Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 15, 2022

School leadership is more challenging than ever. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders.

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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. A free demo is available for interested schools.

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STEM Discovery Education

AUGUST 30, 2022

The past few years have been anything but ordinary, and wrapping your head around a whole new school year can be… a lot. It’s important to take the time to look back on the last year, recognize challenges faced and lessons learned, and incorporate those experiences into prepping for this back-to-school season. Looking Back.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 2, 2022

Get ready to end the school year in a memorable and fun way for your students (and you!). Episode 779 - 10 Minute Teacher Podcast 9 Ideas for Ending the School Year Well Alana Stanton - Fourth Grade Teacher. Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Click Here to Look at Courses.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Education has had a wobbly relationship with the still-evolving presence of generative AI in schools — with some school districts banning it only to reverse course. If we don't get in front of this now with a nimble, flexible, guideline policy or strategy as a collective whole, it's gonna continue to change.”

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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. One of every five requests in the U.S.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2023

I'm so grateful for those who are flexible enough to fill in with limited notice. Elementary teachers have a different format and prompts below that they can use and refine. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Substitute teachers, like teachers, are heroes.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 12, 2023

Report cards are an important tool to communicate to parents how their child is doing in school. 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.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. According to a study conducted by Challenge Success, a school reform nonprofit, high school students are already doing more homework than they were before the pandemic, averaging 3 hours of homework a night, up from 2.7

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We recently worked with the San Bernardino City Unified School District to develop a new early childhood center—Cardinal Child Care Center (CCC)—which was designed as part of the district’s effort to address California’s recent transitional kindergarten mandate.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2023

Those conditions were enough to prompt school closures, and on Wednesday, Jan. 4, students in Minnetonka School District got a proper snow day. Many students, no doubt, built snowmen, went sledding and delighted in the unique childhood experience of an impromptu day out of school. People enjoy a snow day.

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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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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations. The answer?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

BigSIS – BigSIS is a cloud-based, customizable student information system, providing solutions to private schools across the United States and Canada. This app supports K-12 schools through colleges. It is flexible and easy to learn, so the educator can monitor learner activities.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

When he started working as a school superintendent almost a decade ago, P.J. It was an example of how in the past few years edtech has been both a success story—allowing schools to keep learning from stalling out during the COVID-19 pandemic—and a spotlight alerting schools to the knotty social challenges confronting them.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I love their courses because they are flexible, with up to 6 months to complete, and you can receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or continuing education units that meet your state requirements. I did have a season where I put all of my planning into Notion and it is a very flexible tool.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Studies conducted by the University of Memphis have found that children who play chess significantly improve their visual memory, attention span, and spatial-reasoning ability … all important factors for success in school. Teaches Flexibility and How to Stay Calm Under Pressure. Develops Decision Making and Problem-Solving Skills.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Those who were enrolled in — or considering enrolling in — American University’s School of Education said they wanted more classroom experience, more opportunities to practice their craft before being released to do it alone every day to a room full of kids. The request came from the students. Wish granted.

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STEM Sport

JULY 28, 2022

Schools across the country are adding more science, technology, engineering, and math lessons to their curriculum. Charter schools are publicly funded and tuition-free education options for K-12 students. They do not follow the same rules and regulations as public or private schools.

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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). Elementary Math. assess success at completion. Writing Prompts.

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Top 10 Sciencekits

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Start by volunteering at your local school. Be Flexible - As a STEM teacher, you may find yourself working long hours. This means you need to be flexible enough to adapt to different schedules. Get Experience - Teaching experience is essential if you want to succeed in the field.

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STEM Education Works

MAY 17, 2022

To close out my blog posts for the school year, I interviewed eight public school teachers and librarians. They asked to remain anonymous, but here is a summary of their teaching assignments this year: High school family and consumer science. Middle school library. Middle school English language arts.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 4, 2023

Figjam is a cool, flexible, fun, collaborative space for student projects, presentations, and collaborations. Go to tommullaney.com/consulting to bring him to your school or professional development event. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is Figjam?

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Between school closures, learning loss, intensified educator burnout, widespread staff shortages and increased stressors at home, it’s been hard not to focus on the negatives in education this year. I felt less dread on Monday mornings because I was bolstered by my appreciation of my company’s flexible scheduling.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 5, 2023

Whether your school chooses to add the A for the arts or an R for reading, robotics, or even religion, these are all great ways to provide hands-on learning opportunities for students. Some educators feel strongly about the acronym, while others think more flexibly. The aesthetics of the design process is important. So, Which One?

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CoderZ

APRIL 15, 2024

What Are the New TEKS for Technology Applications and Why They Are Important Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the curriculum standards for all public schools in Texas. In response to the increasing reach of technology in every aspect of life, Texas revised Tech Apps TEKS for the 2024-2025 school year.

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ED Surge

JULY 18, 2022

That’s in large part because the widespread staffing shortages that plagued the 2021-22 school year have stretched into summer programming, which, in many cases, relies on licensed school teachers to sign up to continue working with students. We couldn’t get teachers to opt in” to summer school, Entsminger explains.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we tackle a topic that's often whispered in the hallways of schools everywhere with a mix of disdain and necessity: worksheets. But depending, it's really very, very flexible activity. Stream by clicking here. So here's how it works.

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PCS Edventures

MAY 15, 2023

You want your learners to have a blast, and at the same time, you want them brimming with confidence when they return to school. A thrilling summer camp with an academic base boosts campers’ confidence, combats the summer slide and prepares them for the upcoming school year. After all, summer is supposed to be fun, right?

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Science and Steamteam

JUNE 27, 2023

In my last couple of years of teaching, when I was STEM Lab Coordinator, “coding” was starting to emerge in elementary schools. When we built our STEM programs in elementary and middle schools, we had to sort through many materials to see what would best meet the needs of students.

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2023

After a stint as a restaurant server, eight years working as a community crisis liaison, and the last three years as a restorative interventionist in a public high school, he’s learned how to read people, how to build their trust, and how to form meaningful connections with them. Is there a specific memory or story associated with it?

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Carly and Adam

JUNE 26, 2022

Flexible furniture for collaborating, planning, and sharing ideas were an important part of the makerspace design in one of the elementary schools that I served. In my book, STEAM Makers: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Elementary Classroom I share the idea of the “Ss”; space, storage, and stuff.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

After all, a glimpse into the lives of educators working in schools right now reveals problem after problem with few solutions in sight—not exactly reassuring for someone considering a career in teaching. Falling enrollment in teacher-prep programs seems like bad news for schools that already were struggling to hire and keep enough teachers.

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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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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Dr. Miller brings a wealth of expertise to her position at the Department including serving as a former middle school STEM teacher and an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow in Senator Rosen’s office. One of the most potentially powerful actions schools can take is to re-engage students in hands-on learning.

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PCS Edventures

AUGUST 10, 2022

For a quick STEAM reference guide and resources, download our Back-to-School STEAM Checklist. Start by creating a flexible layout. This style container fits the flexible layout configuration thanks to its rolling design. 3 Back-to-School Icebreakers. Download Checklist. Setting Up for STEAM Instruction.

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Free Technology 4 Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2022

At this point in the school year and our second school year in a pandemic, we’ve all become familiar with the nuts and bolts of Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or whatever other platform your school uses for live, online instruction. This blog post was sponsored by Lumio, but it features a bunch of other great tools as well.

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