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April 18, 2018
Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim
Mary Howard on episode 293 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Mary Howard’s students build and learn in Open Sim, a virtual world like Second Life. From building architectural constructs to understanding the Diary of Anne Frank, literature comes alive in this virtual world.
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On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. We’ll have free resource...
April 17, 2018
Open Badges in Elementary School
Amy Cooper on episode 292 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. In today’s show, Amy Cooper talks about how this is done, the advantages, and insights on student motivation.
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April 16, 2018
Infographics in Education with Eileen Lennon
Eileen Lennon on episode 291 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Infographics are powerful communication tools. Today, infographic pro, Eileen Lennon, shares how she uses infographics, creates them, and why they’re such a powerful tool.
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April 13, 2018
5 Ways to Bring Computational Thinking and STEM Together
Stephanie Zeiger on episode 290 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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STEM and Computational Thinking go together. Today’s guest is a PhD, Biomedical engineer and STEM Teacher. Stephanie Zeiger helps us see the potential of STEM and computational thinking.
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Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22. coolcatteacher.com/earth Check out their NGSS aligned Science...April 12, 2018
Legends of Learning: The Game-Based Science Platform for Grades 3-8
Sponsored by Legends of Learning
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Students love to play games, and they also need real-world examples to help science come alive. With this in mind, Legends of Learning is a fantastic platform full of NGSS aligned science games that does both. Kids in grades 3-8 will love these science games. As shown below, game selection is easy for teachers. Just pick the Next Generation Science standard that you want to teach a...
Understanding ADHD and Helping Kids Succeed
Katherine Firestone on episode 289 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Katherine Firestone helps parents and kids with ADHD. Having been diagnosed with ADHD herself, Katherine is uniquely positioned to help us understand what to do to help children with ADHD and their parents.
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Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22. coolcatteacher.com/earth Check out thei...April 11, 2018
Merge Cube Mania in Middle School
Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Join Merge Cube Mania!
A big thank you to Karen. She couldn’t stand that I wasn’t able to get the Merge Cubes in my local Walmart and sent me one! I got in the mail TODAY (Tuesday) as I’m...
April 10, 2018
How to Host a Student Media Festival
Mike Lawrence on episode 287 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Mike Lawrence, a current organizer of the longest running student media festival in the country, shares how to set up and run your own media festival. With a big hat tip to our mutual friend Hall Davidson who started this event, we learn the ins and outs of student media festival and how you can “steal” their ideas and run your own!
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Legends of Learning...April 9, 2018
Mathivating Kids to Get Excited About Math
Kim Thomas on episode 286 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Get Mathivated with Kim Thomas. She literally speaks math and has exciting things to do each day of the week for her students. (She also has quite an interesting way to handle difficult behavior including profanity.)
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Enhanced Transcript Mathivating Kids to Get Exci...April 6, 2018
5 Ways to Bring Sustainable Food Understanding into Your School
Julie Willcott on episode 285 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Julie Wilcott talks about how we can bring sustainable food systems and understanding into our schools with these five simple ideas.
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Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. I’ll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Brendan Ozawa de Silva, Scott Sanchez...
