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25 Education Leaders to Learn from Today

April 10, 2017 by Cat Weers

25 education leaders to learn from today

I have a confession to make. This time, I am very happy to say, my confession is not for leaving the classroom– I’m backkkkkkkk. Here are my thoughts after the first week serving teachers and students at my new school. There are a core group of educators that inspire me daily. Most of the educators […]

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The Kindness Campaign: Part 1

April 7, 2017 by Cat Weers

kindness matters

Kindness. It’s such a simple concept yet left out of day-to-day life more than most people would like to admit. NOTE: this is part one of a four part series that will show fun and easy ways to encourage kindness in others throughout the school year. For many of my teachers, today is the last […]

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Filed Under: teacher rock star series Tagged With: boost morale with kindness eggs, cool ideas to teach kindness, ideas for spring in middle school, kindness matters, middle school ideas for teaching kindness, teaching empathy, teaching kindness, teaching kindness in school, ways to teach kindness

Free Instagram Template for Any Subject

April 3, 2017 by Cat Weers

free instagram template for teachers

All good teachers know that making assignments, even formal assessments, relevant for students is key to an engaging classroom. And by relevant, I mean…..some sibilance of the outside world. Last month, I had the privilege of teaching the Roaring 20s to an eighth grade class. It was super fun to talk about such a wild […]

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Filed Under: Free Worksheets and Lesson Plans Tagged With: free instagram template, free instagram template download, Instagram Template, instagram template for students, instagram template for teachers, using social media in the classroom

Top Tools and Best Practices for Curating Your Course Content

April 2, 2017 by Cat Weers

Teachers’ roles have shifted. Or they should be shifting……as technology is engrained in our day to day lives.
Once the “keepers of all knowledge,” teachers today must adapt and become expert “content curators.”

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Filed Under: 5 Min PD, Featured Lists Tagged With: best practices for teaching, best practices for teaching digital literacy, content curation, educational technology, educlipper for teachers, media literacy, modeling digital citizenship in the classroom, pinterest for teachers, symbaloo for teachers, teachers role changing with technologye, teaching 21st century skills, using educlipper, using pinterest, using symbaloo

Ode to Public Education: It’s What’s Best for Kids

February 28, 2017 by Cat Weers

Education is everything, which means equity and equal access is everything.

Equal access to technology, to courses, to apprenticeships, to opportunities to explore a passion…

is everything.

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Filed Under: Open Letters Tagged With: advice for teachers, betsy deVos, editorial on public schools, letter to betsy devos, public education and betsy devos, public school issues, public school problems, secretary of education betsy devos, teaching as a profession, teaching in public schools today, teaching today, thoughts about teaching today, whats it like to teach today

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Hi! Welcome to EdutechChick! My name is Catherine but my friends call me Cat. I'm a lifelong learner, history geek, educational tech enthusiast, time traveling maven, and wife to Ben (super geek partner in crime), girl momma (four and one), and an out loud dreamer. Read More…

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