10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher

When I called Principal Ryan Kaczmark, he bubbled over with excitement from the Lemonade Wars experience. This elementary school-wide reading project is a sizzling combination of reading, parent relations, community service, school spirit, communications, and social media savvy. We were going to talk about technology or school design or something else. But I'm happy that he talked about the Lemona...

Dr. Tom Grissom @ tomgrissom shares a useful tool, Microsoft One Note. Today we discuss: A description of Microsoft One Note What Microsoft Classroom does with One Note The collaborative features of One Note The features beyond notetaking including taking notes in multiple notes The cognitive research and how to use One Note for review and retention A full transcript of this show and the show note...

Dave Burgess from the bestselling book, Teach Like a Pirate , gets us motivated to engage our students. Greatness happens outside your comfort zone. Get feedback to improve your class. Don't get so upset when you have a mistake in a lesson. These are just a few topics discussed into day's Motivation Monday. In today's show we discuss: Engaging students in lessons Observations and doing engaging le...

Jessica Gordon @ 1337teach , 6th-grade teacher from Missouri gives us simple tips for adding game-based learning to our classrooms. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she first began her teaching career at Buder Elementary within the St. Louis Public School District. Currently, she serves as a sixt...

Tim Hadley's (@ MrHadleyHistory ) stand against bullying by shaving his head is remarkable. Tim Hadley is the principal at Pekin CSD Middle School in Packwood, Iowa and he is the part of the latest viral video in education. Even more remarkable is his wisdom he shares about the biggest mistake educators make when dealing with bullying situations. Wow! A full transcript of this show and the show no...

How do you reduce problem behaviors? Could it be as simple as acting out negative behaviors? Todd Clinton is a special education teacher in a middle school. He works with students with behavioral disabilities, typically autism, ADHD, and EMD. He was previously a banker, before deciding to pursue my passion of working with kids. He is a proud dad to one and loves teachers so much he married one. In...

Host Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher shares 31 of her favorite tools for filmmaking, productivity, classroom management, and health. Happy Tech Tool Tuesday and Happy Valentine's Day. Today you'll learn all kinds of tools that the host of the 10-Minute Teacher loves and uses just about every day. A full transcript of this show and the show notes are available at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast as well...

Jim Forde is a middle school science teacher in Stamford, CT for over 20 years experience. He is a past Stamford teacher of the year and a 2016 White House Champion of Change honoree for work in CS in Education. As a STEM/CS advocate, he curates the @stemnetwork twitter feed (with over 3800 followers) when not singing and songwriting. :-) Jim Forde's song "You're the Teacher" and his inspiring mes...

Jennifer Serravallo (@ jserravallo ) is a literacy consultant, speaker, and the author of several popular titles including the NY Times Bestselling The Reading Strategies Book, the newly-released Writing Strategies Book, and the two-time award-winning Independent Reading Assessment Series. She was a Senior Staff Developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and taught in Title I sc...

Dr. Brad Johnson (@DrBradJohnson) talks about five things that harm a student's ability to succeed. Brad teaches graduate-level leadership courses and other educational courses and is the author of six books.  Today, he shares with us the things we do to harm student success. First, he discusses the disservice of a sedentary lifestyle. Second, he talks about what happens to kids when adults expect...

Adam Bellow (@adambellow) explains the #BreakoutEDU phenomenon that has educators talking. Last year everyone was talking MakerSpaces but this year, BreakoutEDU is the big conversation. As co-founder of #BreakoutEDU Adam explains how these boxes work. He also discusses how teaching changes and the way teachers have to adjust to this exciting but different way of teaching. He also sets expectations...

Billy Krakower (@wkrakower) co-author of 140 Twitter Tips for Educators talks about the benefits of Twitter for educators. Bill and host Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) share: * biggest mistakes * strategies for not getting overwhelmed * ideas of cool things teachers do on Twitter. Finally, Billy finishes up with the MOST EXCITING thing he's learned on Twitter, Breakout EDU's. So exciting, that our...

Sylvia Duckworth (@sylviaduckworth) is a leading sketchnote artist in education today. For Motivational Monday, we discuss the six most popular sketchnotes and how they can motivate us to be better teachers. Check the show notes to see these sketchnotes. These notes include: 1) Life (A Poem) 2) 12 Benefits of Creativity 3) The IceBurg Illusion 4) Your Comfort Zone 5) 10 Ways to Flip a Kid and Turn...

Michael Matera is a middle school teacher, author of Explore Like a Pirate and Speaker. As a gamification guru and moonshot thinker, Michael transforms the traditional classroom into a high-energy environment where active student engagement is paramount. Helping educators learn about the power of a gamified immersive learning environment is Michael's passion. Learn more and connect with Michael to...

Dr. David Guerin, (@ DavidGeurin ) is the 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the year. Davide believes that excellence is not the same as success. True excellence is a mindset, a desire to serve, a belief that helping others leads to the best outcomes. SMART Learning Suite  is today's sponsor. Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite n...

Matt Clay is a science teacher in Ness City, Kansas and a doctoral student in education at the University of Northern Colorado researching environmental experiences. Matt is helping his science students create science kits for students in Haiti. So many bored, unexcited students. Today's students want to do meaningful work in all of their subjects . But it can be so hard for teachers to relate the...

Jennifer Burgin teaches amazing 2nd graders at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington, Virginia. She was named Oakridge Teacher of the Year and Arlington Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2016. Too many teachers are working too hard to teach writing. When the teacher is "queen of the classroom" and has to do everything (review, give feedback, find mistakes) it either burns out the teacher or frustra...

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom . In this episode, they share their favorite apps and the biggest mistake they made when getting started with iPads in their classrooms. The problem with iPads is there are so many apps and so many choices. It is easy for...

Do you realize just how important you are as a teacher? Sometimes people say, "Thank you for all you do" but do they really understand just what I do? I heard this story several years a go from someone dear to me that completely transformed my life and understanding about how remarkable we teachers truly are. My name is Vicki Davis . I am best known for blogging at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog and fo...