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Every Classroom Matters With Cool Cat Teacher

A candid look at the new big ideas that are transforming classrooms everywhere from a practicing teacher's point of view.

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The Four Liter Challenge: Teaching Students About Water Poverty

The Four Liter Challenge: Teaching Students About Water Poverty

Our guests today created a see judge, act model for teaching kids about people who struggle to get access to clean water... Read more

4 Apr 2014

9mins

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How You Can be a Better Teacher Tomorrow

How You Can be a Better Teacher Tomorrow

Good formative assessment helps you be a better teacher tomorrow. Our guest calls poor formative assessment "uninformati... Read more

31 Jan 2017

12mins

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Building Relationships with Students of All Types

Building Relationships with Students of All Types

In this segment our guest shares what he's learned about building relationships with students --especially those who don... Read more

18 Jun 2015

12mins

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Empowering Students To Achieve Amazing Things

Empowering Students To Achieve Amazing Things

In this segment we talk with a teacher and his students who collaborated with students worldwide to take control of thei... Read more

8 Jun 2015

11mins

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The Priority List: A Creative Approach to Teaching Literature and Life's Greatest Lessons

The Priority List: A Creative Approach to Teaching Literature and Life's Greatest Lessons

Our guest is a master teacher of literature who has had an incredible impact on thousands of students. In this segment ... Read more

15 Mar 2014

11mins

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Curation Trends: Finding the Best Teaching Tools, Apps, and Resources

Curation Trends: Finding the Best Teaching Tools, Apps, and Resources

Our guest today has been on curating teaching resources for almost two decades. In this segment she shares insights, re... Read more

10 Mar 2014

12mins

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My Lesson Plan Isn't Working, Kids Aren't Learning, I'm Freaking Out

My Lesson Plan Isn't Working, Kids Aren't Learning, I'm Freaking Out

We all have lesson plans that crash and burn. The lesson plan is a disaster, the students are off task and authentic lea... Read more

2 Nov 2015

9mins

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Two Ways to Turn Struggling Students into Life-Long Readers

Two Ways to Turn Struggling Students into Life-Long Readers

Our guest is passionate about literacy. She has dedicated her life to helping kids master the fundamentals that lead to... Read more

19 Feb 2016

13mins

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Improve Your Teaching by Doing a Few Things Well

Improve Your Teaching by Doing a Few Things Well

Join us as our guest makes a compelling case for being a more effective teacher by doing more with less. Follow: @co... Read more

30 Jan 2017

10mins

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My Best Lesson Plans: More Learning, More Fun

My Best Lesson Plans: More Learning, More Fun

What is your vision of the ideal lesson? After years of teaching, our guest says her vision involves two principles, ri... Read more

21 Apr 2016

11mins

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How 3D Printers Opens New Possibilities for Project - based-Learning

How 3D Printers Opens New Possibilities for Project - based-Learning

Our guest is one of the first teachers to use a 3D printer for project-based learning. In this segment we get an introd... Read more

17 Mar 2014

12mins

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Reimagining Homework with Teachers, Students and Parents

Reimagining Homework with Teachers, Students and Parents

Our guests offer suggestions on how homework can be redefined to make it meaningful, relevant, and fun. Follow: @coolca... Read more

31 Mar 2017

11mins

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These Five Things Won't Make You a Better Teacher, This One Will

These Five Things Won't Make You a Better Teacher, This One Will

What makes a teacher better? According to our guest, it's often not what we've been taught to believe. In this segment... Read more

4 Aug 2015

12mins

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3 Strategies for Students who Struggle with Reading and Writing

3 Strategies for Students who Struggle with Reading and Writing

Helping students who struggle with reading and writing can be a big challenge for teachers. Join us as we discuss the be... Read more

15 Jul 2016

12mins

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7 Smart Ways to Know What Your Students Are Really Learning

7 Smart Ways to Know What Your Students Are Really Learning

How effective is your teaching? How do you know how much your students are learning? What are the best practices and too... Read more

11 Aug 2015

10mins

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[Teaching Strategies] What I Learned About Student Engagement from Watching TV

[Teaching Strategies] What I Learned About Student Engagement from Watching TV

Have you heard of the Iron Chef or American Idol? Can these TV shows teach us anything about student engagement? Our g... Read more

9 Jul 2015

10mins

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Balancing Learning and Fun: How to Create Riveting Lesson Plans

Balancing Learning and Fun: How to Create Riveting Lesson Plans

Our guest is a gamemaster turned teacher, who uses the principle of good game design to create riveting lesson plans. Fo... Read more

18 Feb 2016

13mins

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Teaching Kids to Be Kind

Teaching Kids to Be Kind

Join us as we talk about how kindness can be taught in our schools. Follow: @coolcatteacher @bamradionetwork #edtechc... Read more

19 Mar 2016

10mins

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How Monsters and Minecraft Can Drive Great Teaching and Learning

How Monsters and Minecraft Can Drive Great Teaching and Learning

Our guest shares with us how Minecraft, monsters and screencasting can be used as a powerful tool for nurturing 21st cen... Read more

30 Jun 2015

11mins

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Three Learning Experiences You Should Give to Every Student

Three Learning Experiences You Should Give to Every Student

Our guest supports the notion that the environment is the third teacher. What does this mean? How and what does the en... Read more

16 Nov 2015

9mins

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