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Tenses Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form. Answers 1. Sam has been doing his homework for two years. 2. We had a strange… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/tenses-exercise-36/

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How to Transform the American High School

Dr. Sarah Fine on episode 484

Dr. Sarah Fine, co-author of  In Search of Deeper Learning, The Quest to Remake the American High School talks about her research into remarkable high school experiences. Scroll down to download the transcript for this episode.

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 Dr. Sarah Fine, Bio as Submitted

Dr. Sarah Fine is an educator, ethnographer, and the co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School. She currently directs the High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s Teaching Apprenticeship Program and also serves as a Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of California San Diego. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Education Week, and a range of academic journals.

 Twitter: @sarahmfine

   Disclosure of Material Connection: This episode includes an affiliate link. This means that if you choose to buy I will be paid a commission on the affiliate program. However, this is at no additional cost to you.  Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-transform-the-american-high-school/

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How to Give Effective Feedback that Works

Teachers spend hours giving effective feedback only to have students not respond or use it to improve. In this case, one could argue that the teacher isn’t giving effective feedback because it is not being used to learn. Twelve-year English teacher turned principal Jordan Catapano helps us have more effective feedback that actually works to improve learning.

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Jordan Catapano – Bio As Submitted

Jordan Catapano taught English for twelve years in a Chicago suburban high school, where he is now an Assistant Principal. In addition to being National Board Certificated and head of his school’s Instructional Development Committee, he also has worked with the Illinois Association of Teachers of English and has experience as a school board member for a private school. You can follow him on Twitter at @BuffEnglish.

 Twitter: @BuffEnglish

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-give-effective-feedback-that-works/

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Prepositions Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition. Answers 1. He was deaf to our pleas for help. 2. Physical activity is beneficial to health.… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/prepositions-exercise-43/

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Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech

Nicol Howard on episode 482

Dr. Nicol R. Howard champions digital equity issues for children. What are those issues? How can we help? Today we take a dive into digital equity and the issues we should all consider — and it is not just those with poverty who may not have access. Hear the surprising thing realized at the end of the show.

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Related Resources

Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for Teacher Prep Programs,

Pre-order — Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for the K-12 Classroom

Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources

Journal pubs:

Howard, N.R. (2018). EdTech Leaders’ Beliefs: How are K-5 teachers supported with the integration of computer science in K-5 classrooms?. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. doi:10.1007/s10758-018-9371-2

Howard, N.R. & Ifenthaler, D. (2018). Integrating STEM Opportunities for Young Learners. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 23(2), 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s10758-018-9364-1

Nicol Howard, Ph.D. – Bio As Submitted

Nicol R. Howard, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of Redlands. She has served as an educator in various capacities over the past 19 years. She has taught at the high school level (9th – 12th grades and Special Education), grades K through 5, and she was a Program Specialist in Personalized and Blended Learning. Nicol has also taught in the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University.

Nicol is the outgoing co-chair for ISTE’s Digital Equity Network, and she is the past chair for the American Educational Research Association’s Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning SIG. Her research foci are equitable uses of technology in K16 classrooms, STEM Education opportunities and achievement, and teacher education concerns. Her writing has appeared in the Corwin Connected Educators Series Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources, Urban Education Journal, International Journal of Educational Technology, EduCause, Edutopia, and eCampus News.

Blog: https://www.nicolhoward.com

Twitter: @nicolrhoward

 Disclosure of Material Connection: This episode includes some affiliate links. This means that if you choose to buy I will be paid a commission on the affiliate program. However, this is at no additional cost to you.  Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/digital-equity-how-to-understand-the-problems-facing-edtech/

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How to Get Motivated This Monday Morning

Pat Hensley on episode 481 of the 10-minute teacher

Preventing burnout, finding the right colleagues, communication, the struggle with perfection… these topics are just some of the encouragements that 30-year special education teacher-turned-college-professor Pat Hensley has for teachers everywhere. Also author of The Successful Teacher’s Handbook, this South Carolina teacher has a message of hope and encouragement from her experience in education that will help all of us get motivated this Monday!

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Pat Hensley – Bio as Submitted

Pat taught students with special needs in public school for over thirty years. Now she teaches at the university level to preservice teachers and teachers getting their master’s degree in special education. She was nationally board certified in 2002 and in 2006 was Mauldin High School’s Teacher of the Year and a Greenville County School District Teacher of the Year Top 10 Finalist.

