Read more: How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Upstream Violence Prevention One of the most effective approaches to stemming the school violence crisis is a scalable community approach using upstream violence prevention. Establish benchmarks & measure : To demonstrate the effectiveness of the training, schools or districts should establish how they will measure outcomes.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Read on to discover what asynchronous learning is and how to determine if it is the right strategy for your students. 1] Instead of real-time lessons, students interact with the course content through learning modules, discussion boards, or pre-recorded videos. Show students how to pace themselves in an asynchronous setting.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 20, 2019

There’s a growing need for scientific and technical talent in STEM -related jobs. However, it seems that not many students are keen on pursuing STEM courses post their school level. A common reason given by students was that they found the STEM courses difficult. Here are some tips to create STEM courses for K-12 students: 1.Design

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – invites educators, students, and communities to celebrate Black leaders in STEM year-round with the launch of dynamic careers content and a series of virtual educator events.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! In a screencast, students video record their digital screen (tablet or computer) and that shows them completing a task. Nimbus is another extension to screencast and also allows you to take screenshots and annotate them for visual how-to guides. Find more ideas here.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 29, 2018

I add a digital component to each writing, because our students need to learn how to read, write, and conduct research with technology. One of my favorite projects is the problem solution essay and video. Students were introduced to this assignment by watching the New York Times OpEd video, Texting While Walking , by Casey Neistat.

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