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Thursday, January 31, 2019
5 Authentic Ways to Encourage People Right Now
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-authentic-ways-to-encourage-people-right-now/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
How to Make Science Thrilling from a "Jurassic Park" Mind
Dr. Ray Havasay was a scientist consulted on the making of the original Jurassic Park. Now, she is Executive Director of The Center for Science Teaching and Learning where she specializes in helping engage students in exciting science learning. www.coolcatteacher.com/e429
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
How to Make Science Thrilling from a “Jurassic Park” Mind
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-make-science-thrilling-from-a-jurassic-park-mind/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
How to Get Your Students Out of the Box
How can you get your students out of the box when you educate them in a box? Check out a revolutionary way to educate with arts, ag, and nature by digging into Chattahoochee Hills Charter School outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Executive Director, Chester Asher, shares what they've learned, the pitfalls of such an approach, and how his school has the lowest suspension rates in Fulton County, Georgia and why he thinks that is the case. www.coolcatteacher.com/e428
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
How to Get Your Students Out of the Box
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-get-your-students-out-of-the-box/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Building Good Relationships with Your Students' Parents
Today's parents like a different kind of communication. Student videos. Some information and not others. Mike Daugherty, a Director of Technology in Ohio, has been studying this topic and experimenting for the last several years to find optimal ways to communicate with today's parents. Today, he shares what he has learned. www.coolcatteacher.com/e427
Monday, January 28, 2019
Building Good Relationships with Your Students’ Parents
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/building-good-relationships-with-your-students-parents/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Building Positive Relationships Between Administrators and Teachers
While teachers might need to put students first, Dr. Brad Johnson makes the point in his book Putting Teachers First: How to Inspire, Motivate, and Connect with Your Staff that administrators need to focus on teachers in order to help students. He also shares techniques for building positive relationships between administrators and teachers including a different take on classroom visits to make them more positive.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Fundamentals of More Positive Relationships Between Administrators & Teachers
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/fundamentals-of-more-positive-relationships-between-administrators-teachers/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Friday, January 25, 2019
5 Sure Fire Ways to Create Remarkable Graphics
Tony Vincent is a pro at creating graphics. His blog and work is full of amazing graphics. Today, he teaches us five sure-fire ways to create remarkable graphics. We can teach our students or use them to promote the causes we care about.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
5 Sure Fire Ways to Create Remarkable Graphics
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-sure-fire-ways-to-create-remarkable-graphics/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
How Should We Evaluate Leaders?
Dr. Toby Travis, Headmaster and leadership consultant, talks about the effective methods of evaluating school leaders, focusing on the research. www.coolcatteacher.com/e424
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
How Do We Evaluate School Leaders? What Does the Research Say?
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-do-we-evaluate-school-leaders-what-does-the-research-say/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
No 1:1 devices? You can be an awesome tech using school anyway!
Gail Charnick and her teachers are using a variety of technologies and showing that you don't have to be 1 to 1 to be leading edge.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Perfect Can Paralyze You
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/perfect-can-paralyze-you/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
No 1:1 devices? You can be an awesome tech using school anyway!
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/gail-charnick-not-1-to-1/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Virtual Valentines and 2 Other Cool, Easy Collaborative Ideas for Teachers
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/virtual-valentines-dyane-smokorowski/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
How to Motivate Teachers to Change
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-motivate-teachers-to-change/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
5 Creative Ways to Connect Young Adults to Reading
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-creative-ways-to-connect-young-adults-to-reading/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
How We Disenfranchise Students of Color
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/josh-parker-disenfranchise-students-of-color/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
3 Awesome Minutes: Question Formulation Techniques (QFT)’s
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/qft-question-formulation-technique-chris-fancher/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Preservice Teacher Virtual Co-Op Program
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/preservice-teacher-virtual-co-op-sam-fecich/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Telling our Student’s Stories
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/telling-our-students-stories/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
5 Questions We Ask While Using Rubrics
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-questions-we-ask-while-using-rubrics/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Breaking Lock Step Test Prep
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/breaking-lock-step-test-prep/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Virtual Reality Protocols for the Classroom
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/virtual-reality-protocols-for-the-classroom/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Sunday, January 06, 2019
Never Yell and Other Classroom Management Secrets of a Pro
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/never-yell-and-other-classroom-management-secrets-of-a-pro/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.
Thursday, January 03, 2019
Get Your Free “Healthy Kids” Poster From Lysol
From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/get-your-free-healthy-kids-poster-from-lysol/
via Vicki Davis at coolcatteacher.com. Please also check out my show for busy teachers, the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast and my Free teaching tutorials on YouTube.