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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Before becoming a teacher, I didn’t understand why the 100th day of school was a big deal. So I decided to accommodate the 100th Day fever by wrapping it in learning. Here are thirteen activities I like that blend learning into a celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography. They love parties.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Are you a middle school science teacher looking to ignite your students' curiosity? It's a one-stop-shop for any middle school science teacher looking to incorporate the scientific method into their curriculum. So why wait?

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

These financial literacy courses from EVERFI are a must-have for any middle or high school. I highly recommend EVERFI as the best free financial literacy courses for middle and high school students. It reveals that 83% of parents believe high school fall short of making their kids financially savvy. But here's the good news.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Chris Landry, an eighth-grade science teacher at Memorial Middle School , said he’s been able to continue teaching students amid the closures through videos and has even provided them with fun activities to do at home. More on flipped classroom: Why flipped and blended learning are making waves. What made it easier? SentAndEnt.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Statistics say over the summer, kids lose over two months of math skills, two months of reading skills, and one month of overall learning. Efforts to prevent summer learning loss propel often-unpopular year-round school initiatives and all manner of summer school and summer camps that focus on cerebral topics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2020

Before becoming a teacher, I didn’t understand why the 100th day of school was a big deal. So I decided to accommodate the 100th Day fever by wrapping it in learning. Here are thirteen activities I like that blend learning into a celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography. They love parties.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2023

How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. EdSurge: How would you describe the CoolThink curriculum adoption for your school?

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As always, I’ll share the resources and recommend you check them out for yourself with a free account to see where they best fit your curriculum. Students will learn important digital citizenship skills, including recognizing strategies for maintaining privacy in the metaverse. Click here to see EVERFI. Look at Save Up Course.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. My district's purchase of a new blended learning software followed the same formula.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). Blended Learning. assess success at completion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

College Credit Classes in Blended Learning. Great Activities for the First Week of School. 20 Back-to-School Articles. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. Must-have Resources for Blended Learning.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Dispel the myth that learning only occurs in school. Many people, not just children, believe that learning only happens within the school building. Furthermore, understanding the use of technology within life outside of school is vital too. How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer.

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APRIL 4, 2019

The end of the school year is a time when both students and teachers alike are distracted by thoughts of vacation, sleeping in, and no deadlines. If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cool book reports. Practice keyboarding. Dig into cyberbullying.

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Ellipsis Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

By Megan Welk Curriculum Development Specialist. It's no secret that teachers across the country are doing everything they can to provide meaningful learning experiences for their students. We are working to ensure that every course in our computer science curriculum has slide decks. Free Lesson Plans for Teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2020

What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning…” ( Brookings ). And it paid off.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education. 6 Worthwhile Websites for High School Classes. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Tech That Won’t Survive 2018.

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APRIL 27, 2020

From our files, here are great articles about activities popular at the end of the school year: 5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year. The end of the school year is a time when both students and teachers alike are distracted by thoughts of vacation, sleeping in, and no deadlines. 10 Ways to Wrap Up the School Year.

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MAY 29, 2020

What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. See what you think: Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies = Blended Learning That Works. And it paid off.

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JUNE 8, 2018

. “…on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning…” ( Brookings ). Think about what students don’t like about school. More summer learning: How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer.

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CoderZ

JUNE 9, 2022

Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is the largest network of public charter schools in the U.S. 10 students per team per school) would mean leaving out thousands of other bright youngsters who wanted to try their hand at coding and building robots. The traditional approach to robotics teams (i.e., Supporting a Scaffolded Approach.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2023

In this post, I’ll share with you these resources, how I recommend that you use them, and some interesting pointers I’ve learned as I teach students financial literacy. These results were across all student demographics, making this course an excellent fit for every middle school. EVERFI sponsored this post. All opinions are my own.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 10, 2023

With April being financial literacy month, there's no better time to tune in and learn how to integrate financial literacy into your curriculum. This podcast provides practical tips and strategies for teaching financial literacy to middle and high school students. This show's guest is financial literacy expert Brian Page.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 17, 2019

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, has interesting ideas on blending tech with tradition: Balancing Technology With Traditional Teaching To Enhance Performance In Class. However, blended learning takes the positive aspects of technology and combines them with tried and tested teaching methods.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reinart's comprehensive school reform model has been widely recognized. An accomplished public speaker and consultant, she provided numerous keynote addresses for school districts across the United States and consulted Internationally. 00:05:46:44 – 00:05:59:42 Vicki Davis: Educators often feel isolated in their schools.

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ED Surge

MARCH 28, 2022

Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

What Kiddom does that few other education webtools do is provide free educator and administrator guides on topics such as Standards-based Grading , Blended Learning , and lesson planning (click for my reviews of these). If you choose this route, you get: a custom welcome kit for your school or program. Education applications.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

The country grew from having more than 500 institutions of higher education during the 1869-1870 school year to more than 3,000 by the end of the 1980s, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. After World War II and the Vietnam War, America’s residents had grown by more than 145 percent. On the institution side, Jennifer E.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. One caveat about KhanMigo.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2018

More on online learning: Remote Learning: Tips for Thriving in This Ecosystem. 15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes. Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education. College Credit Classes in Blended Learning. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 26, 2023

If you already have a science curriculum, you can use Propello as supplemental material. However, if you need a science curriculum, now is a great time to test and review this as a potential for your middle school. And ELA is coming for the next school year!) All opinions are my own. Such potential.

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CTE Learning

JULY 11, 2020

COVID-19 disrupted the 2019-2020 school year in a major way. When schools began to shut down, teachers, administrators, parents and students were left scrambling to figure out what the rest of the spring would look like. As a veteran teacher, he has seen it all, but never a school shut down due to a pandemic.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2018

The Summer Slide is a very real issue, especially in mathematics instruction where students lose about one month of learning during the break and in some cases, 2.6 months of learning. Parents and caregivers can help slow down the slide and even help their children gain important skills for the following school year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2018

I’m an inner city, level 4 middle school teacher that provides free daily breakfasts and lunches to a diverse student population. The 8th grade just received their own profiled laptop since the school was deploying a blended learning/personalized learning initiative and the 1:1 student laptop was a key project.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JUNE 27, 2022

I believe knowing how to make videos is an essential part of every school's curriculum. Curriculum from ISTE. ISTE Mentioned their free AI curriculum but it was the endorsement in the chat that had me take a look at the AI material from ISTE. Project Based Learning. is a powerful tool for creativity. is Important.

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MAY 2, 2017

Because Mix uses audio and video tools to communicate ideas, students are eager to view the resulting lessons, making it a perfect addition to a blended learning program. To set up educator accounts through Office for Education (which requires a school sign-up), all students need is a Google or Microsoft account, or just an email.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Today, teachers want to call out student strengths and weaknesses, accomplishments and areas of improvement, as aligned with the standards that their school mission is built on. That requires a detailed picture of what students have learned. Learning Webinars – sign up for a topic that interests you, at a time that’s convenient.

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