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February 24, 2017
5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez
10MT | 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Technology moves so quickly! Do you know what to try next? Well, today’s guest and edtech expert Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy gives us some amazing tools to try for Five Idea Friday.
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February 23, 2017
Digital Learning Day: Social Media PD Best Practices #DLDay
10MT | #19: 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Researcher Laura Pasquini
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Leaders don’t play king of the hill, they make a bigger hill. Today is Digital Learning Day. This is a day for leaders and learners to level up digital learning. For no organization, group, or community can survive on status quo. As humans, we all lead for a season. And everything we do is either growing or rotting. Decaying or reinvigorating....
February 22, 2017
The Lemonade War that Motivated a Whole School to Read
10MT | #18 A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Principal Ryan Kaczmark
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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When I called Principal Ryan Kaczmark @rkaczmark, he bubbled over with excitement from the Lemonade Wars experience. This elementary school-wide reading project is a sizzling combination of reading, parent relations, community service, school spirit, communications, and social media savvy.
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February 21, 2017
What is the Aroma of Your Life?
Living a life well lived
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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This morning I was getting ready to hop in the shower. I had my cup of coffee on the bathroom counter and accidentally hit it! Coffee went everywhere. After washing hairbrushes and bottles and hairspray and everything, the coffee was gone. The bathroom smells very much like coffee, though. It led me to this thought,
“If my life had a smell, what would it be?”
Would it be the fragrance of a...
#17: Microsoft One Note: Useful Tips and Tricks for the Classroom
10MT | A 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Dr. Tom Grissom
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Let’s learn about One Note with Dr. Tom Grissom. But perhaps to understand why I’m a Microsoft One Note fan, I’d like to tell you a story from several months a go. This past fall, I ran into my former student, Miller, at an away football game. She had made the University of Georgia website as a top student and was just starting medical school.
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February 20, 2017
Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Great teachers attract their students to today’s topic of learning like a 3-year old boy to a mud puddle. Hooking students into a lesson is part of our essential craft of teaching. In my opinion, this artisanal craft of “hooking in” or “engaging” our students into a topic is best captured in Dave Burgess’ best-selling book, Teach Like a Pirate.
Listen NowThis book (called #tlap by those who follow its guidelines...
February 17, 2017
5 Simple Ways to Gamify Your Classroom
10MT | Jessica Gordon shares her tips on the 10-Minute Teacher Show
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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You can gamify your classroom. It isn’t hard. Sixth-grade teacher Jessica Gordon@1337teach gives us tips, ideas, and links for how to gamify our classrooms now. Game based learning can be simple and free.
Listen nowListen on iTunes Stream by clicking here. Download this episode as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.”
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February 16, 2017
Game Based Learning: Make Fast Teaching Games with SMART lab
Sponsored Post by SMART Learning Suite
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Formative assessment and game based learning make a powerful combination in the classroom. I love SMART lab, a new feature of the SMART Learning Suite. Recently, when they sponsored several of my 10-Minute Teacher episodes, I tested SMART Notebook.
While testing their software as part of the vetting process, I fell in love with SMART lab. So, here’s a tutorial. Set up a free...
The Heartwarming Story Behind the Viral Video and Principal Tim Hadley’s Stand Against Bullying
10MT Episode #14 A Positive Way to Stand Against Bullying
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Bullying is so hard to handle. Often it is diffi...
February 15, 2017
3 Fast, Free Lesson Plans to Fight Fake News
Example Fake News Digital Citizenship Lesson Plans and Bellringers
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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The fake news epidemic is disturbing. How do we fight it? Well, we can take a hint from how the medical community fights the flu or any other virus. We inoculate ourselves. In this post, I’ll teach you how I teach about fake news.
This blog post is part of the CM Rubin World Global Search for Education which poses a question each month to leading e...
