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Lindsay George on episode 321 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter 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. Listen Now Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here . *** Enhanced Transcript A first year teacher shares elements of an awesome mentoring experience Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e321 Date: May 28, 2018 Vicki: Today we’re talking with Lindsay George. Now, she’s the other side of the mentoring relationship with Stephanie Goldman. We recently had Stephanie on the show, and I was so intrigued by this technology-infused mentoring relation...

Gerald Aungst on episode 320 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter 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. Listen Now Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here . *** Enhanced Transcript Gerald Aungst: 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e320 Date: May 25, 2018 Vicki: Today we’re talking to Gerald Aungst, 28 year educator, about five principles in the modern mathematics classroom. Gerald, where do we start? What’s our first? Gerald: The first principle is conjecture. Conjecture That’s typically the idea that, when you’...

Marynn Dause on episode 318 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter They only had a 2 ½ weeks 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. Listen Now Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here . *** Enhanced Transcript Marynn Dause: Literature Performance Odyssey Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e318 Date: May 23, 2018 Vicki: Today we’re talking with someone I made friends with on Twitter, Marynn Dause. She is a ninth-grade literature teacher. Marynn, you are doing something fascinating with teaching The Odyssey . Tell us what you’re doing. Marynn: Yes, hello, and hello...

Laura Dennis on episode 317 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Hyperdocs literacy task boards and Flipgrid are two favorite tools of Laura Dennis, third grade teacher. Learn more about how Laura’s classroom has become more modern and simplified with these valuable tools. Listen Now Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here . *** Enhanced Transcript Laura Dennis: Hyperdocs Literacy Task Boards Link to show: https://ift.tt/2Lkb1ZX Date: May 22, 2018 Vicki: Today we’re talking with Laura Dennis, a third-grade teacher from Ontario, Canada about hyperdocs literacy task boards. Now, Laura, let’s break it down so some of our listeners will know what hyperdocs are. We’ve had a show on it before, but simply explain hyperdocs for us. Laura: Hyperdocs are basically links that we provide for children to access different websites and articles that we want them to read. ...

Stephanie Goldman on episode 316 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter 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. Next week we’ll interview Lindsay George, the other half of this experience. Listen Now Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here . *** Enhanced Transcript Stephanie Golden: ACE Mentor Relationship Building with Google Drive and Google Classroom Link to show: https://ift.tt/2rWXwaA Date: May 21, 2018 Vicki: Today we’re talking with Stephanie Goldman, fourth grade language arts teacher here in Georgia, just a little bit above Augusta. We’re going to talk about mentoring teachers with their use of technology through...