The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 29, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Subscribe to the Show Links from Today’s Show gosynth.com – create short podcasts with your students (256-second podcasts “like Flipgrid for voice only.) Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc.

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Ditch That Textbook

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Google Apps (now called G Suite), the maker movement and design thinking didn’t start in 2016, but they’ve grown bigger and bigger in 2016. The end of 2016. The education scene has seen a continued push in several big areas.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Maker space and PBL Classroom Pics I’m geting excited for @_mvddie’s ARP Project She has been working so hard and problem solving along the way. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

Reflection Students learn by reflecting, so I’ve included a document that can be adapted and put in your Google Classroom or can be printed for reflection purposes. Each audience member will have a limited number of movie tickets they can use to “purchase” to see the movies pitched at the event.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2019

Of all the learning trends of the past 20 years, one of the most sweeping and impactful has been the rise of the maker movement. After 15 years of inspiring millions of people to be creative and “make” something out of just about nothing, Maker Media, the company behind much of momentum, shut down due to financial shortfalls.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Project Pals connects with Google Classroom but also lets me see detail on which students are contributing and participating. Right now, my students are creating and managing a project as they are creating a podcast to record powerful stories from the recent storms in our area.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Instructables On Shape Solid Works Tilt Brush by Google Blocks Gravity Sketch Tinkercad. Listen to the Show. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Apps and Tools Mentioned in the Show. David Ternent. David Ternent is a middle school STEM teacher in Ohio.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. See Stacey’s presentation at ISTE19.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 18, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. Michael has three sessions at ISTE 2019. Information below.) Students just turn in work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Project Pals connects with Google Classroom but also lets me see detail on which students are contributing and participating. Right now, my students are creating and managing a project as they are creating a podcast to record powerful stories from the recent storms in our area.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 1, 2021

We co-wrote the book in Google Docs over several months. I’ve already had experience with publishing as have some of the other women in the group, so the ability to understand the process of publishing was already in the wheelhouse of some of us. How We Published the Book.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

Google is famous for permitting its employees to spend 20% of their time in the office, working on a passion project. The urban legend is that Gmail and Google News are ideas that came out of this process. Maker Spaces. Let’s look at some classroom techniques that aim to ignite and foster self-directed learning. Genius Hour.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

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. They have been using the ChromeBooks in our classroom to do Google searches. You could make a Google slide. It’s really happening organically.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Explore 3D Bear Now So, for example, if a student goes into Sketchup (formerly Google Sketchup) and you’ve added Sketchup’s STL extension, they can create or import items and then export them. But you’re not limited by these libraries. 3DBear also has the ability to pull in 3D items from Thingiverse or any tool that can create an STL file.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

With this in mind, the maker educator can help learners find resources (as previously discussed) and teach them how to use educational technology such as blogs, videos, video creation tools, e-books, podcasts, collages, sketches, and Google apps to document and share their learning. Relationship Enabler and Builder.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Enterprise education is changing, and could be a real force for enabling better development (both individual and global) in future. Microlearning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And the one thing that Flipsnack cannot do it … it cannot be worked on simultaneously like Google docs where two students can work on it at once. But, one of the other benefits of Flipsnack is that you can create the books in something like Google Slides.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They then took images, posted them on their own individual Google Sites, and reflected on their attributes. They spent many hours fully engaged during remote learning making inventions including musical instruments, board games, new tools, machines, and robots. Board Game Piece Board Game Piece New Tool Note Chute Robot.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype. It could be fiction or nonfiction. You write it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Sponsored by Book Creator, All Opinions My Own From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. If you want to learn more about Virtual Reality check out. Virtual Reality (VR) as a New Educational Paradigm ” or. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom ”. Example #1: An autistic student using VR.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I find this helpful for uploading to Google Classroom or Airdropping the file to my Mac for display to the whole class. YouTube Students can publish directly to the YouTube accounts associated with their Google accounts. (If You can use this format in your Google classroom. It can also be imported into a larger project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. Some people are doing the Google Expeditions, and that’s great. Other resources: Why Open Sim will Dominate Virtual Worlds in Education. Web 3D: Students Using OpenSim Reflect on the Pressing Issues that We All Ask About Using Virtual Worlds.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

So even if you’re not very comfortable with holding a live conference call via Skype or Google Hangouts, the cool thing about Flipgrid is that you can record video messages with your kids. I mean, I’ve used Skype just a little bit, and Google Docs maybe a little bit. We’ll be adding the tool Flipgrid. What is Mystery Skype? Micah: Yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

When Google Docs came out, I stopped everything and let all of my classes experience it. A sponsored review of a tool I'm using to teach programming From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Augmented reality is here. Also, I learned about Twitter, I did the same thing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

I create a template or a hyperdoc in Google Doc. Complete the Google Doc. So I see which kids are coming into class, I’ll pull up the four or five Google Docs for all those kids. Well, the first stage is to get past the Google Doc, and then you have to get past me, and then I give you a green light. What’s going on?”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

The idea behind the Maker movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, learn in a formative manner, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about the ten ideas I have below.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

So, you could use a Google Map, for instance, and you start looking at how far food has traveled to get to you. I usually have them focus on major ingredients, but it’s also interesting to look at spices and other minor ingredients. Then they figure out where those items were produced, and then they put all this information onto a map.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it. Challenge Have conversations about the STEM learning at your school. Is it authentic STEM learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

They support single sign-on with Google and Clever. And while they can explore a wide variety of topics from the US Constitution to Ecology and Ancient China, I also like that you can assign these nonfiction texts at three different lexiles to supplement what you’re doing in the classroom. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2017

The folks behind the maker movement offer weekly camps based on themes such as Far Out Future and Flight. Made with Code from Google. Free, but materials cost extra; age 12 and up. You get a PDF with daily activities that support the theme, such as making slime and designing and flying kites. Free; age 12 and up.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

It might be typing up your notes in a Google Doc. “If this is your Go To for sharing your notes, keep using it. But if this isn’t working for you, like, let’s find something different.”. It might be just writing it in your science notebook. Whatever works.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Sketch Design: A blueprint or sketch of the selected design is created through pencil and paper or through an online tool such as Google Draw or Sketchup. Each generated possible design is analyzed as to its potential to resolve the design challenge. This design can be pitched to another group for constructive feedback.

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