10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher

Mari Venturino @MsVenturino talks about breakout edu digital for edtech tool Tuesday. These challenges are free! (And perfect activities for team building at the end of the school year.) Learn about the challenges and advantages of breakout edu digital. Have fun! Read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e77 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast.

Melissa Raguet-Schofield @cloth_mother is a Mom of a dyslexic. Today, we travel into the heart of a Mom of a child who struggles. What better motivation can we have as teachers than to empathize with those in our classroom who struggle? As a Mom of a dyslexic also, I hope you'll hear our heart for great teaching. Read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e76 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast.

Dean James Ryan @deanjimryan, the eleventh Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education gave a speech at graduation that went viral. It is the topic of his book "Wait, What?" and today's conversation. Dean Ryan shares his 5 essential questions of life (and a bonus question.) These are great ones to provoke conversation with your students and colleagues. Read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e75 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast

Matt Miller @jmattmiller author of the upcoming book "Ditch that Homework" talks about homework. What does the research say? What is the one area that "homework" helps? Can homework be better? Let's talk homework and make sure students are spending their time well. Enter the book giveaway and read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e74 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast

Paul Solarz @PaulSolarz has a student-centered classroom. His students do just about everything. No, he's not lazy! The students have purpose and meaning. And Paul is free to just teach! Paul is the author of Learn Like a Pirate. Enter the book giveaway and read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e73 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast

Crystal Koenig @Supermtvtr talks about Google Keep. She uses it to organize her students, clubs, and so many things. She'll share her tips and tricks and even when she decides to use Evernote instead. Learn all about this tool that has educators talking (especially those with Chromebooks.) Approximately five hours after this show goes live, you can read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e72 Listen to the other episodes at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast

Take care of yourself, teachers. Today, Mark Eichenlaub @MarkWEichenlaub and I discuss a very important person in your classroom - YOU! You'll find the show notes, transcript, and bio of our guest at www.coolcatteacher.com/e71 about 8 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. See our other episodes at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast.

Jarrod Robinson, the PE Geek, helps us learn how to use technology in physical education. Lots of fun ideas! Show notes will be available at www.coolcatteacher.com/e70  approximately 5 hours after the episode goes live! See all of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast .

Dan Meyer gives us tips and advice for helping kids who hate math learn to love it using his 3 Act Math approach. The show notes will go live at http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e69 approximately five hours after the show goes live.  See www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast  for more episodes.

Kitty Tripp shares a breakthrough she's had with helping her students solve word problems. Teach them to become a director! If you're preparing students to take a test or just teaching math, this is a fascinating method of teaching.  Kitty Tripp, an innovative educator with 19 years in the field of education, has experience not only as a teacher and district office administrator but also in a wide variety of experiences integrating technology into the classroom. She has helped teachers, administrators and district office leaders create and implement a digital learning mindset. This year Kitty took a bold step moving to Texas to work with a Twitter PLN contacts.  She currently teaches 3rd grade at John C. Webb Elementary in Navasota, Texas and works with teachers in her school and educators across the nation on how to best to embrace digital learning across a variety of platforms.  She greatly enjoys sharing her passion for being a connected educator through venues such as ISTE, Edcamp, EdTechTeam and various conferences. Follow Kitty on Twitter @kitty_tripp, @tripps_class or visit her blog at kittytripp.com. http://www.kittytripp.com/ https://twitter.com/Kitty_Tripp https://twitter.com/Tripps_Class Get the full show notes at http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e68