10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher

Frank DeAngelis was principal of Columbine high school in 1999 and remained the principal until 2015 when all of the students who were in PreK at the time of the shooting graduated. His story of resilience and leadership is one that will inspire you to be there for your students even when times are tough. He tells his story in " They Call Me 'Mr. De': The Story of Columbine's Heart, Resilience, an...

Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath gives us five ways that recent neuroscience research can help us improve our classroom teaching. www.coolcatteacher.com/e465   Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in Their Use of Technology.  Register now .

Today's show is an inspiring look into some of the truths of teaching from Josh Stumpenhorst, author of the graphic novel, Drawn to Teach , about the real life of teachers and how we can improve.  www.coolcatteacher.com/e464   Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in Their Use of Technology.  Register now .

Emma Chiappetta, Utah State Teacher of the Year 2017, uses a project-based learning approach for statistics. For those who think you cannot teach difficult content without heavy testing, Emma offers an alternative view on what is working in her classroom now. www.coolcatteacher.com/e463   Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teache...

Movie making teachers and students can benefit from practical advice from a professional film editor. Not just a film editor, Steven Hullfish has interviewed many of the top film editors in the world and shared what he learned in Art of the Cut .  www.coolcatteacher.com/e462 Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in...

If you're struggling and need some encouragement, today's show is for you. Mike Roberts, author of Chasing Greatness: 26.2 Ways Teaching is Like Running a Marathon, shares fifteen ways to get motivated this week.  www.coolcatteacher.com/e461 Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in Their Use of Technology. Register...

Mike Ribble, a digital citizenship expert, shares five important things every educator should know about digital citizenship.  www.coolcatteacher.com/e460 Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , powerful Internet monitoring software for your school and classroom.  

The Right Question Technique is being used by educators around the world to help children ask better questions. Erin Murphy talks about how we can implement some simple techniques to improve student questions today. www.coolcatteacher.com/e459   Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , powerful Internet monitoring software for your school and classroom.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) doesn't have to be mind-boggling. Today's guest is international UDL expert Loui Lord Nelson, Ph. D. She talks about what we need to know and also the common mistakes educators make when starting to use UDL. www.coolcatteacher.com/e458 Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , powerful Internet monitoring software for your school and classroom.  

In part 2 of this show, we discuss the addictive nature of social media and other important digital citizenship issues. Internet safety expert Anne Collier shares. www.coolcatteacher.com/e457 Todays' sponsor is  NetRef , powerful Internet monitoring software for your school and classroom.  

Anne Collier, Founder and Executive Director of The Net Safety Collaborative and SocialMediaHelpline.com , shares what we need to know about social media in this two-part series. We'll post the first post on Monday with the second part of the series on Tuesday. Come back to this blog post for the second part! www.coolcatteacher.com/e456 Todays' sponsor is NetRef , powerful Internet monitoring soft...

Mandy Froehlich gives teachers advice on how to achieve balance between their classroom and personal life. It is difficult but these ideas can help. www.coolcatteacher.com/e455  

Angela Stockman has been spending time with students as she teaches them to improve and enjoy their writing. She's learned some remarkable things that she shares on this show. www.coolcatteacher.com/e454  

Diego Ojeda, co-founder of @LangchatPLN talks about the importance of languages and why we need to know them even in a world of translators and AI. www.coolcatteacher.com/e453  

TW Williamson, a teacher in Taiwan, is helping language and literature teachers use Augmented Reality (AR) in exciting ways. Dive into this new technology and see how it is being used. www.coolcatteacher.com/e452  

The Momo scam/hoax/threat has inspired some thoughts about what we should learn so we can prevent such a time-wasting but hurtful thing from spreading again in the future. www.coolcatteacher.com/e451  

Nicola Giardina, author of  The More We Look, the Deeper It Gets: Transforming the Curriculum Through Art  shares five ways we can incorporate art into our teaching. www.coolcatteacher.com/e450 Check out the Cool Cat Teacher weekly newsletter at www.coolcatteacher.com/newsletter  

David Gann, Professor of Innovation and Technology Management, shares what his research has shown about playful learning in the business world and classroom. This is a great show for those who think "play" is a bad word and to realize that play is applicable at all levels of success. www.coolcatteacher.com/e449  

Michael Cohen, aka the Tech Rabbi, and author of Education by Design talks about classroom design. We should design the classroom environment for learning. www.coolcatteacher.com/e448 Today's sponsor is Empatico a powerful global collaborative tool for ages 7-11. Sign up at www.coolcatteacher.com/empatico  

Dr. Brian S. Friedlander talks about the Amazon Alexa devices and why so many teachers are excited about them. www.coolcatteacher.com/e447   Today's sponsor is Empatico , a free global collaborative app for students aged 7-11. coolcatteacher.com/empatico   

Get motivated and remember why we want to teach with principal Brad Gustafson. www.coolcatteacher.com/e446   Sponsored by Empatico, an amazing free way to collaborate for ages 7-11 www.coolcatteacher.com/empatico  

Elizabeth Iwaszewicz talks about five strategies for designated and integrated ELD /ELA. www.coolcatteacher.com/e445   Today's sponsor is Metaverse. Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/metaverse   to learn more.

Michelle Zimmerman talks about AI in the classroom and her new book that shares what we should be doing in this topic. www.coolcatteacher.com/e444   sponsored by: Metaverse - learn more at www.coolcatteacher.com/metaverse  

Jaime Donally talks about how students can create with AR and VR in the classroom. coolcatteacher.com/e443 Today's sponsor is Metaverse. Check them out at coolcatteacher.com/metaverse  

Augmented Reality an Virtual Reality in the classroom with Hall Davidson. www.coolcatteacher.com/e442   Today's sponsor is Metaverse. Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/metaverse   to try this app for free.