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Blessings for the Broken Teacher (e266) Mar 05, 2018

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Award Winning teacher Aimee Ross talks about how she's learned from her students through struggle, brokenness and the ups and downs of life. Today's show is an inspiring look into the journey of teaching, being recognized for your work, and realizing that the students really are why we teach.

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5 Ideas to level up Elementary Math with Technology (e265) Mar 02, 2018

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Elementary Math can be exciting. Check out these five ideas to use technology to make math exciting.

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This week I'll be sharing the 7 Pedagogical Shifts That Make Interactive Displays a Key to a Student-Centered Classroom on the Cool Cat Teacher blog sponsored by SMART Technologies. Shift #1 is that Students are collaborators. My interactive display is the common workspace for the whole class. I use it as a digital workspace, to display any screen for the whole class to see, as a large multi-touch drawing and brainstorming space and so much more. My interactive display is a must-have device. I wouldn't want to teach without one. Recent research shows that large interactive displays are vital to the classroom ecosystem.

Why We Still Need to Know Things in the Age of Google (e264) Mar 01, 2018

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We hope that kids will learn critical thinking skills in one class and then apply it to another. However, MIT Teaching Systems Lab Director, Dr. Justin Reich, shares that this may not be so. Today we discuss current research that is shaking up how people think about learning.

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Happy Apples: Fun PD Subscription Boxes for Teachers Made by the District (e263) Feb 28, 2018

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Crystal Marshall-Krauss and her colleagues at the district office in Howard County, Maryland have created a fun way to excite teachers about professional development. They've created "Happy Apples" subscription boxes for their teachers around a variety of subjects. Learn about this innovative PD idea and how your district can craft these boxes for your teachers.

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Simple Steps to Teach Kids to Program (e262) Feb 27, 2018

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Teaching kids to code starts with helping them understand the concepts behind coding before you get into syntax. Aditya Batura, Programmer and Entrepreneur, talks today about the concept of helping every student understand computational thinking.

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5 Ways to Promote Health and Happiness in Every Classroom (e261) Feb 26, 2018

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Here's what I do to prevent problems before they happen. www.coolcatteacher.com/e261

5 Teacher Myths and How to Dispel Them (e260) Feb 23, 2018

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Teachers are not all saints, nor are they all slackers. -- These are just two of the myths that social studies teacher Aaron Pribble tackles in this motivating, uplifting talk about what it is really like to be a teacher in America today.

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Check out Jennifer Gonzalez' 2018 Teacher's Guide to Technology for more than 200 tools with special tips, videos, and screenshots to get you started. See www.coolcatteacher.com/guide for more information.

Creating a Vision for Your School and Getting Buy In from Stakeholders (e259) Feb 22, 2018

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Strategic planning for your school or district can take a variety of forms. In today's show, learn how one successful district has tackled this process and how they are getting buy-in from teachers on the vision during the second year of implementation. Lynn Fuini-Hetton works in Salisbury Township District in Pennsylvania

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Iditarod Teacher: How to Connect and Learn from the Iditarod Race (e258) Feb 21, 2018

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Heidi Sloan is the Iditarod teacher for this year. It starts on March 3 - 18. Get free lesson plans, connect with a musher and get your kids excited. See http://iditarod.com/edu/category/teacher-on-the-trail/

Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e258

Google Jamboard (e257) Feb 20, 2018

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Google Jamboard is a fun interactive app. There's hardware too, but don't be worried. The free app has lots to play with. You just download it on Google Play or iTunes and use it with your touch Chromebook or iPad after listening to Tom Mullaney share how it works. Enjoy this fun, free tool.

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