Blog: http://successfulteaching.net

Twitter: @looneyhiker

Book: The Successful Teacher’s Handbook

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How to Empower Students With Timely Knowledge Using “The Week”

The Week is a valuable current events resource with timely information that helps students build their knowledge of current events. As I’ve reviewed The Week, I believe this is a valuable resource for teachers to use because the week surveys a variety of news sources that students can access and read. Each week comes with a lesson guide to help you plan and select appropriate topics of conversation.

This blog post is sponsored by The Week. All opinions are my own.

As we work to integrate nonfiction texts into student reading, it is helpful to use reliable online tools for this purpose. Additionally, we need to build information literacy by exposing students to a variety of news sources. In my opinion, The Week does this very well.

If you haven’t heard of the week, it is structured like a “Presidential Briefing.” Instead of reporters going to “cover” events, they instead survey and read through many sources of news and summarize the most important into a simple-to-read 42-page document. Instead of one point of view, the news articles include multiple points of view so students can compare and evaluate sources and discuss a variety of opinions. If you want to look deeper into The Week, get the facts in the free Teachers’ Reference Guide.

Unique Features That Make Current Events Relevant

Several features of The Week that I think are particularly useful for building information literacy include:

The Main Three News Stories of the Week – The three stories getting the most coverage and a variety of articles to read on the topic along with a summary.

The controversy of the week – The top issue is shared along with multiple viewpoints.

How they see us – Commentary on how the international news organizations view US news.

Pick of the week’s cartoons – Open up a conversation on current events in a novel way from the best cartoons across a variety of news sources.

learn about other features…

How Do I Subscribe to The Week?

The Week subscription for schools comes to your classroom in both print and digital at $1.09 per copy (this is 78% off the single copy price.)

You can order several weeks or more of this valuable current events resource.

The Week includes multiple perspectives on today’s news articles from a variety of news sources.

Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored blog post.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

  from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/the-week/

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5 Things to Know About Gen Z Kids

Shalini Shankar or episode 480 of the 10-Minute Teacher

Shalini Shankar has been studying Generation Z. From spelling bee’s to sports, this generation seems to be professionalizing their childhood. Learn more about this generation so you can be a better teacher for them.

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Shalini Shankar – Bio As Submitted

Shalini Shankar

Shalini Shankar is Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of three books, including Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success. She is a cultural and linguistic anthropologist whose ethnographic research focuses on youth, media, language use, race & ethnicity, and Asian diasporas. She is the mother of two Gen Z children.

Blog: shalinishankar.net

Twitter: @shalini_shankar

Disclosure of Material Connection: This episode includes some affiliate link. This means that if you choose to buy I will be paid a commission on the affiliate program. However, this is at no additional cost to you.  Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-things-to-know-about-gen-z-kids/

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How Can We Help Lonely Kids and Improve School Safety?

Joe Fatheree on episode 479 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

Joe Fatheree helped co-organize a recent national summit on school safety in the United States. In today’s show, Joe talks about the summit, what schools are doing nationwide on safety, and the need to help lonely children who are struggling.

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Joe Fatheree’s Bio as Submitted

Joe Fatheree is an award-winning author, educator, and filmmaker. He has received numerous educational awards, including Illinois Teacher of the Year and the NEA’s National Award for Teaching Excellence. He was recently named one of the Top 10 Teachers in the World by the Varkey Foundation. He has served as the Director of Strategic Projects for the National Network of State Teachers of the Year in Washington, D.C. and is the instructor of creativity and innovation at Effingham High School in Illinois.

Fatheree’s television work has aired nationally on PBS, The Documentary Channel, Hulu, and the MLB Network. He is the recipient of 3 Mid America Emmy Awards and a Telly.

Twitter: @josephfatheree

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-can-we-help-lonely-kids-and-improve-school-safety/

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General Grammar Exercise

Fill in the blanks. Answers 1. We went swimming on the weekend. 2. Let’s go for a drive next weekend. 3. I went swimming in… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/general-grammar-exercise-59/

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Standards-Based Grading: How to Start the Journey

Nicole Naditz on episode 478

Standards-based grading — where students are assessed by specific standards — is being discussed or implemented in many districts. Today we talk to an award-winning French teacher turned Instructional Technology Program Manager who can help us understand the pitfalls and possibilities of successful implementation. Nicole Naditz will also give us advice for getting started with standards-based grading as well.

