Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. She writes articles for education journals and blogs. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show.

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STEM Everyday Podcast

JANUARY 1, 2023

Andrea Mango is currently a STEAM teacher in New York, helping her students and others in her school see that being flexible helps build STEM skills. While teaching STEAM lessons to K-2 students, she started to realize that planning 45 minutes for an activity didn’t work. STEAM #STEM @Dodge_WCSD pic.twitter.com/eq1YJ3xI00.

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Graphic Design helps us present in more interesting ways, teach better, and communicate better. Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Sadie Lewis helps educators understand and teach graphic design in this quick, helpful show full of graphic design resources for educators.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today's episode, we sit down with Stephanie DeLussey, a dual-certified veteran special education teacher, IEP coach, and author of the upcoming book “The Intentional IEP.” Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I was personally excited as this was a true example of my penchant for student voice and choice (for more about this see my blog post, Today’s Education Should Be About Giving Learners Voice and Choice ). Below is a video clip of its soft start where she and another students are teaching some of their classmates how to play.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2022

Students returned to their school buildings, we had months of lower COVID rates and some of kids’ favorite learning strategies—like group projects, stations and flexible seating—came back. According to the Center for Reinventing Public Education, more than half of districts plan to use federal recovery dollars to support summer programming.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 12, 2023

In elementary STEM or science classes, you may or may not be responsible for providing letter grades or an overall percentage for students, but it is still important to share progress with students and their families. 13 ways to describe how students engage in STEM and elementary science. Works collaboratively with others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

1st Class GradeBook – 1st Class GradeBook app provides educators with contemporary grading features, including class and student activity, grade reports, and more. Educators can also send reports to parents to keep them informed of their children’s progress. This app was created to support educators in the classroom.

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Top 10 Sciencekits

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest make it possible for them to connect with each other in real-life and share ideas about teaching. They also have a wealth of educational resources available to them that they can draw upon for supplementary material. If you want to know more about STEM education, check out these resources.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. Magnet Elementary School , is excited about the prospect of redesigning traditional approaches to assessment and instruction.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Notion is free for educators. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Educator wellness is now more important than ever. Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Sign up for an educator account. Norwood Elementary School. Stream by clicking here.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As an education design director working with a multidisciplinary design team that regularly partners with early childhood programs to upgrade their existing spaces or create new ones, I've seen the power of leveraging design elements for learning.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many of us have been discussing educational reform for decades. Given the unprecedented time of COVID19 and its effect on education, it is a perfect time to revisit and reimagine the purpose, operations, and skills related to a powerful education. Currently, most schooling focuses on just-in-case teaching and learning.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

For example, embracing edtech over the past two-and-a-half years has made interactions with parents more flexible, said Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan. The oncoming spending cliff is “scary for every educator in the room, regardless of which seat you occupy,” Caposey said.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The challenge of attracting students into and graduating them from education departments at colleges predates the pandemic, experts say, and yet the pressures of the past two years have worsened the situation at some institutions. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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Ellipsis Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this blog, we take a closer look at the connections between art and STEM (called STEAM education), and we explore how to integrate art into computer science. What is STEAM Education and Why is it Important? To help you make this connection with your students, we laid out some STEAM education resources in the next section.

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STEM Education Works

MAY 17, 2022

They asked to remain anonymous, but here is a summary of their teaching assignments this year: High school family and consumer science. Elementary library. Elementary science. Elementary art. Elementary English language arts. Seeing our community elect three anti-public-education board members.”.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2023

Now, district leaders say it offers flexibility, convenience and opportunities to maximize instructional time when forces such as extreme weather or illness threaten schools’ ability to operate in person. “It It makes a lot of sense for districts to build in those contingency plans for remote instruction, to be more flexible and nimble.”

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The Maker Mom

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

STEM is the future of education, and schools that hope to be a part of it need to adopt a curriculum for these in-demand skills. Children all around the world are beginning to learn about STEM at a younger age, and the basics begin as early as elementary school. There is something here for students with all types of interests.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Linda Kardamis taught middle school math before being led to become the founder of Teach 4 the Heart (www.teach4theheart.com) which provides practical solutions and Biblical encouragement for Christian teachers. Strategies like reciprocal learning, showdown, quiz trade, Kahoot!

