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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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2019

Connie Hamilton on Episode 495 To create a classroom culture of inquiry, we can follow these five techniques. Connie Hamilton, author of Hacking Questions: 11 Answers That Create a Culture of Inquiry in Your Classroom. To create a classroom culture of inquiry, we can follow these five techniques.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 16, 2019

Below, we’ve laid out 6 ways to gamify your classroom, which will take full advantage of the possibilities that gamification in education possesses. Taking a step back, gamification refers to the application of gaming components to other aspects of life. Teaches Students. Entertains Students. Focuses Students.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 21, 2024

Here are some tips and activities you can use to help prevent learning loss and keep students immersed in science while they’re on summer break! Learning loss refers to the decline in knowledge and academic skills that students experience when they are not engaged in educational activities for an extended period.

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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. She left the classroom to support K-12 teachers nationally by creating professional development. I had so many people ask for the video.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Meehan on episode 546 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Student engagement! Today’s guest, John Meehan, shares inspiring stories that help us use amusement parks, mud runs, and escape rooms to inspire exciting lessons in our classroom. We need it!

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Blended learning and flipped classrooms. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. For decades, research has revealed the benefits of using video in the classroom. The Rise of the Digital Classroom. It's a survey of K-12 students, parents, and educators.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The most important factors to consider are the type of software and hardware offered by the provider and how they can benefit your classroom. Aim to keep students engaged. Confirm that internet connectivity is ensured. Check if hardware & software is compatible. Ensure the tech resources you buy will tick all the boxes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Pictures from Dustin’s classroom using edtech in social studies Dustin Harnish – Bio as Submitted Dustin Harnish is a seventh grade Social Studies teacher for the Troy School District in Troy Michigan. His educational interest is to create a highly innovative classroom that maximizes student engagement.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 30, 2022

In her book, Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practic e , Gay defines the CRT approach as: “Using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them.” .

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic challenges schools around the world to keep students engaged in remote learning and to use technology in new ways, many have turned to instructional technology coaches (also referred to as edtech coaches) for support. A 2018 PwC survey reported that many U.S.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Classroom Design Then and Now. Student eyes trained on the teacher. This classroom model worked well for centuries. Old-school classroom design supported the idea that teachers impart knowledge to students. One important adaptation is the shakeup of classroom design. The modular classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 21, 2021

Back to the Classroom with Pear Deck by Stacey Roshan. 8 Ways to Engage Every Learner — This is mine! The conference will also have some how-to sessions on popular features and getting started: Flashcard Factory – Pear Deck vocabulary game that transforms the way students learn vocabulary. by LaNesha Tabb.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was one of the first models, along with the flipped classroom, that I could employ in my low-tech classroom. It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities. I thought, “What the heck?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Nevertheless, these students bring with them their hopes and aspirations—and are depending on college faculty and staff to help them find success. In late spring of 2020, the center offered an online survey focused on how students were managing all the changes brought about by the pandemic. You’re off track. Come see me.’.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2023

Key points: Adopting collaborative edtech tools creates a dynamic classroom environment Students often are more engaged when teachers take on a guiding role rather than a purely instructive one What’s been lacking in education up to now? What is student engagement? billion by 2027 is a testament to that.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 24, 2017

The flipped classroom is one of our favorite topics on this blog, because it is a simple concept with big results. Flipped”, here does not mean crazy or way-out (although some would argue it is), it literally means inverting the traditional classroom model. 4 questions about the flipped classroom teachers must answer.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 3, 2020

Teachers around the nation are being called to integrate computational thinking into their classrooms to prepare all students to thrive in a computational world. However, students can define precise, repeatable processes for problem-solving in many classroom contexts.

