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A new blog has appeared on my main site: Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/digital-equity-how-to-understand-the-problems-facing-edtech/ 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 .

Dr. Nicol R. Howard champions digital equity issues for children. What are those issues? How can we help? Today we take a dive into digital equity and the issues we should all consider -- and it is not just those with poverty who may not have access. Hear the surprising thing realized at the end of the show. www.coolcatteacher.com/e482 Related Resources Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for Teacher Prep Programs ,  Pre-order --- Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for the K-12 Classroom Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources Journal pubs: Howard, N.R. (2018). EdTech Leaders’ Beliefs: How are K-5 teachers supported with the integration of computer science in K-5 classrooms? . Technology, Knowledge and Learning. doi:10.1007/s10758-018-9371-2 Howard, N.R. & Ifenthaler, D. (2018). Integrating STEM Opportunities for Young Learners . Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 23(2), 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s10758-018-9364-1 Nicol Howard, ...

A new blog has appeared on my main site: How to Get Motivated This Monday Morning From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-get-motivated-this-monday-morning/ 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 .

Preventing burnout, finding the right colleagues, communication, the struggle with perfection... these topics are just some of the encouragements that 30-year special education teacher-turned-college-professor Pat Hensley has for teachers everywhere. This South Carolina teacher has a message of hope and encouragement from her experience in education that will help all of us get motivated this Monday! www.coolcatteacher.com/e481 Pat Hensley - Bio as Submitted Pat taught students with special needs in public school for over thirty years. Now she teaches at the university level to preservice teachers and teachers getting their master's degree in special education. She was nationally board certified in 2002 and in 2006 was Mauldin High School's Teacher of the Year and a Greenville County School District Teacher of the Year Top 10 Finalist. Blog:  http://successfulteaching.net Twitter: @ looneyhiker Check out this episode!

A new blog has appeared on my main site: How to Empower Students With Timely Knowledge Using “The Week” From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/the-week/ 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 .

Shalini Shankar has been studying Generation Z. From spelling bee's to sports, this generation seems to be professionalizing their childhood. Learn more about this generation so you can be a better teacher for them. www.coolcatteacher.com/e480   Shalini Shankar is Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of three books, including Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success . She is a cultural and linguistic anthropologist whose ethnographic research focuses on youth, media, language use, race & ethnicity, and Asian diasporas. She is the mother of two Gen Z children.   Blog: shalinishankar.net Twitter: @shalini_shankar Check out this episode!

A new blog has appeared on my main site: 5 Things to Know About Gen Z Kids From https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-things-to-know-about-gen-z-kids/ 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 .