Vicki A. Davis's Blog, page 53
October 27, 2019
5 Ways to Empower Girls
Lynn Colón shares insight on empowering girls in schools today
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Lynn Colón, co-author of Empowering Girls: Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More, helps us understand what schools need to be doing to intentionally empower their female students to achieve more. Lynn shares some of her journey and the nuances of understanding girls today.
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October 24, 2019
Self Care Tips and Advice to Be Your Best
Mandy Froehlich on episode 579
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Take care of yourself! We often tell each other this as teachers and rightly so. I once read that teachers work the same amount of time in ten months that most people work in a year. Teaching is not for the faint of heart or weak of the back but we must rest and stay strong to be our best. But how? Today, Mandy Froehlich gives us advice for self-care.
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How to Design Learning Spaces in Libraries
Carolyn Foote on episode 578 of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast
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Many schools are reimagining the learning spaces that some call libraries or media centers. Carolyn Foote takes us to the center of this trend to take us inside how she redesigned her learning space and the thought process behind it. As you plan your school’s strategy, you’ll want to have conversations about this show.
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Getting past STEM Labels into real STEM Learning
Taylor Ryan on Episode 577
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Lots of things are labeled “STEM” these days but many of them are just rote instructions for students to follow. Is this truly STEM learning? Taylor Ryan is STEM coordinator for his school as they work to integrate STEM into every class. He shares what he’s learned about true STEM learning in the past year in this role. Hear about STEM from the trenches of a school that is doing it.
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Overcoming Your Fears (and Helping Kids Do It Too)
Tara Martin on episode 576
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Tara Martin has written a book to help children (and adults) face their fears called Cannonball In! Today, we talk about a powerful metaphor and the risks of life and how sometimes we have to jump! Enjoy!
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5 Ways to Greet Students
Thom Gibson on episode 575
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Thom Gibson has fun ways to greet students as he walks around campus. He shared them on Twitter recently and I started using some of them and it adds a whole element of fun and engagement while interacting with students. Learn about these ideas and become the kind of person that kids love to greet!
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Unique Teacher Appreciation Ideas
André Sasser on episode 574
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“Room service” door hangers are one of the unique ideas that André Sasser shares on the show. From a Woot Wagon to more, André talks about little things that encourage her as a teacher. I also talk about the “fun committee” at my school and some ideas to build community and collegiality.
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3 Ways to Engage Families in Your Classroom
Jeromie Heath on episode 573
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Families want to engage in classrooms but as students get older, it can be challenging. In today’s episode, Jeromie Heath helps teachers understand how to engage families in the classroom in positive, proactive ways.
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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend
Wesley Fryer on episode 572
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Deep fake videos are now possible. In this disturbing trend, convincing videos, audio, and photos are viewed and shared by those who somehow think you can trust what you see and hear. Wesley Fryer takes us deep into the world of deep fakes in this resource-full lesson in a trend that is dangerous and threatening, particularly for a gullible population. This is a special extended episode of...
October 13, 2019
How and Why to Build Powerful Relationships with Students
Darrell "Coach D" Andrews on Episode 571
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Do you have that difficult student who seems to fight you each time you try to reach him? Coach D was that student. He tells a powerful story of a teacher who was a reacher in his life and changed his life with a two minute conversation in sixth grade. For all of those teachers who struggle to reach students (as many of us do), this show is for you.
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