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April 8, 2020
My Amazing Movie Poster: Free Project Plan to Teach Graphic Design
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Students can be filmmakers in this fun, engaging project that teaches graphic design, photography, the prototyping process and more. Ive created the unit plan, lesson plan, and rubrics for this project-based learning experience that brings together the graphic design concepts I teach in my class. They are uploaded to Adobe Education Exchange and make a perfect 16-day unit that you can adapt for your class.
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March 31, 2020
10 Trauma Informed Principles for Educators During the Coronavirus with Dr. Eric Rossen
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Students experiencing the coronavirus crisis are experiencing trauma. So are teachers and parents. In todays show, learn the ten principles (and a bonus) to help us encourage and help others as we work through this crisis together. This is an important listen for those struggling to figure out how to help kids.
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March 30, 2020
How to Teach Students Effective Learning in an Online Classroom
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How I teach students to be effective learners in an online classroom. This episode is an audio version of my presentation to students about how to be effective learners in an online classroom.
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March 29, 2020
10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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We took our school from a physical school on a Friday to a distance learning campus by Monday. We didnt miss a day not yet. And the learning continues. I was asked today if Im sharing and certainly, I am. However, I want to share and talk more about this. I also know that that I too have a lot to learn, even though Ive been teaching online since 2006 and have collaborated globally for years. So, last week I called...
March 22, 2020
How To Be Kind In #covid19
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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We can separate in physical distance, but we dont have to be apart in heart. Lets process our grieving emotions and come through understanding that we need to be physically distant, but we still need to be socially connected.
First, let me tell you how I learned the lesson of staying away from people back in December. The week of Christmas 2019, I was suspected to have the flu. I took the flu test on Monday and...
March 17, 2020
Google Classroom Bootcamp Duo Demo: Student and Teacher Views
Alice Keeler and Vicki Davis demo both sides of Google Classroom
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As so many of us schools are having to move quickly to Google Classroom, Alice Keeler sat down with me recently to do what were calling a duo demo. She played the role of the teacher and I played the role of the student as we shared what various actions look like on both sides of the dynamic relationship between students and teachers in Google...
March 12, 2020
Teaching Kids with “Paper Packets” due to Coronavirus closures with Dee Ross Kalman
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Some teachers (and students) dont have a choice. Because they have no internet connection, school closures mean paper packets. Three weeks of them. Todays teacher recorded this episode the day she spent at school making three weeks of paper packets and how she struggled to bring excellent teaching home to her students even when technology is out of the question.
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March 11, 2020
How to Learn in an Online Classroom – Student Tutorial
For synchronous classrooms
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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In addition to a learning management system (LMS), students need to know how to learn in an online synchronous classroom. Educators need to establish protocols and systems for this as well. This short video is made as a student tutorial and to help educators make decisions about how they will educate students on effective online learning skills.
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Teaching Science Online with Chris Anderson
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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As schools are working to blend teaching or go completely online, what about science? Isnt science supposed to be totally hands-on? In todays session, we interview Chris Anderson, an instructional technology coach and the executive producer of Science Around Cincy, a web series that features the scientists and engineers in the Cincinnati area. He reflects on how to use resources to teach science and how to make it...
March 9, 2020
16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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As we struggle with the coronavirus COVID-19 health crisis, many of us educators are figuring out how to prepare to teach online. Blended learning (having a face to face and an online classroom) is best. We have one more reason– when you already have an online space for your classroom, it is a smaller step to teaching totally online when necessary. Whether you want to or not, go ahead and set up now.
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