The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads. So when I first got my iPad, I was asking my fifth graders to create cartoons and create books and do things that were more literacy based. Then I had some success there and started to break out using iPads more in the lab setting. I really got into that. Blog: leahlacrosse.blogspot.com.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app. Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

To get started, a student will just scan the room using his or her digital device (like an iPad, iPhone, or Droid) before starting. Students can create and invent using Augmented Reality and share in your 3D Bear Classroom. Learn more by clicking on the link below.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You just download it on Google Play or iTunes and use it with your touch Chromebook or iPad after listening to Tom Mullaney share how it works. But also on iPads and on Chromebooks that have the Play Store enabled, which is where education Chromebooks are going. Your kids could do this on an iPads tomorrow. Don’t get worried.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 26, 2015

The maker movement is growing I can''t tell you how many sessions there were on 3D Printing, makerspaces, tinkering, hacking, etc. The vendor hall was filled with products and companies supporting and connected with the maker movement. Here are my top take-aways from the 2015 conference: 1.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I have one iPad per two kids, so they’re working together on one iPad, figuring out the incomplete instructions. Under-instruct and under-deploy. I do what’s called under-instruct. I don’t tell them quite enough to get the thing done. Then I under-deploy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Join a delightful, fun world of immersive teaching. Book Creator for Chrome. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

SIMPLE TEACHING So, whether they have an iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, or Mac – students have a consistent view as they work on their video. As you enter Adobe Premiere Rush a tutorial opens to teach you how to use the app. It uses film that was preloaded in the program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Vicki: And Marina, from what I’ve read about young children and technology, the tactile piece is so important because so many adults don’t seem to understand the virtual world in an iPad or in an iPhone or whatever.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Steve Jobs said in his final Apple keynote introducing the iPad 2, “It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”. Once click and you have everything you need for the year!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Donnie has run a 1:1 iPad, Chromebook, and Macbook classroom over the course of his ten year teaching career. He is always trying to find new and innovative ways to incorporate technology across the curriculum in order to increase student learning and engagement. Donnie received a B.A.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Designed for kids ages 5-13, this unique gaming accessory works with an iPad to offer interactive learning experiences through five games — Tangram , Words , Numbers , Newton , and Masterpiece. Best of all, they’ll help students focus on higher-order thinking skills as they make, design, create, and code their way into 2016.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Maker Movement. The relative shrinking marketshare of iPads, as well as some very visible failure of iPad rollouts. Change in cultural perception of identity–gender, technology, science, faith, sexuality, etc. Change in credibility of a high school diploma or college degree.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Now when the science class experiments with roller coasters, we use the iPad as a high speed camera and take measurements from the images. When the 1st grade was learning about clouds, tech class used sonic pics to record some information about clouds.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2018

I’m in a school with 1:1 iPads,” Selak explains. “If If we’re not giving students choice around space, and not making the space look different, then we’re doing something wrong. Good lesson design, good technology integration and thoughtfully thinking about space—if you’re doing them well, they can’t live without each other.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 29, 2019

Richard Byrne on episode 532 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Innovate and try some new apps. Today, Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, talks about eight edtech apps that you should try. (He He also shares a bonus fitness opportunity for educators.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lindsay Fell on episode 395 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Lindsay Fell does so many exciting things with her students using augmented reality — talking artwork, using apps to bring in printing presses and other techniques.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 13, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Join a lively conversation with Jaime Donally , the host of #ARVRinEDU chat on Twitter, some leading AR in the Classroom enthusiasts and me as we discuss the changing pedagogies around Augmented Reality (AR) in the classroom in a free webinar on Wednesday, December 19th (..)

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

When they have an audience, when it’s an actual book they can open on their iPad or they can print a PDF, it’s just such a powerful piece to have in your portfolio. My students did eBooks this semester. Some of them did it on Google Docs and then pulled it over to Book Creator. But also, it so great to know that THEY created it. Jacqui: Yes!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The Maker Movement. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Platforming of Education. Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The Politics of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Text-messaging.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. How teachers can be the “guide on the ride” and help students find their passions. We can do this! Book Creator for Chrome. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We do a lot of work with Scratch Junior , a free app on iPads and things. We’ve used that with even junior kindergarten kids. They’re usually doing spatial reasoning tasks and trying to get it to go around a grid. You can get an grid and X-Y coordinates on there.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. If you’re teaching design or making, you can learn from this show. Book Creator for Chrome. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Master music teacher Amy Burns shares how her music students use Seesaw as a place for performance and sharing with parents and grandparents.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Maker Movement. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Platforming of Education. Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The Politics of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Text-messaging.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Daylight Time. Learn more here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. If you’re working to help increase the amount of PBL in your school, this show will be helpful to you. Book Creator for Chrome. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A sponsored review of a tool I'm using to teach programming From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Augmented reality is here. When Google Docs came out, I stopped everything and let all of my classes experience it. Also, I learned about Twitter, I did the same thing.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Of course, there is still Flipped Learning, 1 to 1 Programs, Blended Learning, Maker Movements, Genious Hours, SAMR, Learning Targets, 21st Century Learning, the 4C’s, Personalised Learning, Digital Textbooks, and OER! While it was written with the iPad in mind, most of the apps cross over to the Windows and Chrome world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

Vicki Davis on episode 307 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’m so excited! This is the time of year we are making apps.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 20, 2015

The leading MakerBot 3D Ecosystem also includes hardware , materials , learning , software , and apps like MakerBot PrintShop for iPad, which allows students to turn 2D drawings and sketches into physical objects.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

is a free App available on both iPad and Android tablets that allows even the youngest students to learn to code. Help your student learn basic computer science principles with these easy-to-use computer science platforms. PLTW’s computer science curriculum developers recommend these resources: Scratch Jr. PreK-3) – Scratch Jr.

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