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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

The CoolCatTeacher

As an illustration, this summer at ISTE, I facilitated a panel of blended learning experts. As they presented, it became clear: most classrooms are already blended classrooms, whether they realize it or not. For this reason, let’s explore the essential elements of effective blended learning so we can all level up.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

Hopscotch is an app (iPad/IPhone) that enables students (ages 8-14+) to learn about coding by creating a game, changing a drawing into an animation, or exploring the projects that have been shared to the gallery. Some of the topics available include animations, array methods, fundamentals, web page design and more.

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ISTE Day 0 Recap for my #NotatISTE #ISTELive Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

ISTE Resources for you: Monica Burns ( get her Not at ISTE content ), Holley Clark – sign up to get tons of Chromebook and blended learning content ? Lots of people are talking about the Clips app by Apple in Iphone. Also on TikTok so look for the ISTELive Hashtag wherever you share.

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Top Posts of 2019

A Principal's Reflections

Often ideas pop into my head when I am sleeping, and I immediately wake up to type them into a note file I have on my iPhone. The Pedagogy of Blended Learning Blended instruction is what the teacher does with technology. The Pedagogy of Blended Learning Blended instruction is what the teacher does with technology.

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A Practical Way to Increase Access to Mobile Technology Regardless of Age

A Principal's Reflections

As I was conducting some learning walks with the admin team I noticed some kindergarten students in Deborah Weckerly’s class engaged in blended learning activities using smartphones. She now had enough devices connected to the district’s secure WiFi network to support individual or station-rotation blended learning.

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8 Epic Edtech Tools to Try This School Year

The CoolCatTeacher

Google VR Tour Creator [link] – new features including uploading audio Remove.bg – Cut out backgrounds (hat tip Tony Vincent) Glideapps.com – Make your own web app with Google sheets Brush.ninja – make animated gifs Yoteachapp.com – a backchannel chat tool (replaces Today’s Meet) Kaizena.com – Ad voice comments (..)

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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

Learn more by clicking on the link below. To get started, a student will just scan the room using his or her digital device (like an iPad, iPhone, or Droid) before starting. Students can create and invent using Augmented Reality and share in your 3D Bear Classroom.

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