eSchool News

JULY 18, 2016

Librarians in the Shawnee Mission School District are making way for “ the maker movement ,” and some worry where that story is going. The Ray Marsh Elementary School directory lists Bombeck as “librarian” because she is state-certified to be one. The movement, taking place nationwide, is more about robotics than reading.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2018

John Spencer, coauthor of two different best-selling books, Launch and Empower , talks about the creativity (and test score) boosts his classes experienced when he began Maker Mondays. The top Monday Motivation episode of 2018 so far with John Spencer 276 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So, if you can imagine reading a book on Kindle, the finished product you can actually flip through like a book. Only the … the difference between just a regular book and Flipsnack is that you can actually make the book interactive. It is an interactive flipbook creator. The students or the teachers or whatever.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And I was thinking to myself, “Kids can get an immersive experience that takes them places that you could never envision in a 2-D movie or in images in a slideshow or a PowerPoint or any way shape or form, or book. They truly become a part of the environment. Where does this technology fit? How they are discussing VR now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

I’ll shelve books. She subsequently served as a central office science coordinator and staff developer, elementary school principal, director of instruction, assistant superintendent for instruction, and adjunct instructor in educational leadership for the University of Virginia’s Curry School and the School of Continuing Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Another way that I try to give students technology to showcase their science understanding is through like tools that help them to maybe build electronic books. See my review of Book Creator for Chrome. With Book Creator they can include pictures, they can include video, drawings, text. You’ve talked about Book Creator.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

And she does have a series of books that we’ll mention here in a moment. I just wrote a series of five books with 26 practicing educators. How many poster boards must die from these elementary years? There, we wrote about coding, all the way through… So the books go — they’re great books. Meg: Awesome!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul. Catherine: I was reading the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. What would you give us as an idea?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks!

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is great news!

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is great news!

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess. There is a great deal of content out there about maker education. In addition to Laura’s website and book , I highly recommend you check out the work of Jackie Gerstein and the book Invent to Learn by Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks! We do a lot of this, particularly in elementary schools, where we have kids celebrate the writing that they’ve accomplished.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

But they do all of the steps you would normally take in writing a book. At the end of the probably year-long — I don’t have a too many people who do it in a semester class — they have a book they can publish. Some of them did it on Google Docs and then pulled it over to Book Creator. You write it. Review the writing.

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MindShift

AUGUST 15, 2017

So, she set out to build a bridge between making and reading by creating maker activities for children’s books. Peters creates project instructions that tie into the theme of a children’s book. She prints the instructions on a 5 x 7 sticker that affixes to the front of the book. For the book “I’m New Here” by A.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. Frameworks provide mental models, but “don’t usually help educators know what to do differently,” argues technology leadership expert Scott McLeod in his latest book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. And I’ve always had a lot of ideas for projects, like a hoverboard for reading books in the bath. Barrett Elementary School second graders —designed their own pyramids. Alexis Lewis —inventor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Her roots are as an elementary classroom teacher where she utilized technology as an integrated part of the learning environment. She was named as a 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator and serves as a Book Creator Ambassador. Bio as submitted. Karen is a 2007 Apple Distinguished Educator.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

In the box students will find story cards, masks, a puzzle, and a sticker book. The reusable stickers in the sticker book let kids create their own version of the Three Little Pigs. How to integrate Get Qurious Maker Box into the classroom: The Get Qurious set brings the story of the Three Little Pigs alive in new and fun ways.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Elementary and middle school students will be able to attend field trips and summer camp programs at the space to gain exposure to project-based learning experiences with high-tech tools. We like to think of it as a souped-up public library with tech tools instead of books. Coca Cola Building, Image Credit: Monica Bilak.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

I guess there’s a little aspect of a book report in there. Then they talk about what people have in their preparedness kit. I forget what else they pick up from the novel, but they employ all those things. There’s a big aspect of current events, and kids making an argument, presenting themselves, public speaking.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Vicki: Today we’re talking to my friend, Dr. Scott McLeod @mcleod about his new book, Different Schools for Different Worlds , that he co-authored with Dean Shareski. Improving Schools By Killing Boredom and Promoting Deeper Learning. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e189. Date: November 9, 2017. What is preventing kids from learning?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 29, 2015

Smay used her 3D printer to make gingerbread men to introduce the new Makerspace to her elementary school students. It requires research and exploration, and it gives students new drive to use the books and other resources in the library. Maker Movement maker movement makered'

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Graphite Blog

MAY 4, 2015

Instead, makerspaces are bringing books to life, and the new mantra is, "Innovate, create, collaborate." Indian Knoll Elementary School’s Jennifer Lewis struggles with the time factor; her students are mostly able to come to the "make room" during recess, so projects have to be organized and fast. Advertise and train.

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MindShift

MARCH 8, 2017

The maker movement has expanded greatly in recent years and much of the attention has focused on cities with high population density and large well-funded school districts. They’ll learn to run the books, find clients and use design software to make different products for those clients.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As a principal of an elementary school, it could be a lonely job. I would read books in isolation, peruse the resources available by myself, and have no one to push me professionally to become a better leader. Maker Movement. So today, the maker movement is my additional part of being a digital leader.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Huge thanks!

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In recent years, some school libraries have taken on new identities as makerspaces, inviting students to do projects in the school library in addition to doing research or checking out books. “A When Jopeck worked as an elementary school librarian in Annandale, Va., Hands-on inquiry fits in really naturally.” Photo/NWP

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So, I invited Cheryl Nelson and Wendy Goldfein of Get Caught Engineering to share how they’ve managed Makerspaces in their own classrooms and helped other elementary and middle school teachers get started, too. What exactly is a Maker and what happens in the “space”? Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your experiences below!

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In recent years, some school libraries have taken on new identities as makerspaces, inviting students to do projects in the school library in addition to doing research or checking out books. “A When Jopeck worked as an elementary school librarian in Annandale, Va., Hands-on inquiry fits in really naturally.” Photo/NWP.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. Dr. Brad Gustafson, an elementary school principal, shares his debate on whether to host an all schol picture using a drone for his building’s 50th anniversary. I was so thankful when I discovered this post.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades. Vicki: Steve, do you find that there are teachers that think that kids can’t really understand these concepts — like elementary kids really understanding XY coordinates? You just realized, “Perhaps we’re underestimating the abilities of our elementary kids.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom Management Tip #2: Harry and Rosemary Wong’s The First Days of School book helped me with workflow so very much! Learn From Classroom Management Experts Books like Fred Jones Tools for Teaching and The First Days of School (mentioned earlier) helped me launch forward light years in my classroom management ability.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

It can be as simple as just solving a math problem with each other, or doing a science project, or doing a whole chapter book that we are sharing books and ideas with. We all read the same book at the same time, but we each shared ideas throughout it, and we had different things we talked about in the book.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

You can investigate through a book. She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. We’ve created a list of the different ways you can investigate your questions. You can find some videos online on YouTube.

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