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December 2, 2018
5 Ways to Help Kids of All Ages Code #HourofCode
Brian Aspinall on Episode 396
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Happy Hour of Code Week. Here are your ideas to get started. Brian Aspinall, author of Code Breaker: 15+ Ways to Get Started with Coding, shares how students from kindergarten to high school can start to learn coding. He also discusses why the argument that every child won’t become a coder just doesn’t hold water. Enjoy Hour of Code week!
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November 29, 2018
5 Ways to Use Augmented Reality in the Classroom
Lindsay Fell on episode 395 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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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. If you want to understand the pedagogy and purpose of augmented reality in the classroom, this is the conversation for you.
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November 28, 2018
Transformational Teaching in Tough Times Part 2 with Sia Kyriakakos
Episode 394 of the 10-Minute Teacher Show.
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Baltimore teacher Sia Kyriakakos continues her powerful interview about transformative teaching in tough situations. Her art classroom is an incredible place to learn and connect.
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November 27, 2018
Transformational Teaching in Tough Times – Part 1 with Sia Kyriakakos
Episode 393 of the 10-Minute Teacher with Sia Kyriakakos
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Master music teacher Amy Burns shares how her music students use Seesaw as a place for performance and sharing with parents and grandparents. Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more.
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November 26, 2018
Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns
Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Master music teacher Amy Burns shares how her music students use Seesaw as a place for performance and sharing with parents and grandparents. Amy believes this pedagogical shift is a game changer in the music classroom Learn more.
Project Pals has a useful classroom collaborative platform that lets you create and manage projects for your students. Right n...November 25, 2018
Rewiring Education: Lessons Learned from Apple’s First VP of Education
Episode 391 with John Couch
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John Couch was hired by Steve Jobs as Apple’s first VP of Education. Learn about the journey to improve classrooms, the early research on classroom improvement and why improvement is happening but not everywhere. John also announces a contest for teachers to share what innovative work they are doing in order to enter a contest to win a classroom set of iPads and a trip to Silicon Valley...
November 11, 2018
Project Pals: The Perfect PBL Software for Project Based Learning
PBL Software Review
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Project Pals is a powerful new tool that lets students organize projects. Starting from a template that you’ve designed to guide your students through the project, they can collaborate or work together to explore, learn, brainstorm, and create.
As I’ve been testing this app with my students, I’ve found some exciting features. In this post, I’ll share how this app works and my thoughts on how...
November 7, 2018
How do I help my students use iPads? Teaching students to troubleshoot and use iPads effectively
Pana Asavavatana on Episode 388 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Pana Asavavatana won the ISTE Kay Bitter Award for 2018 as a top technology using kindergarten teacher. In today’s show, she digs deep about how she teaches her students to use iPads.
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November 5, 2018
Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?
Liz Kolb in episode 387 of the 10-Minute Teacher
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Liz Kolb reflects upon how far cell phones have come since she wrote one of the first books on cell phones in the classroom. Are Smartphones a good idea? We discuss the pro’s and cons.
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November 4, 2018
How to Hold Better Meetings
Rushton Hurley on Episode 386 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Rushton Hurley gives us ideas for improving meetings. He also talks about how to improve communication between administrators and teachers (including how to get people to read your emails.)
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