21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Hope to see you there!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

For example, we use in my 8th-grade science class Book Creator for students to develop everything from science lab reports to personal studies that they do — like individual investigations — and even just topic research. Working in the area of social studies at the start, she later found her passion in teaching science.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

One girl brought in books and she said “I know so-and-so is studying this type of animal, so I picked up this book for them.”. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. M-Cubed is a program that supports black middle school males in year-round advanced math studies to improve their high school academic performance.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Their current project is to create a commercial as if a predicted convergence already exists.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: 10 Classroom Tools for the Maker Movement , Discover the maker movement and find out how to harness its power to bring new tools and technology for hands-on learning to all grades and content areas – especially STEM and STEAM. Tune in live at [link] or [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

During that time, I participated in the Study Tour of the Former Soviet Union and lived in the Russian House. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. It’s been a fun journey and I”m ready to share my experiences with the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

So let’s say we’re studying Andrew Jackson, just to throw an example out there. Tom’s education experience includes Special Education, Social Studies, and educational technology coaching in New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Vicki: OK, You’ve talked a lot about Jamboard. Tom, if you had a teacher who said, “I teach history.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

So Lauren Resnick, who did this wonderful study for the federal government, said that our schools were never designed to prepare large numbers of critical thinkers and problem solvers — which is exactly what we need now. Why is it so hard to make those shifts? Blog: dangerously ! irrelevant.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

She also likes that while kids are exploring they’re working together, helping each other and building a visual reference point. Fourth-graders studying westward expansion built their own version of the Transcontinental Railroad, including engineering a way to get their trains over the mountains. Turtle Art demo (Turtle Art).

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 30, 2015

As the maker movement continues to build in numbers, I’ve been particularly interested in the critical research that is scrutinizing the dynamics of interaction and learning within spaces of making. Over a year later, they still refer to the revelations they had in viewing these examples with us.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

2016) found in their study of high school students who were involved in gamification that flow and engagement had a positive association with learning. Reference: Hamari, J., Challenging games help students learn: An empirical study on engagement, flow and immersion in game-based learning. Recently, Hamari et al. Shernoff, D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

He was going back into the classrooms during his study hall, during his lunch, constantly trying to improve that prototype. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. It keeps refillable wipes that already have the Expo solution in them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

This talk was delivered at MIT for Justin Reich’s Comparative Media Studies class “Learning, Media, and Technology.” The “maker movement.” The content packaging refers to the packaging of all the resources needed to deliver a course into a single ZIP file. Collaboration. Personalization.

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