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Help Kids Learn to Code with Dash and Dot from Wonder Workshop

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How kids can explore and create in STEM with ease From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. These Wonder Workshop robots make it easy to learn to code in my STEM lab. This is a sponsored blog post by Wonder Workshop. Apps for Dash and Dot from Wonder Workshop.

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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

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CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California. Wait, what? But I’m serious.

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ISTELive 23: What’s Going On? Some Big Announcements from Microsoft

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter ISTE has always been an important source of learning for me, and any year I can come to the live conference is a good year for me in terms of innovation. Hands-on AI Workshop. When June 1 came around, I knew. If you're there, I hope you'll join us.

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Twitter Series-What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Twitter

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This is the second in a series I am doing all about Twitter. You can read the first post here , where I discuss the need to change the way we teach about Twitter. I try to set aside time each day to just think about how I did a workshop or something I said or a resource I looked at. Take Twitter for example.

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Twitter Series-A New Kind Of Twitter PD

The Web20Classroom

This week I am going to do a series of posts on Twitter. Today I am starting with Twitter Professional Development. As many times as I have talked to folks, done workshops for and even preached about Twitter, there are some that just won''t (for whatever reason) jump in. You can read Part 2 here and Part 3 here.

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Getting the Brain Ready to Learn Math

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Liesl McConchie talks about how the brain learns math From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She has a rich background in education that includes creating new schools, leading whole-school reforms, delivering workshops to educators, and speaking at conferences. Is their brain in a ready state?

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How to Make Passion Projects During Distance Learning

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Don Goble created a passion project for him and his students during distance learning. Connect with Don at [link] or on Twitter @ dgoble2001. The National Journalism Education Association named Don as their Broadcast Adviser of the Year 2015.

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