10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Jam-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.
Latest episodes
Mar 8, 2019 • 9min
5 Ways to Achieve Balance
Mandy Froehlich gives teachers advice on how to achieve balance between their classroom and personal life. It is difficult but these ideas can help. www.coolcatteacher.com/e455
Mar 7, 2019 • 11min
What This Writing Expert Learned That Will Make You a Better Teacher
Angela Stockman has been spending time with students as she teaches them to improve and enjoy their writing. She's learned some remarkable things that she shares on this show. www.coolcatteacher.com/e454
Mar 6, 2019 • 10min
Why Teaching Languages is Actually Very Important
Diego Ojeda, co-founder of @LangchatPLN talks about the importance of languages and why we need to know them even in a world of translators and AI. www.coolcatteacher.com/e453
Mar 5, 2019 • 8min
How to Use Augmented Reality in Language and Literature Classes
TW Williamson, a teacher in Taiwan, is helping language and literature teachers use Augmented Reality (AR) in exciting ways. Dive into this new technology and see how it is being used. www.coolcatteacher.com/e452
Mar 4, 2019 • 11min
Momo Reflections -- The Warning: My Thoughts on What We Can Learn from "Momo"
The Momo scam/hoax/threat has inspired some thoughts about what we should learn so we can prevent such a time-wasting but hurtful thing from spreading again in the future. www.coolcatteacher.com/e451
Mar 1, 2019 • 8min
5 Ways to Teach Using Art
Nicola Giardina, author of The More We Look, the Deeper It Gets: Transforming the Curriculum Through Art shares five ways we can incorporate art into our teaching. www.coolcatteacher.com/e450 Check out the Cool Cat Teacher weekly newsletter at www.coolcatteacher.com/newsletter
Feb 28, 2019 • 9min
Why Playful Learning Is So Important in the Classroom and the Real World
David Gann, Professor of Innovation and Technology Management, shares what his research has shown about playful learning in the business world and classroom. This is a great show for those who think "play" is a bad word and to realize that play is applicable at all levels of success. www.coolcatteacher.com/e449
Feb 27, 2019 • 11min
How to Design the Classroom for Effective Education
Michael Cohen, aka the Tech Rabbi, and author of Education by Design talks about classroom design. We should design the classroom environment for learning. www.coolcatteacher.com/e448 Today's sponsor is Empatico a powerful global collaborative tool for ages 7-11. Sign up at www.coolcatteacher.com/empatico
Feb 26, 2019 • 9min
How to Use Alexa Devices in the Classroom
Dr. Brian S. Friedlander talks about the Amazon Alexa devices and why so many teachers are excited about them. www.coolcatteacher.com/e447 Today's sponsor is Empatico, a free global collaborative app for students aged 7-11. coolcatteacher.com/empatico
Feb 25, 2019 • 9min
Reclaiming Our Calling #MotivationMonday
Get motivated and remember why we want to teach with principal Brad Gustafson. www.coolcatteacher.com/e446 Sponsored by Empatico, an amazing free way to collaborate for ages 7-11 www.coolcatteacher.com/empatico