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Waterford

AUGUST 6, 2021

Read on to discover what the Universal Design for Learning is all about and how it can reduce educational barriers for students. Then, discover a few practical ways that you can use Universal Design for Learning guidelines in your classroom—along with some examples to get you started. Give Students a Choice of Assignments.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 22, 2022

Read on to learn about what digital accessibility is and why it’s essential for all academic institutions, or explore ViewSonic’s collection of Education solutions for the modern classroom. . Student Engagement . What is digital accessibility to student engagement?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Furthermore, she talks about how she loves the students in her classroom. However, for her, the joy of seeing students engaged in mastering writing skills has been the catalyst for pursuing her dream. This love of empowering students with the awareness of their capabilities led her to return to Booker T.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2020

If students have a say in how they approach e-learning or feel like they are an active part of the transition, they will inevitably work harder for the success of their experience. Assign students a role in the online classroom and ask them to help with certain transitions. Read more: 5 Tips on how to gamify your classroom.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 2, 2017

Using machine learning, truly “smart” education solutions that can perform intelligent, self-informed actions are poised to change how we facilitate learning inside and outside of K-12 and higher education classrooms. For example, in any given large, college lecture, students can use their devices to ask questions on current material.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2023

Here’s a quick overview of how to get teens interested in Shakespeare: A Short Guide to Getting Teens Interested in Shakespeare If you’re a high school teacher, you can probably hear the groans now as they wave through the classroom. If you sense that classroom concentration is waning, consider shaking up how you approach the text.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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Neo LMS

MAY 20, 2021

Student engagement in online classes seems to be a never-ending quest for teachers. That’s because building a classroom culture is harder to do in an online environment if you’ve never done that before. Consequently, it shows when it comes to classroom discussions. Help students see group progress. Raising hands.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In addition to sharing about the tool, you should also check out their 60+ tools for Student Engagement , and I’ll share about their teacher support quiz which will help you better support teachers. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This post will share how teachers can quickly digitize handouts, check-ins, worksheets, quizzes, lab reports, and paper of all kinds that support classroom activities. TeacherMade converts classroom paperwork into interactive online activities. Then, you can easily connect them to Google Classroom. TeacherMade can help.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Over the past two years, Digital Promise has engaged in a rigorous research process to surface common challenges being tackled in public schools around the country. Student engagement (#3). Finally, we found that the only student learning challenge to rank in the top 10 is literacy (#6). Social-emotional learning (#2).

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Therefore, it is our duty as educators to provide a well-rounded education to students to help them be an active part of society. Here are seven job skills that students must master: Digital literacy. Digital literacy refers to collecting, creating, and sharing digital information in any environment: at school, at home, at work.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In real-world classrooms, however, feedback often doesn’t live up to this ideal. Students and teachers often have different perceptions about feedback. Trained classroom observers, however, reported low levels of teacher-to-student feedback. It may also refer to mandated standardized testing.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 8, 2019

Visual refers to sight-based learning, while kinetic and auditory refers to touch and hearing-centric learning, respectively. In classrooms around the world, teachers sometimes struggle to devise lessons that cater to all three learning styles. Recall that students everywhere ask themselves, “When will I actually use this?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

We know that every student is unique and has their own learning needs. That's why in this podcast, we'll explore various differentiated reading strategies that can be adapted to fit the needs of every student in your classroom. Jennifer's Podcast: To the Classroom Conversations with Researchers and Educators.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2023

As a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and now site administrator, I have curated several easy-to-implement tips to help teachers effectively implement and manage the station rotation model with even the most energetic classes. Assigned Seats at Student-Led Stations As a teacher, I always had seating charts for whole-group instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Learning requires a great deal of vulnerability, and there’s no doubt that educators need to earn the trust and respect of their students. At the end of the day, it’s up to the educator to make the connections with students that will enable learning and keep building on a sense of community.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Perhaps that is the case because the idea of flipped learning is attributed to two high school teachers and is a rather new concept, while stakeholders of Higher Education prefer to refer to it as “ reverse instruction ”. They flipped their classrooms. Flipped learning and Higher Education students.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Keep students engaged. From personalized learning to student interventions, many educators have already taken steps to enhance the learning environment by integrating technology resources into the classroom. Keep students engaged. Keeping students engaged is one of the most important aspects of teaching.

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