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2023

More than a decade after earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology, Davenport is a student once again, pursuing his license to become a high school special education teacher. Josh Davenport: When I was younger and trying to figure out my life, my mom always said, ‘You would be great at teaching.’ Back then, I was like, no, no, no.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 4, 2023

Figjam is a cool, flexible, fun, collaborative space for student projects, presentations, and collaborations. Figjam is part of the Adobe Figma suite of tools and is free for educators and their students. How do you set up a Figma/ Figjam education account? How Do You Set Up an Education Account on Figma and Figjam?

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STEM Discovery Education

AUGUST 30, 2022

The biggest challenges I faced last school year were related to the many unknowns in how I would be teaching my students in relation to the pandemic. We started the school year with full safety precautions in place, although we did still have in-person teaching, but fully masked and with limited interactions. Looking Back.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 5, 2023

Ask a group of educators what they call it and you will likely get a handful of different answers. Some educators feel strongly about the acronym, while others think more flexibly. STEAM Some educators believe that adding the “A” for the arts is necessary, changing STEM to STEAM. So, Which One?

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PCS Edventures

MAY 15, 2023

Pairing a flexible learning environment with subject exposure increases learning retention in a manner that’s so invigorating campers won’t even realize they’re learning. Physical activity in an educational setting is found to dramatically increase learning and retention. How Does STEAM Increase Learning Retention?

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Futurum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Published: At Point Park University in Pittsburgh in the US, education researchers Dr Ginny Chambers , Dr Kamryn York and Dr Mark Marnich are helping pre-service teachers develop their skills in STEM subjects to make learning more enjoyable and effective for their future students. When have you taken a hands-on approach in a lesson?

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Are you ready to explore the exciting world of STEM with your elementary students? To stay connected with Carly and Adam's teaching tips and classroom freebies be sure to follow us on Facebook , Pinterest , Teachers Pay Teachers , and subscribe to our blog! Divide the class into teams and let the games begin!

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STEM Education Guide

JANUARY 16, 2023

Once everyone understood her unique abilities, she went from failing to finishing elementary school at age 5. Understanding what it means to be gifted and the unique challenges accompanying advanced cognitive and academic abilities can help parents and educators better support learners of all ages. Gifted Students.

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Carly and Adam

JUNE 26, 2022

We love seeing ideas from classrooms across the globe, so we asked educators on all of the social media platforms to share their insight on this regularly asked question. Ultimately your space should represent your students and reflect you as an educator. The bottom line: There is no one perfect way to set up your STEM classroom.

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PCS Edventures

AUGUST 8, 2023

Elementary-aged learners are capable of providing computers with instructions to achieve a specific outcome through code! why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school? We know our littlest learners can code, but why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2017

Origo Education’s award-winning Stepping Stones 2.0 K-6 math curriculum (with a separate program for pre-K) is versatile, easy-to-use, and nicely differentiated for varied learning and teaching strategies. Teaching materials include an abundance of resources, professional development, videos, and help.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For Halloween 2016, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. I am sharing this lesson through my blog post as it reinforces how I approach lesson planning and teaching. These have been further discussed in A Model of Good Teaching? Background Information.

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PCS Edventures

AUGUST 10, 2022

This seemingly simple design challenge opens the door for many cross-curricular teaching points: Science. With numerous cross-curricular connections, bricks offer educators a simple way to engage learners while teaching core standards. Start by creating a flexible layout. Plants play a major role in every ecosystem.

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STEM Sport

OCTOBER 31, 2023

These programs aren’t just an extension of the school day, but an opportunity for parents and educators to allow young minds to explore, experiment, and expand their horizons. The beauty of these programs lies in their flexibility. Every student is unique, and so is their pace of learning. It thrives on collaboration.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 15, 2022

Developed in collaboration with researchers at the Harvard School of Education, students read aloud and the tool collects data on fluency and accountability (think words correct per minute and total time read, among others) and a recording and transcript of their reading. Norwood Elementary School. in just 5-10 minutes.

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