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 Nicole Naditz – Bio as Submitted

Nicole has been a Program Specialist in Instructional Technology at San Juan Unified School District since 2018. Prior to that, she taught French for 25 years, winning numerous awards for her work designing authentic relevant learning experiences for her students. Her most notable awards include finalist for California State Teacher of the Year, 2012 and ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, 2015.

Nicole is a sought after speaker and facilitator of professional learning on the topics of literacy, student voice, social justice, standards-based grading and more. You can see her 2015 acclaimed “TOY Talk” on standards-based grading here: https://youtu.be/UYQpqWwStCw.

Blog: http://www.3rs4teachers.wordpress.com

Twitter: @NicoleNaditz

  from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/standards-based-grading-how-to-start-the-journey/

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11 Essential Chrome Extensions (And a New Browser)

Vicki Davis on Episode 477 of the 10-Minute Teacher

Extensions can be useful, helpful tools for parents and teachers. There are pitfalls and pluses from each extension and ways to use them in the classroom. In this show, I’ll share eleven essential chrome extensions and information on the new web browser, Brave, and why people are using it. In the show notes, I share the links. Enjoy!

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 Chrome Extensions and Software Mentioned In This Show

Extensity

Read Write Toolbar

Grammarly

3 Ways to ScreenGrab

Evernote

Google Keep

One Note

Notion (didn’t make it in time for press but I’m testing this one!)

LastPass

Color Pic Eyedropper

Tip: Use with Coolors.co

Gmail Notifier

Sending Screens to the board (3 ways)

Lightcast Sender

Airplay (no extension – part of Native iOS)

Miracast (no extension – part of Droid OS)

Screencastify

Too Many Tabs for chrome

Link Clump

The Brave Browser

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from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/11-essential-chrome-extensions-and-a-new-browser/

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Raise And Rise

Fill in the blanks. Answers 1. The carpenter raised the shelf above the reach of children. 2. It is easy to raise tulips. 3. We… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/raise-and-rise-2/

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Raise And Rise

Fill in the blanks. Answers 1. The carpenter raised the shelf above the reach of children. 2. It is easy to raise tulips. 3. We… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/raise-and-rise/

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5 Tips to Help Students Feel Valued in the Classroom

Crystal Willis on episode 476 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

Students need to feel valued. Today’s featured educator Crystal Willis from Instagram and TpT as “SunflowersandSped” shares five important tips to help students feel valued. From noticing strengths to not making a simple mistake that makes people feel dumb — Crystal has practical tips to help all of us better make children feel loved.

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 Crystal Willis Bio As Submitted

Crystal from SunflowersandSped is an educator with more than ten years of special education classroom experience. Her credential is in mild to moderate special education with a certification in ELA. She has taught in both public and private school settings for elementary, middle, and high school grades, and is currently helping to oversee the implementation of a special ed program at a private school in Southern California. Crystal uses her IG account to connect with other sped teachers, parents, and students. She has a passion for making sure all special ed students feel seen, valued, and loved. As a student who struggled with dyslexia herself, she shares her story to build connections and community with her students and their families.

What’s next? Crystal is releasing her very own SunflowersandSped podcast in May. The podcast will give multiple perspectives on special education from the students, teachers, parents, and community. She’ll be interviewing people representing each perspective, as well as sharing stories, strategies, and resources. The goal of the podcast is to inspire hope and community building.

Blog: https://sunflowersandsped.com/

Instagram: @sunflowersandSped

Glimpses from Crystal’s Classroom

from Cool Cat Teacher BlogCool Cat Teacher Blog https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-tips-to-help-students-feel-valued-in-the-classroom/

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Rob And Steal

Fill in the blanks. Answers 1. To get rich quickly, they decided to rob a bank. 2. Someone stole a painting from the museum. 3.… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/rob-and-steal/

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Pay or Pay For

Fill in the blanks with pay or pay for. Answers 1. They paid the cashier and left. 2. You should pay this bill by the… Continue reading from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/pay-or-pay-for/