21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. Check out my Booking Page. Technology – STEM Resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Today’s giveaway contest is Sylvia’s book Invent to Learn. Sylvia Libow Martinez is a co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom helping teachers bring the exciting tools and technology of the Maker Movement to classrooms worldwide. Invent to Learn Book Giveaway Contest.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? His best-selling books, Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces , The Maker Mentality , and Beyond the Poster Board can be found on Amazon.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

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. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends. They even find books for their friends.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. mak- ered, #stem); and online communities, such as Facebook groups.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

But Pauline, today you have for us five ways to amp up STEM in middle school. At the middle school level, teachers tend to become more isolated as content experts, and in order to make your STEM activities more powerful and engaging, I would highly recommend that you connect in any way possible with those expert colleagues.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2018

John Spencer, co-author 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. Maker Monday: Start the Week with Creativity and Purpose. How much structure do you need for Maker Mondays? Date: January 8, 2018.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2016

I've never been much of a comic book reader. But I could not help but feel excited about the news of Marvel’s 11-issue revival of the Black Panther series , written by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates. Readers see a rocket heading for outer space: the first step for humanity to live among the stars.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

The Power of a Plant Book Giveaway Contest. *. Now you have a book called The Power of a Plant which is going to help our teachers who are completely overwhelmed and have their jaw on the floor be able to do this, because is there something that an average everyday teacher can do, because it seems like so much! Transcript: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

STEM/STEAM Integration. Suzie Boss – Inspiring speaker, consultant, and author of several popular books including All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimaging School and Reinventing Project-Based Learning. THE STLinATL CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS: Whole Child (e.g., Assessment for Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Also, remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. Check out my Booking Page and as always… thanks so much! We are now past the initial way of thinking, and the Makers movement allows people to finally use the technology to create and make.

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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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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

The Maker Movement has its roots outside of school, in institutions such as science museums and in the informal activities that everyday people have taken part in for generations. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R. Often, such work is guided by the notion that process is more important than results. ” 2.

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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 4, 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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through November. Look for contact information at the Booking Site.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Millvale site is part of a growing group of libraries that have opened up space, permanently or occasionally, for maker projects. Books remain an important centerpiece of the library system, but new tools give the institutions opportunities to help young people develop and learn in fresh ways.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Programming in the Primary Grades Book Contest. But he’s also written a book, Programming in the Primary Grades, Beyond the Hour of Code. We’ll be doing a giveaway of his book. See coolcatteacher.com/ar or download the Metaverse app today. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. Classrooms need well-stocked maker spaces and creativity stations. Librarians like Micki Uppena and Chad Lehman are stocking everything from paper roller coasters and Mandala coloring books to green screens. The focus was on learning.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. Check out my Booking Page. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources. Thanks for learning with me.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through November.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 5, 2019

A few of use spent the past few weeks rearranging our library so that one side contains our books and the other our STEAM materials. In this post, I am also including the following lesson plan template from my book, Learning in the Making that can help with integrating maker education activities into the curriculum :

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Catherine: I was reading the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. In this case, we asked teachers to specifically choose math or science because we wanted to do a STEM-to-STEAM arts integration. You know, you’re talking to teachers of all kinds. “OK, OK, here’s an easy way to integrate arts into your classroom.”

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Cardboard Tube STEM Activities and more! This is a Mommy blog that has lots of great STEM ideas! Now.having said that.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Vicki: And I would encourage all of our listeners to also pick up a book called Humility is the New Intelligence. Part of the thesis of the book is that the jobs that will be left will be those requiring creativity, problem solving, collaboration, and working with other people — things that machines cannot do very well at all.

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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! Check out the show notes for the book giveaway, Make Writing: Five Teaching Strategies That Turn Writer’s Workshop Into a Maker Space.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

There’s video, there is an absolutely gorgeous book and gallery of artwork for this Lexicon of Sustainability. Julie: Well, our first idea is called the Lexicon of Sustainability , and this is actually a PBS web series that you can access through the internet. One way to do this is to take images and overlay content onto them.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Millvale site is part of a growing group of libraries that have opened up space, permanently or occasionally, for maker projects. Books remain an important centerpiece of the library system, but new tools give the institutions opportunities to help young people develop and learn in fresh ways.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! See booking info and please contact me anytime at (mjgormans@gmail.com). Let’s not forget STEM education, unless if your school has initiated STEAM, STREAM, or even STEAMIE!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

She was named as a 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator and serves as a Book Creator Ambassador. Karen is a 2007 Apple Distinguished Educator. In 2016, she was selected to be a Dremel 3D Printing Ideabuilder Ambassador. Recently, she was recognized as MACUL 2018 Technology Using Teacher of the Year.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I mean, there’s always been books, newspapers, and other forms of entertainment that have always been around. I’ve always heard that my generation doesn’t pay as much attention, is more unruly, and has more stuck their heads in their phones than anything. I think that’s something that is just done.

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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. Making can also help you understand a lot of things about the world around you.

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