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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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2020

I hold a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, earned at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. During my years of working in elementary education, I spent time as a classroom teacher as well as a school leader, all with the Sioux City Community School District in Sioux City, Iowa.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

In a previous post , I shared how members of the 4th-grade team at Red Cliffs Elementary School in the Juab School district collaborated to create a personalized experience that combined choice and data to differentiate. I also noticed Katie Murphy, the instructional coach, playing an active role in the classroom.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

At the beginning of the school year, I find that by asking students to share their stories — either by creating an About Me or participating in some icebreakers — it helps build the essential relationships in our classrooms. There are free classroom accounts available for educators through Animoto. Elementari.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2024

I can still vividly recall the chaotic scene of introducing iPads into Kindergarten classrooms. Choose tools that offer customizable settings, allowing teachers to adjust the difficulty level and content to meet the needs of their students. What’s the Kindergarten version of the Hunger Games? Imagine that.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2020

In order to prepare, we need to consider how this experience may have changed our students: How have elementary learners grown through this experience, and how do we as educators adapt to meet their new needs? Many parents at my elementary school have shared that their child uses technology better than they do.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to today's episode, where I will bridge the gap between AI in my classroom and your ears! Let's continue this AI adventure together as we work to improve our classrooms and educate a successful generation for tomorrow. Someone explain that to me!)

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Even Ancient Romans associated the concept of elementary school ( ludus ) with play ( ludere ). Mixing education and entertainment in the classroom. So here are a few ideas on how you can use edtech to bring edutainment into the classroom and create a fun and inspiring learning experience for students: 1. Video classes.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom. With K–12 schools leveraging connected technologies to help improve student outcomes and boost classroom collaboration, effective cybersecurity is not optional. It’s essential to meet student expectations and to satisfy state regulations. The State of STEM Classrooms.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

The Teaching Tolerance website has a collection of ready-to-use classroom lessons and resources that span a range of social justice topics and issues while prioritizing social-emotional learning. The resources are organized by: Early childhood/elementary Middle school/high school Black Lives Matter 13 Guiding Principles.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

13] If you can teach your students how to recognize and regulate their emotions, they’ll be better prepared to focus and reach their potential both inside and outside the classroom. Additionally, emotional intelligence involves using your emotions to plan and meet your goals.[5] instead of, “You shouldn’t have your phone out right now.”

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Managing budgets, developing memos, attending meetings, responding to emails and phone calls, and other tasks also consumed a significant portion of my time. For learning, consider curating data weekly and present at an upcoming staff meeting. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Digital Learning Collection has over 150 apps for kindergarten to second-grade classrooms. The Really Good Stuff team has curated the best apps in education for the K-2 to classroom — all in one place. The challenge for many K-2 to teachers who have tablets in their classroom is finding the right app. It is possible.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Below is an overview of the benefits of using choice boards and the various types of boards you can design to meet a range of different objectives. Elementary teachers may use their board to encourage a deep dive into a holiday, season, or weather pattern. The Benefits of Choice Boards. Choice is a powerful motivator.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

New, 21st-century pedagogies that focus on interactive curricula and collaborative assignments require new classrooms and media spaces to match. As we know, technology is an essential part of any modern classroom. Consult Teachers on Classroom Needs. You want to ensure that it’s a place your community can take pride in.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students. Students explaining their learning and how they were able to meet the outcomes.

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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. Whether you want to or not, go ahead and set up now. Learn more here. See this site.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

You can encourage families to join your school’s family-teacher association or arrange virtual family-teacher meetings for families with transportation issues. Develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom[3]. Have better social skills and classroom behavior. Have better social skills and classroom behavior.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

At this point in the school year, you have had time to establish classroom routines, nurture your relationships with students, and design and facilitate entire units of study. He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

You may already be familiar with parent involvement and engagement, or listening to and working with parents in the classroom. It means embracing the belief that all voices and perspectives are welcome in your classroom,[1] and intentionally providing space for those voices to be heard.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2024

While sound instruction will always be needed in some form, meeting the needs of learners relies on other pedagogical pathways that veer away from all students consistently doing the same thing, at the same time, the same way. Below is a visual that can help effectively establish station rotation in your classroom or school.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Whether teachers or students are out of school, modern video devices can help classrooms meet in the virtual space. . At New Jersey’s Woodland Elementary School , one student’s determination to continue her education while she was sick transformed the way the school used videoconferencing tools in the classroom.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For many students, December’s an especially memorable time of year, with winter activities, pageants, and classroom parties during the days before break. This is an inclusive classroom. Hoping to avoid controversy, many districts have created guidelines about how to appropriately celebrate holidays in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From our conversations with kindergarten through third grade teachers, literacy coaches, and principals in 17 elementary schools across the country, we highlight below three ways schools are reimagining student supports during a year of distance instruction. Teachers are relying on parents to foster consistent home learning environments.

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Waterford

MAY 12, 2020

School and classroom grants can fill in the gaps in school budgets, allowing educators to purchase resources they may otherwise be unable to access. American Association of Educators Classroom Grant: This educational grant provides up to $500 for teachers to purchase classroom resources such as books, curriculum, or audio-visual equipment.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Thus, once I had a classroom of my own, I implemented what I was taught to create effective lessons. The first couple minutes of every lesson is critical to its success, and a pedagogically sound anticipatory set that meets the criteria outlined in the picture above is well worth the time when it comes to planning lessons.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment where students are actively engaged and teachers can teach more effectively. Shepard Elementary School. Smith’s approach ensures that the technology chosen benefits the entire district.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

And then also how was I going to work on goal setting and guidance for the teachers and for the students and also working with parents in helping the students to meet their goals as well. And the great thing about goals is that if you meet them and you want to add more, you can certainly do that. VICKI: 01:58. Absolutely do.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology). In a remote world, this will look a little different than in a classroom or school. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. My favorites at bit.ly and tinyurl.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Read more: Getting started with STEM in your classroom! Possibilities might include lack of resources, student schedules are already full, or perhaps a perceived lack of knowledge by educators when it comes to bringing coding into our classrooms. So why do students need to build these skills? It has been reported that there will be 3.5

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 13, 2019

For over 30 years, Advancement Courses has been a leader in professional development, providing expertly-crafted, classroom-applicable courses to thousands of teachers across the country. He is a National Board Certified STEM educator at the elementary level, with a Master Degree in K-8 Education with a K-8 math endorsement.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Even though each project is different, each contains an assortment of classroom observations, strategic planning, coaching, and loads of feedback. During year two of my continuing work with Wells Elementary, the administrative team asked me to develop videos for each grade level. Always make time for feedback.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). If you or your staff use Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or another LMS routinely in the classroom, then this is a logical decision. Develop the means for real engagement.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

GORTON: Vision One91 is our blueprint for redesigning the district, to meet the needs of today’s student and to reimagine what modernized education looks like. We added 36 classrooms to our high school and brought our ninth-graders up. All of those classrooms were designed to be collaborative and flexible. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2023

I shared the following in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms : Choice is the great differentiator that helps meet the needs of all learners. I also encourage you to check out these posts from Wells Elementary (TX), Snow Horse Elementary (UT), Juab School District (UT), and the Corinth School District (MS).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks.

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