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Todd Finley: 5 Ways to Overcome Cognitive Overload (e325) Jun 01, 2018

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Cognitive overload happens to students and teachers. Often looking like ADHD, cognitive overload can happen for a variety of reasons including challenges to your working memory. Learn some ways to help your students and yourself when you struggle with cognitive overload.

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Elizabeth Merce: Ditch the Clips in Kindergarten (And Here's What to Do Instead) #ditchtheclips (324) May 31, 2018

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Moving clips in kindergarten can not only embarrass children but causes privacy concerns with many experts. There are alternatives! Kindergarten teacher, Elizabeth Merce, urges teachers to "ditch the clips" and shares what you can do instead.

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Using the Real-World Classroom Model When Teaching Finance (e323) May 30, 2018

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The Real-World Classroom model of teaching finance is part simulation part game. Invented by Brian Bean, this model of teaching is transforming Texas classrooms and beyond.

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e323

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Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. The winning nominator and his or her nominee each win a $20,000 package including one 7000 series SMART Board and SMART Document Camera, 30 Chromebooks, and SMART training and implementation. Enter a great teacher today.

Kasey Bell's 8 Great Ways to Use Google Slides (e322) May 29, 2018

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Kasey Bell teaches us eight great ways to use Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and cool add ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools - Google slides.

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Today's guest Kasey Bell is author of Shake of Learning and is just releasing her Google Certification courses this week from May 28 to June 10, you can sign up for these awesome Google Certification courses from one of the best Google Certified Trainers I know, Kasey Bell. Just go to coolcatteacher.com/shake to learn more about these awesome courses.

Awesome Mentoring: First Year Teacher Lindsay Godlman Tells All (e321) May 28, 2018

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Helping first-year teachers learn and grow is a challenge facing education systems worldwide. Today we take a peek into the second part of a 2 part series highlighting the relationship between Lindsay George and Stephanie Goldman. Not only do they use Google Docs to plan, but they have a positive personal relationship. It isn't just luck -- this is personal.

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e321

Gerald Aungst: 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom (e320) #mathchat May 25, 2018

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The 5 C's of the awesome math classroom are conjecture, communication, collaboration, chaos (listen to the show and don't be afraid), and celebration according to 25-year educator Gerald Aungst. Gerald is author of Five Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom and gives us an overview of what makes an incredible math classroom.

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District Leadership: Teacher-Driven Curriculum Design (e319) May 24, 2018

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More than 60 teachers in Dr. Steven Weber's district helped write their math curriculum. Now, they are excited. Learn how this process not only helps develop curriculum, it also develops teacher leaders and promotes the important conversations that need to happen. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e319

Marynn Dause: Literature Performance Odyssey with Performances and Student Leadership (e318) May 23, 2018

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They only had a few days to teach the entire Odyssey. So, teacher Marynn Dause met with her students. They decided to follow the pattern of Homer and become storytelling bards themselves with powerful results. Marynn shares this innovative approach to teaching the Odyssey invented by her students along with their advice for using this method in your classroom.

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e318

Laura Dennis: Hyperdocs Literacy Task Boards (e317) May 22, 2018

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Hyperdocs literacy task boards and Flipgrid are two favorite tools of Laura Dennis, a third-grade teacher. Learn more about how Laura's classroom has become more modern and simplified with these valuable tools.

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e317

Stephanie Goldman: ACE Mentor Relationship Building with Google Drive and Google Classroom (e316) May 21, 2018

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Stephanie Goldman and her first-year mentee Lindsay George have used Google Drive and Google Classroom to supercharge their mentor/mentee relationship. Stephanie calls this the ACE method of mentoring: Access, Collaboration, and Experimentation. Learn this powerful method of mentoring. Part 1 with next week being Lindsay George, the other half of this experience.

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e316

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