10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
860 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 254 ratingsJam-packed with cool classrooms, cool apps, and cool teaching ideas, full-time teacher and award-winning edtech influencer, Vicki Davis, who blogs as the Cool Cat Teacher Blog, loves to interview awesome teachers and educators from around the world on this teacher podcast. Her goal is to interview the most in-classroom teachers on one helpful teacher podcast. This encouraging show will give you quick ideas you can use right away. You can follow Vicki @coolcatteacher on all social media and join the conversation.
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#09: 5 Things That Harm a Student's Ability to Succeed
February 09, 2017 08:00 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBDr. 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 them to learn like adults. Third, he discusses an important point with several applicat...
#08: The #BreakoutEDU Box: the Teaching Experience That Has Everybody Talking
February 08, 2017 08:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBAdam 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 for what the classroom looks and feels like when using the boxes in the curriculum. A full ...
#07: Getting Started Using Twitter for Educational Excellence
February 07, 2017 08:00 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBBilly 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 show tomorrow will be on this topic! Stay tuned! A full transcript of this show and th...
#06: The 6 most Motivating Sketchnotes in Education Today
February 06, 2017 08:00 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBSylvia 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 His Day Around 6) 10 Reasons Why Every Teacher Needs a PLN We'll also be giving...
#05: 5 Ideas for Using Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom Today
February 03, 2017 08:00 - 9 minutes - 14 MBMichael 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 come to your school or event on Explorelikeapirate.com In today's show, Michael gives us fiv...
#04: Simple Ways to Find Your Teaching Blindspots in the Classroom
February 02, 2017 11:19 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBDr. 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 next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm.One of the hardest things about teaching is not knowing where we'...
#03: Science Kits with Love from Kansas to Haiti
February 01, 2017 16:13 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBMatt 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 their content to real world problems. In today’s show, Matt Clay talks to Vicki Davis on 10MT abou...
#02: Secrets for Teaching Great Writing in the Classroom by Using Peer Review
February 01, 2017 15:52 - 8 minutes - 12.4 MBJennifer 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 frustrates the students. Today’s show will help teachers solve this problem by learning the fundament...
#01: Awesome Apps for iPads in the Elementary Classroom
February 01, 2017 14:00 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBKaren 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 teachers to get overwhelmed and not know where to start. Even worse, some teachers just use the...
#00: Sue and Mrs. Scruggs
February 01, 2017 13:53 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBDo 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 for my sharing on Twitter where I have 136,741 Twitter as of the day I released this show. I prev...