Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

I discovered that Google Calendar could replace my traditional paper planner and serve as my digital planner, providing a clear visual outline of my week, month, or even year. I was inspired to transform my Google Calendar into a digital planner after completing the Google Certification training. That was problematic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Sixteen types of games, Google Classroom and LMS compatibility and auto-grading From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week, I began using Educaplay to make fun classroom learning games for my students. ABC classroom games from Educaplay are perfect for a comprehensive review.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

.” This is a sentiment I’ve heard repeatedly from teachers navigating the demands of the concurrent classroom. As I’ve said in previous blog posts, teaching in a concurrent classroom is the most challenging teaching assignment I can imagine. Instead, they can focus their energy on the students in the classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. Teachers in a concurrent classroom may want to consider the following grouping strategies.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With all of these technologies, we now have endless opportunities to take learning beyond what has been a confined classroom “space” and access the entire world with the right devices. Virtual Reality learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. Read more: 5 Benefits of including VR in classroom activities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment. Let students see. ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

The flipped classroom m odel shifts the transfer of information online and moves practice and application into the classroom. The flipped classroom was one of the first blended learning models to become popular. This helped me to address my concerns around access, coming to class prepared, and burdening students with homework.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Integrating presentations in teaching is an accessible way to bring technology to the classroom and make the best digital tools available. Digital tools for engaging classroom presentations. Here are eight digital tools to look for when creating the best presentations for your classroom: Google Slides.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 10, 2021

Being prepared means access to various resources, including methods and tools to help students build social emotional learning (SEL) skills. Providing opportunities for students to develop relationships in our classrooms will best prepare them for future workplace success. Google Jamboard. 6 Ways to focus on SEL.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 14, 2021

With so much use of technology, especially during the past school year, we need to make sure that we are helping students to build digital citizenship skills in our classrooms. 6 Classroom resources that help students become digital citizens. It has additional resources such as activities, charts, guides, and Google slides.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2021

One of the challenges teachers in concurrent classrooms face is feeling torn between the needs of students in two learning landscapes simultaneously. Can they ask Google and do a quick online search? The in-class and online students should have the same access to you in the lesson. Google or Microsoft Form. Remind App.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Let's look at what is happening and a classroom application where there is one. I'll also share stories from my classroom and how we're using AI if it applies. This blog post includes eight use cases of Generative AI impacting classrooms and schools now. Perspectives as a classroom teacher.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. What are our recommendations for classroom-based technology coaching? 11 from 3-4 p.m.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Teachers all over the country are being asked to teach “concurrent classrooms” in which some students attend class in person and others attend virtually. The teacher in a concurrent classroom attempts to meet the needs of the students in class and online simultaneously. Differentiate learning (e.g., Remind or ClassroomQ ).

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Neo LMS

JUNE 29, 2021

The pandemic has opened the doors to the use of IoT solutions in the classroom as a sign of evolution from the occasional usage of technology in our lessons. 5 Practical applications of IoT in the classroom. Here are a few practical applications of IoT that you can use in the classroom: Interactive whiteboards. VR headsets.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

These tech wonders can turn your classroom into a vibrant, interactive space, making learning more engaging than ever. For instance, ViewBoard users can connect their myViewBoard account to their school’s Apple, Google, or Microsoft accounts through a Single Sign-On (SSO) setup , using one set of login credentials for multiple applications.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

First, I did a few Google searches for editable templates, which led me to an array of examples in Google Slides. Since pacing is a pivotal component of both personalized and blended learning, I did another Google search for ways to integrate timers into Google Slides. to see student work and to hold them accountable.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

That’s where AI in the classroom steps in—transforming both the way you teach and how your students learn—making personalized learning experiences possible on the spot. Keep reading to learn how AI can help you create personalized learning experiences, save time, and boost classroom outcomes. That’s where AI in education steps in.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Why Would a Teacher Use the Flipped Classroom Model? First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. The flipped classroom was designed to invert the traditional approach to instruction and practice/application.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In most classrooms today, students are seen working together in small groups, perhaps in learning stations in the classroom, and taking a more active role in learning. After researching student engagement and motivation, mostly because I was having some challenges in my classroom two years ago, I decided to try new ideas.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2023

ViewSonic is partnering with Google on a new internet appliance that, when plugged in to any compatible digital whiteboard, promises seamless access to the Google ecosystem along with its advanced security features. LEARN MORE: Check out these core classroom technologies for reducing digital overload.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Google Certified Trainer, ISTE Certified Educator, and 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2020

Blended learning (having a face to face and an online classroom) is best. We have one more reason– when you already have an online space for your classroom, it is a smaller step to teaching totally online when necessary. Boomwriter is a free writing app but of course, you can use Google Docs too. Today it is free.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute. Once they had read their passage twice, they logged into Google Classroom to access a blank Google Document.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But how does it work and what does this mean for classrooms? Read on to learn all about Android EDLA-certified devices and their impact on classrooms. Its mission is to ensure the seamless compatibility of Android devices with Google services and applications. Or, explore ViewSonic’s Android EDLA-certified solutions here.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

With the proper safety measures in place, students have been welcomed back into classrooms. Students would need access to one or the other, but this is a great way to foster student voice as a high-agency strategy. You can even use self-graded Google or Canvas Forms. They wanted and needed their teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? There are lots of options for digital note-taking, including Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

In a nutshell, she had replicated her real classroom in terms of how it looked and felt before the pandemic into a vibrant virtual environment. As I immersed myself in the experience, it was like I was in the classroom myself. The interactive classroom can be accessed HERE. Below you can see her work of art.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 12, 2020

Some students do not have access to devices or the Internet. Over the years I have written extensively on the power of technology to empower learners both in and out of the classroom. Google Hangouts and Zoom are great options to disseminate content through video just by pushing out a link. Now let's talk resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2022

Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some interesting thoughts on mainstreaming this in your classroom: How to Encourage Creativity in the Classroom: Best Tips to Inspire Your Students. Up until a few years ago, 3D printing wasn’t an easily accessible technology. Use Fun Tools. Let’s take the “water freezes at 0?”

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As online learning and remote classrooms become more prevalent, these new digital tools offer a fresh perspective on brainstorming and visualizing ideas. However, the landscape is ever-changing; even Jamboard— a digital whiteboarding mainstay by Google— is discontinuing.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 24, 2020

Teachers know there will be times when they will need to lean on videos to allow students to access information asynchronously. This activity can happen in the classroom or online. Google Forms Kahoot! Google Docs or Slides) and present them with a collaborative challenge that requires them to apply what they learned.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

Twitter as a classroom resource, you ask? I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. I cannot count the number of times I was stuck with a lesson, and another teacher teaching the same content would post a Google presentation or file for any teacher to utilize. Classroom Use.

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Neo LMS

JULY 14, 2020

Many of the supports that could be relied upon in classrooms were no longer feasible online, and some of the supports that had been missing from the start exacerbated the weaknesses of the feeble systems we previously had in place. Read more: How to apply the Universal Design for Learning in the classroom. as a guide. Engagement.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2021

Unfortunately, many students have gotten comfortable in their roles as passive observers or consumers in the classroom. An effective way to shift our students’ thinking about their role in the classroom is to teach them how to treat their learning like they are making a documentary. What am I learning? Why am I learning this?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

Thank goodness for Zoom and Google Hangouts! Teachers can host a series of short Zoom or Google Hangouts sessions throughout the day focused on different skills or topics. Teachers can make a copy of the Google Drawing above and share it with students via Google Classroom. 1 Small Group Instruction.

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