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. Tip #2: Skip to 47 seconds on the Tutorial Videos. A way of making Europe.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Warm-ups This video is from a series I taught for school districts. Responsive classroom activities can be adapted for technology use. This collaboration strengthens their understanding and retention of the material while building a supportive classroom community. This video is from a series I taught for school districts.

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Neo LMS

JULY 8, 2021

The move to asynchronous learning can have a steep learning curve, but it’s so important to have engaging materials for online-only classrooms. It goes without saying that blended classrooms also use instructional videos a lot. On the flip side, teachers often don’t have the expertise to create these videos.

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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. Then we design a welcome task.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Assessment of student work is a crucial aspect of learning. It helps students recognize important lesson goals and teachers gauge understanding. While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 14, 2024

summarized by NoteGPT This video is from a series I taught for school districts. Ongoing Review : Revisiting digital citizenship topics each year is crucial for reinforcing knowledge and adapting to new digital challenges, ensuring students remain informed about safe online practices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Gamification of Education This video is from a series I taught for school districts. By encouraging students to decode unfamiliar words in context, educators enhance comprehension and prepare them for standardized assessments. This video is from a series I taught for school districts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary This video discusses using student presentations to enhance speaking and listening skills, aligning with Common Core standards.

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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. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 24, 2021

I put links in Google Classroom to sites that showed how the tool should be used and created a simple multiple-choice quiz using Google Forms. But many of the students preferred to guess rather than read anything or watch a video, and they inevitably got at least one answer incorrect. Video assessments. Music lyrics.

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Neo LMS

JULY 30, 2020

A comprehensive teaching model helps educators identify strategies that motivate learners to discover new things, to explore a new field of knowledge (or continue exploring previous ones, but with more effective approaches), and at the same time, it provides a useful assessment system. Read more: Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 17, 2020

Alice Keeler and Vicki Davis demo both sides of Google Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As so many of us schools are having to move quickly to Google Classroom, Alice Keeler sat down with me recently to do what we’re calling a “duo demo.”

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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. Here are five strategies! Remind or ClassroomQ ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom.

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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.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This year video conferencing has been the way many teachers deliver instruction. These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller.

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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 value of this inversion is that students can pace their progress through a video (pausing, rewinding, rewatching). The flipped classroom was one of the first blended learning models to become popular.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2024

Differentiate This video is from a series I taught for school districts. How do you teach the hard to teach class?

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

Among these is the flipped classroom model , a strategy that leverages video instruction to mitigate potential obstacles that make it challenging for students to access information presented live. However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?”

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2024

While it won't replace the irreplaceable human touch in the classroom, AI can significantly enhance teaching and learning by offering personalization, efficiency, and insightful data analysis. Personalized Learning Pathways Imagine a classroom where each student receives instruction tailored to their specific needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Effective inclusion in a special education classroom involves creating a supportive environment where students with disabilities are fully integrated into the general education setting. One of the hallmark accommodations of inclusive classrooms is more adults, whether a certified special education teacher, a teaching assistant (TA), or both.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Teachers got a crash course in creating video content when schools shifted online. They relied on videos out of necessity to explain concepts and model strategies while students learned from home. As teachers transitioned back into classrooms, many abandoned video in favor of live instruction.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 24, 2020

As teachers prepare for a new school year, many are brushing up on their video production skills. Teachers know there will be times when they will need to lean on videos to allow students to access information asynchronously. Video has several benefits in a blended or online course.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I was excited in August when Google Classroom got an upgrade. The feature I was most excited about was the Google Classroom comment bank. Teachers who have not created a comment bank in Google Classroom yet, the document below walks you through the process. Unfortunately, neither of these options actually saves me any time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

In this post, I’ll share some of the new features in Screencastify and how I’ve used it in my classroom. Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. Record on Multiple Devices and Pull Video Together Quickly.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, Jesse Lubinsky, a former classroom teacher and education evangelist for Adobe, shares 10 awesome free ways that teachers can use Adobe Express in their classrooms. Collaboratively edit video, graphics, and more 13:42 Tip 9.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Both the math and reading sessions focused on how edtech could be used during independent work, formative assessment, and pedagogically-sound blended learning. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session. Some aren't new, but others might be.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Video and Infographic From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teachers are moving from face to face classrooms to online classrooms quickly. I had so many people ask for the video. Here is the video and infographic to help you. Advancement Courses sponsored this webinar.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

Beyond the adjustments related to instruction, it was challenging to get into a workflow and figure out how to best provide for students at home and in the classroom space. As teachers, we need to be able to check in with students to see how they are doing, first and foremost, and to assess their progress in our class.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many benefits of technology in the classroom, so we’ve picked five of the most significant for this handy list. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. But for those who embrace it, the advantages are virtually limitless.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

Student autonomy in the classroom is essential for efficient learning. Student autonomy in the classroom is important both for learners and teachers. It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . Flipped classes.

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Neo LMS

JULY 13, 2021

Education used to be associated with classrooms and chairs, desks, and blackboards. Read more: Applying Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms. 5 Digital tools for an inclusive virtual classroom. Read more: 5 Quick and easy instructional video ideas for teachers. Explain Everything.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Also, those who believe in differentiated instruction, multiple ways of asking (and answering questions) like text, voice, and video, and the ability for teachers to share with each other will love Wizer. Wizer also fully integrates with Google Classroom which is why we purchased school licenses from Wizer for our teachers.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy. Add links to your Learning Management System (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.) In literally fifteen minutes, I had my choice board created.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The advent of interactive large-format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology. Classroom display board technology is a powerful thing. Introduced in 1801, the chalkboard transformed the classroom. Interactive Whiteboards: A History.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Growth comes from stepping out of our comfort zones, which classrooms can become quite easily. Shifting the paradigm to include a “global classroom” curriculum requires more than theory; it’s actually all about practice. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly. How to build your global classroom in 4 steps.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 23, 2024

I am excited to announce the launch of a new video series on YouTube called “Virtual Coaching.” That’s the goal of my new video series, “Virtual Coaching.” I hope these videos will be valuable as you strive to design and facilitate engaging, effective, and equitable learning experiences.

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