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April 28, 2021
The Opportunities to Have Disruptive Thinking in the Classroom with Eric Sheninger
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We all have undergone disrupted thinking because of our disrupted society due to the pandemic. But many of us hope we don’t go back to business as usual. Thought Leader Eric Sheninger has a challenge for us today about what we can learn from the pandemic and the opportunities we have to use disruptive thinking in the classroom for the good of our students. Check out Eric Sheninger’s new book, Disruptive Thinking in O...
April 26, 2021
How a Student Held a Virtual Summer Camp in Summer 2020
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Sophia is a student in Oman. During the 2020 shut down, Sophia wanted to help the children in her neighborhood have a fun learning experience — so she created a virtual summer camp online. We can learn about learning in this example where the teacher and students are kids and everything is optional. What an exciting story!
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April 21, 2021
How to Talk About Sustainability In Your Classroom
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Caring for our earth is a focus of Earth Day. Today we discuss ways that any classroom can talk about sustainability and caring for the environment, no matter the political landscape of your community or school. Teachers will find ideas they can use to help their students year-round know how to care for their environment and community.
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April 20, 2021
5 Ways to Teach About Earth Day with Monica Burns
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Thursday, April 22 is Earth Day. As citizens of this planet, we should all care about caring for this world. Today, Monica Burns gives us practical ways to teach and encourage students to be good caretakers of the world we live in. Every teacher will find an idea they can use any time of the year to encourage sustainability and caring for our environment.
April 19, 2021
5 Fab Ways to Make Sustainability Fun for Students Every Day
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Sustainability is a hot topic. In this blog post, we discuss ways to help students understand how to take care of the world and have fun at the same time. Simply put, show them other students who are doing heroic things that they can do, too. Then, let them have conversations.
April 18, 2021
Choose Your Own Adventure Professional Development
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Professional Development can be an adventure! Yes, you can create fun, exciting learning. In this show, learn how Laurie Guyon uses hyperdocs and a “choose your own adventure” format. Not only does this format excites teachers about learning new tools, but also many of them now use this method with students. With this in mind, learn about this approach to teaching and how you can use it in your classroom.
April 15, 2021
Using Math (and a Remarkable App) to Privately Combat Covid19
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Combatting the coronavirus with apps is a challenge. With privacy and tracking concerns being an issue, how can it be done? Today’s guest Po Shen Lo from Carnegie Mellon University talks about an app he’s invented that uses a mesh network to help his college and also Georgia Tech combat COVID-19 among their students. This is a fascinating conversation that you’ll want to hear about a new way to use smartphones in...10 Ways to Move Forward: Learning Gaps and Post Pandemic Learning [Free Webinar]
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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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It is time to move forward in education. As we do this, we want to examine the research and apply it to what we are doing in schools now. There are right and wrong ways to work with our students and help them learn. As we do this, we have to remember that we start from where students are — not where we WISH they were. We must be grounded in reality and equip o...
March 31, 2021
The New Self Published Book That I Co-Authored with Friends That is Trending on Amazon
About the book and how (and why) we published it
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Self-publishing is a challenge but it can be done successfully. It has been exciting to release my first co-authored book that is self-published on Amazon this weekend. Previously, I’ve published with two major publishers but had self-publishing on my bucket list and have enjoyed the process so far. Stay in the Boat has been the top book off and on since Sunday in its ...
The New Self Published Book That I Co-Authored That is Trending on Amazon
About the book and how (and why) we published it
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Self-publishing is a challenge but it can be done successfully. It has been exciting to release my first co-authored book that is self-published on Amazon this weekend. Previously, I’ve published with two major publishers but had self-publishing on my bucket list and have enjoyed the process so far. Stay in the Boat has been the top book off and on since Sunday in its ...
