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10MT #22 | An Interview with Librarian Chad Lehman From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Chad Lehman helps us learn about the technologies we need to set up an awesome maker space. Guess what? Great maker spaces often have arts and crafts too! Additionally, Chad talks about how he orients students to the maker space and the biggest problems he’s had with it  (and how he’s solving them.)  Maker spaces are great places for kids to explore and learn, so take a trip inside the new library — one with a Maker space. Listen Now Listen on iTunes Stream by clicking here . Download this episode to listen offline by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.” Today we’re continuing our drawing for a Kids Deserve It! Book, bracelet and sticker! Thanks Todd Nesloney! All you need to do is head over to  leave a review on iTunes  and just include your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can enter you in the ...

10MT #21 | 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Todd Nesloney From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter To be remarkable teachers, we must learn to rise above our problems and bring our best self to the kids. Have you ever struggled to get out of the car to walk into school on Mondays? I have. As for me, I needed this Monday morning pep talk from Todd Nesloney, author of the book  Kids Deserve It! . Listen Now     Listen on iTunes Stream by clicking here . Download this episode to listen offline by right-clicking here  and choosing “Save As.” Todd is giving away a Kids Deserve It! Book, bracelet and sticker! Thanks Todd! All you need to do is head over to  leave a review on iTunes  and just include your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can reach you.  Teaching is important. It is awesome. But teaching is hard. (If you teach, you don’t need me to tell you. You live the struggle.)   In...

10MT | 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Technology moves so quickly! Do you know what to try next? Well, today’s guest and edtech expert Jennifer Gonzalez @ cultofpedagogy   gives us some amazing tools to try for  Five Idea Friday. Listen Now Listen on iTunes Stream by clicking here . Download this episode as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.” The Teacher’s Guide to Technology for 2017 is here. Jennifer Gonzalez has done it again with this useful book I’m recommending as part of today’s show. This link is an affiliate link . In today’s show, we’ll discuss: Jennifer’s five tools she recommends teachers try How teachers can prevent being overwhelmed I hope you enjoy this episode with Jennifer! Selected Links from this Episode Jennifer’s Blog  http://ift.tt/2k789FJ Jennifer’s Podcast  http://ift.tt/2lzp3ft Peergrade – ...

10MT | #19: 10-Minute Teacher Interview with Researcher Laura Pasquini From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Leaders don’t play king of the hill, they make a bigger hill. Today is  Digital Learning Day . This is a day for leaders and learners to level up digital learning. For no organization, group, or community can survive on status quo. As humans, we all lead for a season. And everything we do is either growing or rotting. Decaying or reinvigorating. These truisms are valid for the flowers and the fruit trees and also for the fragrant pollination of ideas happening at the digital water coolers satiating the learning thirst of digital scholars tap tap tapping at keys and pressing send on their smartphones. Listen Now For Thought Leader Thursday , social media researcher Laura Pasquini explains three defining aspects of effective social media powered professional development.In today’s show, we’ll discuss: The impact of “w...