eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maker High offers an immersive learning experience hosted on Roblox for educators to teach chemistry in middle and high school classrooms. Maker High is a new experience on Roblox from the award-winning GoldieBlox team that leverages the power of gamified learning to deeply engage learners in chemistry.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms, on any device, using the Chrome web browser. Minecraft in the Classroom. Minecraft in the classroom. In a normal classroom setting, they probably wouldn’t do that. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Helen Kardiasmenos uses games to teach almost every subject in her early elementary classroom in Australia. In today’s episode, she shares what she’s doing and how her students are learning. Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. Helen Kardiasmenos – Bio as Submitted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready. Learn How 2.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Isabella Liu is a science teacher in Hong Kong who is using technology with her grade 6-12 classrooms. From augmented reality to game-based learning and online portfolios, she has a variety of ideas to share about how she amps up her science teaching with technology. Merge Cubes ( Merge Cube Mania in Middle School ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning – One of my favorite books for teachers who use iPads with young children. Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom – T his is a FREE Resource great for K-4 educators looking for ways to use Book Creator in their classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

So, I adopted this approach in my own classroom and so has today's guest fourth-grade teacher, Alana Stanton. Over the last seventeen years, Alana has created some traditions in her classroom and today she shares them. She currently writes for her blog, More Than A Lesson where she shares the stories of her classroom and her heart.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

Thirty-three-year Presidential Award Winning science teacher Glen Westbroek believes in creating active learning experiences in his science classroom. Today we kick off science week on the 10-Minute Teacher talking about active learning, Next Generation Science Standards, and what an engaging science classroom looks like.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. Sponsor: The US Matific Games are coming this February. Try Matific free now and sign up to join their Math games. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

Instead of just points and leaderboards, SplashLearns’ Game-Based Learning approach starts with pedagogy, has students test the experience for fun, and only shares the final lessons that are fun and pedagogically sound. Parents have a dashboard to track progress. In-depth reports help parents know how their child is performing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We are well aware of the very many ways that digital storytelling assists students to consider content critically, improve language skills and enhance collaboration and creativity – but can it also be used to bring deep learning (and perhaps a bit more joy) to studying STEM subjects? Parsons et al. into the scientific.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Santha Walters uses drones in her English classroom to teach writing, collaboration and more. Learn how she does it, what standards she teaches, and technical issues of working with drones in the classroom. This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by PowerSchool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this show, AR/VR guru Rachelle Dené Poth delves deep into the transformative potential of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom. You're still a teacher in the classroom, though, right Rachelle?

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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. That’s the basic idea of a flipped classroom. Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Motivating Teachers to Be Excellent in the K-2 Classroom. iPads to Differentiate Instruction in K-2 Classrooms. Gaming in Early Childhood Education in Australia. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning! Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. Michelle, you’ve done some fantastic work with Social Emotional Learning and Ed Tech. Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @ mrzphd is with us today.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2016

By Frank DiMaria Soon students will sense movement, explore the human body in 3D and mix chemicals virtually thanks to companies like Oculus, Facebook and Nearpod.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 12, 2018

To demonstrate the power of effective game-based science learning, look at the research. For example, Vanderbilt University has recently found how this approach leads to a more engaging science classroom. Popular Activities: NGSS Science Games for Grades 3-8. Select the Standard and Start Playing (and Learning!).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. Create effective learning environments that exist both in and out of the classroom—involving students, teachers, and parents. But it should!

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Several virtual reality options are available for classrooms. The biggest reason, I think, it’s the tool to go to, is the ability for it to be in the cloud and accessible to a large number of students and to bring an unparalleled educational experience to them that you can’t re-create in the classroom. They were like in space.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Carol: Well, what I’m really excited to see is that second grade and other primary classes – but second grade are starting to do Project Based Learning. That’s always been really elevated in the upper grades, but I’m starting to see second grade and lower do some Project Based Learning in their classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

I had a special education classroom, and I was the Gen Ed teacher. So once we had our feet wet a little bit, and we got a taste of how that was curbing some of the behaviors in our classroom, we just started branching out and giving them more tastes of the G-suite apps. Lee Ann: Of course all of those were keystones in our classroom.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Andrew-Lamon faced her fears and brought Hour of Code to her classroom. Problems (that we all know about) Educators across the globe are increasingly familiar with the staggering statistics: Between 2010 and 2020, STEM jobs growth will outpace all other jobs at 1 8.7% , leading to an estimated 1.1 And it starts in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

We know that dips in student engagement have dramatic effects on the metrics we care about: academic performance, social emotional learning (SEL), school climate, and attendance. Maintaining engagement becomes simultaneously more crucial and difficult as classrooms try to keep up with today’s fast-paced world. We can’t afford not to.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. We sat there on laptops in a classroom, and I tried to get all 25 students online at the exact same time. Mary is also a specialist in engagement, and uses digital tools to engage students and ignite their learning. We overloaded our system.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Games are fun. Game based learning excites learning in my classroom. It can ignite your classroom too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Vicki: Today we’re taking a trip into one of my favorite Computer Science teachers’ classroom, Alfred Thompson @alfredtwo I feel like I’ve known Alfred forever. He is not only a national and international voice for computer science education, but he teaches in the classroom. So Alfred, tell us about your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. Aurasma and Augmented Reality in the Classroom. Join Merge Cube Mania!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

I find it baffling that in 2019 I still have to explain why it’s important to play with students, especially when Fortune 500 companies are gamifying their workplace and their customer outreach, profitable gamer-culture on YouTube is on the rise and colleges have eSports teams. I decided to check it out for myself.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We even had a grade 7 classroom (in which) this young girl was just so excited. Steven: We were in a grade three classroom, and we were doing X-Y coordinates. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Blog: [link].

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2015

By Sam Patterson The company that inspired Star Wars' BB-8 droid has already won the hearts and minds of K–12 students with a similar ball-shaped robot namedSphero.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Teachers don’t have to be experts or “geeks” to use coding to improve literacy, use higher order thinking skills, and excite students in their classrooms. Elementary and primary students can learn to code. For Hour of Code week this week, learn how you can go past the Hour of Code and use coding all year long!

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The Game Agency

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

EverFi & The Game Agency Win “Best of Show” at ELearning Guild’s 2018 DevLearn DemoFest for The Creation of the Compassion Project. With so much emphasis placed on improvements in math and science, skills like compassion often receive less classroom time” said Tom Davidson, CEO of EverFi. About The Game Agency.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But while standardized test scores might improve, a recent study found that in 63% of classrooms, students aren’t using technology to “solve problems, conduct research, or to work collaboratively.” It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. There are many ways that educators can embed digital financial education into the classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. Box Island: One Hour Coding - A fun free iOS app for ages 6 on up learning the basics of coding.

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