The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006. As I look for opportunities to collaborate, I look for simple, easy ways.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 29, 2019

She was nationally board certified in 2002 and in 2006 was Mauldin High School’s Teacher of the Year and a Greenville County School District Teacher of the Year Top 10 Finalist. Now she teaches at the university level to preservice teachers and teachers getting their master’s degree in special education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2019

Having co-authored the US’s first parents’ guide to teen social networking, published in 2006, she has also contributed to a number of books and publications, most recently Bullying: Perspectives, Practice and Insights (Council of Europe, 2017).

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Utility value is purely academic and emphasizes the importance that content has for the students’ future goals — both short-term and long-term goals (Ormrod, 2006). Utility value answers the question “Yeah, but what am I gonna use this for?” Relatedness, on the other hand, answers the question “What’s this have to do with me?” Ormrod, J.E.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2020

Michelle Cottrell-Williams – Bio As submitted Michelle Cottrell-Williams @ WakeHistory has taught in the Social Studies Department at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA since 2006. Her favorite classes to teach are Sociology and ESOL World History II.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have seen the power it has to help children be more accepting of people different from themselves. Empatico uses live video, file sharing, a partner classroom at least 300 miles (or 483 kilometers) away, and specially designed activities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Daniel Suarez’s novel Daemon (2006) is the story of a computer program that takes over its own continued development after the death of its creator. Discussions can center on how AI could either perpetuate or mitigate educational inequities, and the risks of ingraining biases within AI systems that influence young minds.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have seen the power it has to help children be more accepting of people different from themselves. Empatico uses live video, file sharing, a partner classroom at least 300 miles (or 483 kilometers) away, and specially designed activities.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. It was fascinating to see some of Karl’s projections from 2006. Today we also see greater skepticism toward Google than many of us had back in 2006.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

But under a 2006 Minnesota law designed to boost the number of students going into math and science careers, all eighth graders were required to take Algebra I. In 2006, a state education bill required for the first time that the states eighth graders take Algebra I, starting in the 2010-11 school year. Department of Education.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2017

Michelle Cottrell-Williams @WakeHistory has taught in the Social Studies Department at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA since 2006. Download Transcript. Michelle Cottrell-Williams. Her favorite classes to teach are Sociology and ESOL World History II.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, hyflex classes were originally developed in 2006. He shared the concept in 2006 and laid out four principles for every hyflex class. The reason the conversation around hyflex is prevalent now is due to COVID-19, like so many other technological experiments taking form in 2022.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. Over the past two decades, Twitter has been a mainstay in my instruction. . How many followers do you have? I found creative uses for it in my history teaching, even at that time.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006, 98, 653-664. Dearing, E., Kreider, H., Simpkins, S., & Weiss, H. Family involvement in school and low-income children’s literacy performance: Longitudinal associations between and within families.” Henderson, A., & Berla, N. “A Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education, 1995, 14-16.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

She even hosted a travel show back in 2006 where she jetset around the world meeting friends she had made on MySpace, a precursor to Facebook. Southern has been a celebrity ever since she was back in high school: She was a contestant on American Idol when she was 17, in that popular reality show’s third season.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In 2006, I became the first Dean of the College of Education at SEU and served in that capacity until 2012. In 2006, he was named the Florida Teacher of the Year, an honor that put him in the national competition with the top teachers from every state. I taught 5th- grade for 12 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. Bullying is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 5, 2011

Isn’t it funny how everyone made fun of educators for choosing a profession that paid so little when the private sector was raking in the cash from the late 90’s through 2006? So now, as states cry foul about their unprecedented budget gaps, educators are made to look like kings and queens because of their pensions and health benefits.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. The catalyst for Khan Academy began some years ago with a Yahoo doodle Sal developed to help a family member with her struggles in math. Dismissive at first, he then began to create video tutorials that were uploaded to YouTube.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 25, 2021

I started to blog back in 2006 because I was desperate to find ‘my people’: folks who cared about the same things that I did and who were trying to dramatically change things for P-12 students and educators. I’m also grateful for all of you.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2005, I started blogging, and in 2006, I began connecting my classrooms with others worldwide. I've taught my children, nieces and nephews, and the children of my classmates from high school over the past twenty-three years. Additionally, getting to blog, podcast, and YouTube and sharing on social media is also a joy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first big project was the Flat Classroom Project, which went on to win ISTE’s award in 2006 for the best online learning project, that I co-created with Julie Lindsey, who at the time had been in Bangladesh. And now we do global projects every single year in my classroom, and have since 2006. That project was astounding.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. I reprint this post every October, to remind all of us about the treachery of bullying. She believed her tormentors’ horrid insults, never thought she could find a way to stop them, and killed herself.

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Neo LMS

MAY 8, 2018

Wing ’s ACM article “ Computational Thinking ” published in 2006. What is Computational Thinking? The most cited of these definitions being Jeannette M. Despite its short length, and accessible style, the article’s list-like structure and adjective-dense paragraphs left me more befuddled than before.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2016

According to a 2015 Outdoor Recreation report (linked in resources) , outdoor recreation is at its lowest levels since the report began in 2006. 2015 Education Recreation Participation Report found that outdoor recreation is at the lowest levels since the report began in 2006. Listen to the show. Justin Ward @ward337.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. In the event that you might have missed it, I wanted to circle back and offer a brief tribute. It was, of course, not the first impactful thing he said, nor the last.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As the most watched speaker in TED’s history, Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 TED talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity has been viewed online over 40 million times and seen by an estimated 350 million people in 160 countries. Helfand goes on to define what he believes a university designed for the next millennium should be like.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. Bullying is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it.

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Education Elements

JUNE 22, 2016

When I started writing Disrupting Class in 2006, I was stunned to learn that our school systems—not just in the United States, but throughout most of the world—were not built to optimize learning. They were built to standardize the way we teach and test and for sorting.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Yet, if students in other nations took the NAEP, only about one-third of them would also score Proficient—even in the nations scoring highest on international reading comparisons (Rothstein, Jacobsen, & Wilder, 2006).

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2024

He’s been teaching since 2006, so he remembers a time before the invention of the iPhone, Instagram or TikTok. That’s the view of Lee Underwood, a 12th grade AP English literature and composition teacher at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California, who was the teacher of the year for his public school system in 2022.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 11, 2018

SAMR Model -The SAMR Model was introduced by Ruben Puentedura in 2006. However, it tells just half the story. We also need to understand TPACK. What do these letters mean and why do I need both? The model describes the life cycle of technology integration, specifically focusing on how to enhance learning through the use of technology.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mental health and rates of anxiety (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor & Schellinger, 2011; Jones, Greenberg, & Crowley, 2015; Zins & Elias, 2006). Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors. So, how do we help students make responsible decisions?

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

September 2006, Business Review Cambridge, 5(1). and Staker, H. The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning. Retrieved from aurora-institute.org: [link]. Mackay, S. & & Stockport, G.J. Blended Learning, Classroom and E-Learning. UNC Charlotte Center for Teaching and Learning Staff. Blended & Hybrid Learning. Retrieved from uncc.edu: [link].

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

By having planned check-ins, teachers can tailor their instruction to ensure that they are meeting the academic needs of individual students. References Levin, T., & Wadmany, R. Teachers Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View. Journal of Research on Technology in Education , 39 (2), 157181. link] Moser, K.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Then publishing giant Pearson bought it from Apple in 2006. PowerSchool’s journey has gone like this: It was founded in 1997, back in the early days of the web and before smartphones, tablets or social media even existed. Tech giant Apple bought the company in 2001.

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