10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher

Some elementary classrooms are using open badges for competency acquisition by students. In today's show, Amy Cooper talks about how this is done, the advantages, and insights on student motivation. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e292 April 26 is #PowerofEcon day with a noon ET Twitter chat and lots of financial literacy resources. Sponsored by Discovery Education and CME Group, join in www.co...

Infographics are powerful communication tools. Today, infographic pro Eileen Lennon shares how she uses infographics, creates them, and why they're such a powerful tool. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e291 April 26 is #PowerofEcon day with a noon ET Twitter chat and lots of financial literacy resources. Sponsored by Discovery Education and CME Group, join in www.coolcatteacher.com/econ

STEM and Computational Thinking go together. Today's guest is a PhD, Biomedical engineer and STEM Teacher. Stephanie Zeiger helps us see the potential of STEM and computational thinking. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e290 Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22.   coolcatteacher.com/earth Check out their NGSS aligned Science games f...

Katherine Firestone helps parents and kids with ADHD. Having been diagnosed with ADHD herself, Katherine is uniquely positioned to help us understand what to do to help children with ADHD and their parents. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e289 Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22.   coolcatteacher.com/earth Check out their NGSS ali...

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she's using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Join Merge Cube Mania! Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e288 Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22.   coolcatteacher.com/earth Check out their NGSS aligned Science g...

Mike Lawrence, current organizer of the longest running student media festival in the country, shares how to set up and run your own media festival. With a big hat tip to our mutual friend Hall Davidson who started this event, we learn the ins and outs of student media festival and how you can "steal" their ideas and run your own! www.coolcatteacher.com/e287 Legends of Learning has awesome free sc...

Get Mathivated with Kim Thomas. She literally speaks math and has exciting things to do each day of the week for her students. (She also has quite an interesting way to handle difficult behavior including profanity.) Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e286

Julie Willcott talks about how we can bring sustainable food systems and understanding into our schools with these five simple ideas. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e285 Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. I'll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Brendan Ozawa de Silva, Scott Sanchez, Dr....

Dr. Doug Green challenges our thinking about school, how we should teach, and the flaws with the testing programs we have in education today. Show notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e284 Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. I'll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Brendan Ozawa de Silva, Scott Sanch...

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. Show Notes www.coolcatteacher.com/e283 This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by Pow...

Santha Walters uses drones in her English classroom to teach writing, collaboration and more. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e282 This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by PowerSchool. Register at http://coolcatteacher.com/digital today.

Mike Daugherty is helping connect the parents at his school to the digital lives of students. How can schools connect with parents to relate better to students? We learn how today. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e281 This week I'll be sharing the 7 Pedagogical Shifts That Make Interactive Displays a Key to a Student-Centered Classroom on the Cool Cat Teacher blog sponsored by SMART Technologie...

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e280 Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. I'll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy...

Students have reasons for how they behave, particularly if they have learning differences and learn in unique ways. Occupational and physical therapist, Suzanne Cresswell, helps us understand children and why some of them just can't stop moving Show Notes:  www.coolcatteacher.com/e279

Emerging administrator leaders and administrators are participating in an emerging leadership virtual mentorship program created by Jodie Pierpoint and many volunteers. Learn about this program, how you can join in, and how you can become a better mentor. Show Notes:  www.coolcatteacher.com/e278 Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. I'll be speak...

Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, was a history teacher. It shows. In today's show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. This is one to share with your history department.  Show Notes:   www.coolcatteacher.com/e277 STLinATL will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27 . I'll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zad...

John Spencer, coauthor of two different best-selling books, Launch and Empower , talks about the creativity (and test score) boosts his classes experienced when he began Maker Mondays. www.coolcatteacher.com/e276 Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018 . I'll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Bre...

Patti Duncan shares some of the common mistakes she finds that schools implementing  Next Generation Science Standards make. If you're implementing NGSS in your school or state, this is a must listen. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e275   Sponsor:  Legends of Learning has amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards...

Kate Dobrzenski spotlights K-4 innovative science practice. She discusses how to incorporate the observation of phenomena and other Next Generation Science Standards in elementary science. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e274 Sponsor: Legends of Learning has amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards. Go to coolcat...

Marc Seigel, a contributing author to Flipping 2.0, talks about an innovative flipped science classroom. How do lessons flow? What are common mistakes? How do students make progress? Learn all this and more in this quick, 10-minute show. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e273 Sponsor:  Legends of Learning has an amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generat...

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e272 Sponsor:   Legends of Learning has an amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards. Go to coolcatteacher.com/science and sign up for your free accoun...

Thirty-three-year Presidential Award Winning science teacher Glen Westbroek believes in creating active learning experiences in his science classroom. Today we kick off science week on the 10-Minute Teacher talking about active learning, Next Generation Science Standards, and what an engaging science classroom looks like. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e271 SPONSOR:  Legends of Learning has an...

In today's show Meg Ormiston gives us an idea for each of the 5 C's: creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and computational thinking. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e270 Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertificatio...

Teachers need to have say in their own PD, but how do you help teachers become intrinsically motivated to learn? Today, Jarod Bormann, author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD talks about designing PD that works and interests teachers. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e269 Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses f...

Game-based learning might not be what you think. On today's show Matthew Farber, author of   Game Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to effectively use games in the classroom. He shares a four-part model including playing the game, debriefing, reflecting, and then creating. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e268 Advancement Courses has more...