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By CoolCatTeacher  Wednesday, 22nd of February 2012 at 11:31:50 AM 5 Tips to Better Connect with Your Students You can connect with your students. Here are five ways I strive to do this in my own classroom. (In a piece I wrote for the Atlantic.com)95% of what you accomplish is b…
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By CoolCatTeacher  Wednesday, 22nd of February 2012 at 05:32:03 AM Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive, Data-Driven Guide – Megan Garber – Technology – The Atlantic Excellent article about the research from several researchers about Tweets that are compelling and those that are …
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By Seth Godin  Wednesday, 22nd of February 2012 at 05:03:00 AM If you need to find out how your audience is receiving your work, it’s worth considering how you’ve structured the interactions around criticism. Sometimes a customer has a one-off problem, a situation that is unique and a concern that has…
Click to continue reading Engaging with criticism
By CoolCatTeacher  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 08:31:51 PM Earth Hour 2012 Official Video – YouTube Earth hour is 8:30 pm, Saturday March 31st. They are asking everyone to turn their lights off for an hour in celebration of this day. tags: …
Click to continue reading Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 02/22/2012
By MindShift  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 04:00:20 PM Educator and author Larry Cuban takes a close look at Rocketship schools in a three-part series, and concludes that the Rocketship model of blended learning may well work for a specific niche — low-income, urban communities — but wonders how those students will fare through high school and beyond. Source: WordPress The answer is maybe. … Continue reading →
Click to continue reading Quick Look: Are Rocketship Schools the Future?
By CoolCatTeacher  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 02:31:39 PM The Wise & Witty Teacher: Pinterest Inspired Presidents and DIY Lesson Plan Book Although President’s day is past, this Pinterest Inspired President’s and DIY Lesson pLan book is a very cool idea. I love post it…
Click to continue reading Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 02/21/2012
By MindShift  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 11:33:19 AM Dear Savvy Searcher, My students keep wanting to enter their entire research question into the search bar. I keep trying to tell them that’s a bad idea. How do you teach students to identify the right words to use in a search? Frustrated Educator Dear Frustrated, I had a particular conversation with a … Continue reading →
Click to continue reading How to Choose the Right Words for Best Search Results
By CoolCatTeacher  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 11:31:00 AM Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Basics for Beginners: What is Web 2.0? this is an older post but I reviewed it tonight and it is still current. If you want to learn what Web 2 is and get comfortable with the terminology, t…
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By CoolCatTeacher  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 08:15:00 AM If you are coming to one of these events, please say “hi.” I’d love to meet you. ISTE 2012 Schedule Saturday, June 23 – Event that Steve Hargadon is running (the remix of Edublogger, not sure of new name) Sunday, June 24 – We’ll have a booth i…
Click to continue reading My ISTE 2012 Schedule (so far), heading to Canada, and New Jersey
By CoolCatTeacher  Tuesday, 21st of February 2012 at 05:32:27 AM Prepared Statement for the Dec. 14 Congressional Privacy Caucus | Common Sense Media While SOPA was going on, many of us missed that COPPA is under review. Here is an overview of the congressional testimony given …
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