The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2017

Learn about the challenges and advantages of breakout edu digital. Mari Venturino is a 7th-grade science and AVID teacher and Blended Learning Specialist at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego, CA. Today Mari Venturino @MsVenturino talks about breakout edu digital for edtech tool Tuesday. These challenges are free! Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 12, 2018

Sponsored by Legends of Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Students love to play games, and they also need real-world examples to help science come alive. With this in mind, Legends of Learning is a fantastic platform full of NGSS aligned science games that does both.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2018

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom. Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom. What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning? Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. The Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection is here! Instead of selecting many apps, many are now recommending just a few tools/protocols for how things are taught with edtech. Then, it becomes about the content and not the tools. Read my review.) Listen Now.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

The explosion in teacher interest and usage of videos and game-based learning could be a harbinger of a new awakening for digital learning.”. How are students self-directing learning beyond the classroom? What should we expect in further adoptions of visually engaging digital tools in education?

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Within the virtual environment, you get you learning, you get your assessment, you get your experience. Most teachers — and I consider myself pretty tech savvy — Unity has a fairly steep learning curve. What groups can listeners follow to learn more? I’ve got a lot to learn. Make it more immersive.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. Related: New high score: Game based learning is a winner in college remedial math.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Mary Howard’s students build and learn in Open Sim , a virtual world like Second Life. Then of course, the curriculum is gamified, so they have different levels of challenges that they have to engage in — which are knowledge based — in order to learn the curriculum, but also succeed in the virtual world.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Redesigning Learning Spaces: Panelists identified changing learning spaces as a trend that educators and district leaders have embraced for quite some time and which is likely to continue. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

If you don’t “get” why technology is important, or know people who don’t, take a listen to understand and learn about transformative practices that work in education. They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning. Idea #1: Use Formative Data to Improve Learning. Vicki: Awesome!

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 28, 2016

From dice to educational video games, classes led by instructional technology teacher Ryan Read are increasingly full of game-based learning! Ryan shares his experiments with technology and game-based learning extensively on Twitter as @Ryan7Read. It really fosters engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Just go to coolcatteacher.com/shake to learn more. We can keep learning more. Digital Innovation in Learning Award Winner in “Sharing is Caring”. Listen Now.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 1st, 2014 There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library. Andrew Carnegie The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Haiku Learning (my LMS). Haiku Learning is my Learning Management system. Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom. Tip: To learn about my blended learning strategies, see my presentation on Slideshare Simple Steps to Blended Learning . MAD-Learn is a curriculum.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 24th, 2014 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Harris The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Learn more and RSVP here.

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