The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and lead developer of RULER , a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning reflects on where students are now and how to reach them. Listen to Dr. Marc Brackett talk about how to help students learn now. Marc Brackett, Ph.D.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2021

Learn about resources and methods you can use to save time! Sponsor: Join me at the upcoming insightful online conference, Engage 2021 sponsored by Kognity! I’ll be sharing my 50+ ways to use technology in the classroom updated with new tools and tips for the challenges of teaching in 2021. Stream by clicking here.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Social-emotional learning is a growing need for schools across the United States. Keep reading to learn about 3-must haves for any social-emotional learning solution that will build a student wellness program that hits goals and truly grabs students’ attention. Just this month, a highly anticipated review of U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But it wasn’t indoor recess — play is one of the ways students learn every day in O’Brien’s science and social studies class at Shidler Elementary School. But during free play, she only asks them to connect something they learned that day to their chosen play activity. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Leaders had been broken up into four different cohorts (elementary, middle, high school, and district supervisors). Therein lies what separates effective vs. ineffective professional learning. In particular, those who oversee Pre-K teaching and learning shared as a team with concrete examples.

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Education Elements

APRIL 23, 2024

As soon as you enter Vogel Elementary School, you are greeted with large smiles. Students are at the heart of all choices made at Vogel– a blended learning campus in Seguin Independent School District. Students are at the heart of all choices made at Vogel– a blended learning campus in Seguin Independent School District.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 18, 2021

Recently, I shared 21 Hot Topics for Teacher Professional Development for Summer 2021. If you have accreditation or learning requirements as I do, take the opportunity to look at this post. Listen and Learn How to Understand Generation Alpha. And join me as I take my courses this summer from Advancement Courses.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

This three-part blog series, featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this first post, the authors outline how they centered equity as they developed an edtech selection, implementation, and evaluation guide for school systems leaders.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

My daughter is entering her third year of college, and I have three sons in elementary schools; my youngest starts first grade in a few weeks. Last year, my predecessor, Karen Cator outlined ways in which we can finally close the Digital Learning Gap. The post How Can We Close the Digital Learning Gap This School Year?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Some awesome changes have happened with Google Apps over summer 2021. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports. I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools. Summer 2021: Farmcraft Summer Camp. Enter NASEF’s Farmcraft 2021.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

I started bringing them back again this year after remote learning due to the COVID pandemic. I understood this was a problem throughout our time doing remote learning from March, 2020 through the end of the 2021 school year. Board games can provide students with opportunities to apply concepts they have learned.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2021

Written by “Karen Weaver a 3rd grade elementary school teacher and author of the upcoming children’s book “The Magic Pencil”, it covers all the basics. Watching TV, browsing the Internet, checking social media, playing video games, and now, even remote learning all require using a device. Author’s Bio.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2022

PHARR, TEXAS — In the entryway of Graciela Garcia Elementary, visitors are greeted twice. All that is made explicit because Garcia Elementary is a dual-language school. Just a couple days after Thanksgiving break 2021, its teachers aren’t just trying to get students caught up on multiplication tables or grammar.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. Summer 2021: Farmcraft Summer Camp.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2020

They’re learning cursive and concurrently expected to raise their words-per-minute on the QWERTY layout, possibly both in the span of one week. I’m one of several at the elementary level holding this job description in my district where 1:1 devices are now the norm. Why not take that time and use it for a long term goal? .

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Norwood Elementary School. And so with that in mind, the challenge unique to to my district has been that at our elementary and intermediate campuses in particular, we're involved in school improvement work because we are attempting to improve academic performance away from improvement required type dynamics with our state agency.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

This 3-part blog series , featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this third post, the author describes lessons learned while leading a cohort of diverse schools and districts through a process of strengthening their edtech systems.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 20, 2021. My school has been in person since August 5th and entering our third week without anyone in hybrid learning so that is a joy. Larry is in California and writes about what he knows here. But the tweet has over 750 messages and counting and looks to be some great advice to glean.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Between school closures, learning loss, intensified educator burnout, widespread staff shortages and increased stressors at home, it’s been hard not to focus on the negatives in education this year. Thus began my journey to strengthen my gratitude muscle to help push back negative thoughts and make space for joy in 2021.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

Stay tuned at the end of the show to learn more about Advancement Courses. When we say fall, we’re talking Fall 2021, which is a little bit different than previous falls, isn’t it, Dawn? And probably not as much at the middle school and high school level but at elementary certainly they want to know who their teachers are.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Device rollout—when students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive their initiative-provided iPads or Chromebooks—is an exciting time in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, especially for schools new to the program. But rollout looks a bit different in 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. While 25 percent of white students passed algebra in eighth grade in 2021, only 13 percent of Black students did, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education. 5 webinar.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

I was surprised to learn that its not just students who despise the pressure to take calculus. University professors in non-STEM fields think high school students would be better off learning more useful math, such as statistics, data analysis, accounting and spreadsheets.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in FutureScot , on October 5, 2021. Life is all about learning, no matter how young or old you are. Teachers who make learning come alive will always find a way to make their lessons captivating. Learning games. Read more: Using edtech to bring edutainment in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As school districts nationwide are re-envisioning learning and applying lessons learned from rapid technology integration during the pandemic, superintendents from the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools network are leading the way. What are their aspirations for greater technology integration and engagement in 2021-22?

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Learn how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. These skills are a foundational part of learning to read. What is phonological awareness—and what part does it play in the process of learning to read? Phonological Awareness: Activity Ideas for Elementary Students.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Explore how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. Then, you’ll learn several practical and research-based strategies to help your students build reading comprehension skills. 1] With strong reading comprehension, reading becomes a lifelong tool for learning.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Have you ever stopped to think about what brain science says about how children learn to read—and how that might make your teaching even more effective? Staying up-to-date on the research behind how children learn to read can help you make informed decisions about classroom instruction. How Do Children Learn to Read?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 15, 2022

Since launching in 2021, more than 200 teachers from schools and youth organizations across 48 countries have engaged with the Ciena Solutions Challenge , a global design challenge launched by Digital Promise and Ciena that invites middle and high school students globally to design solutions that address the U.N.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2022

Last spring, we looked to summer with hopes that the 2021-2022 school year would be different, easier, better. Students returned to their school buildings, we had months of lower COVID rates and some of kids’ favorite learning strategies—like group projects, stations and flexible seating—came back. In many ways it was.

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Waterford

MAY 31, 2022

Understanding the science of how children learn to read is a necessary component for creating well-rounded classroom instruction. Read on to learn more about the Simple View of Reading and how it can inform your classroom instruction—along with ten free activities to boost fundamental literacy skills for your students. Sources : 1.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s the little things, like crayons, says Christine Slayton, a bilingual first grade teacher at Frank Del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles. Perhaps unsurprisingly, health and wellness requests were up for both years of the pandemic, with 18,361 such requests from 2021-2022. No more sharing Crayolas—or markers or playdough.

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Waterford

MARCH 10, 2022

Download sessions here to explore how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. As students learn to read in the classroom, their verbal language skills tend to improve, too.[5] Modeling good communication skills is a great way to help your students learn them for themselves.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. To learn about Lumio and how to sign up for FREE, head to LUM.IO

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Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

Some, like social-emotional learning and digital citizenship, have long been important—and they may require even more focus this year. Others, like genius hour and bite-sized learning, are recently arrived educational trends that may have a helpful place in your classroom. Blended Learning. Personalized Learning.

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