How to Create a Summer Writing Notebook
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Release Date: 06/04/2019
NEWS: Common Sense Warnings about Social AI Apps and More
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
This week's education news brings critical warnings every educator needs to hear. We're covering a major Apple security update, OpenAI's new Study Mode (and why a Cambridge expert gives it a C+), and most importantly - alarming findings about AI social companion apps that 70% of students are already using. Plus, concerning comments from OpenAI's CEO about the future of education. If you work with students, this episode could be a game-changer for the conversations you need to start having. Visit for all the links and resources mentioned. This 8-12 minute news segment always is the...
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Top 10 AI Tips for Schools to Do Now
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
As we prepare to return to school and with all of the announcements over the summer, what are the things we should do right away to prepare. Should we really enable all of the things or how can we slow down and test what really needs to happen to ensure the safety of our students and the educational value we want to offer? Teacher and IT Director, Vicki Davis, gives an overview of the summer's hottest AI announcements and some tips that schools are using to keep kids safe and cover their bases when it comes to implementing this cascade of change in ways that protect learning and kids. As...
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3 Easy AI Prompts I teach My Students on Day 1
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
I have three AI prompts I teach my students on the first day. Learn about why I do this and what the prompts are in this turbo tip episode! See the three prompts in the show notes and see a copy of the presentation I use to teach students to prompt:
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Top 5 Copilot Breakthroughs Unveiled at ISTE 2025 with Mike Tholfsen
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Microsoft's Mike Tholfsen unveils game-changing AI breakthroughs for educators at ISTE 2025, including Copilot Chat for teens 13+, the revolutionary Teach module that creates standards-aligned lessons in minutes, and AI-powered study guides that transform how students learn. Discover how Learning Zone on Copilot+ PCs brings AI directly to your classroom without internet, plus exciting updates to Learning Accelerators and seamless LMS integration that puts powerful AI tools right where teachers need them. Key takeaways: FREE Copilot Chat now available for students 13+ with enterprise data...
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3 EFFECTive Strategies: Curiosity Corner, Brain Breaks, Action Teams
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call to transform from just being "a teacher" to being "THE teacher" who makes a difference. Math teacher and tech director Josh Korb shares three game-changing strategies from his book "Be the Cause" that you can implement immediately: Curiosity Corner spaces that spark student inquiry, energizing brain breaks using his "Jumping Jack Jam" technique, and Action Teams that tackle real-world problems through design thinking. These mastery learning strategies prove you don't need high energy or expensive tools—just intentional choices that put students in control of...
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My 30 Hot June AI and Edtech Tools and EduNews Show (June 2025)
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Ready for a deep dive into the latest AI tools and education headlines? In this special extended news episode, Vicki Davis shares 15 cutting-edge AI tools including Gemini's new video parsing capabilities, Claude Opus 4's powerful features, and Perplexity Labs' research tools, plus 15 critical news stories every educator needs to know. From AI ethics and security warnings to practical classroom applications, this episode delivers real classroom tech use insights you can implement immediately. Subscribe for weekly teacher-tested edtech tips and join the conversation at I'm also including...
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Stop, Think, Question: A Teacher’s Guide to Responsible AI with Audrey Watters
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
with Audrey Watters | Episode 903 | Tech Tool Tuesday Are we racing toward an AI future without asking the right questions? Author and ed-tech critic Audrey Watters joins me to show teachers how to hit pause, get thoughtful, and keep classroom relationships at the center. Sponsored by Rise Vision Did you know the same solution that powers my AI classroom also drives campus-wide emergency alerts and digital signage? See how Rise Vision can save your school thousands: Highlights Include Why “human first” still beats the newest AI tool: Audrey explains how relationships drive real...
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Teacher Brain Burnout? GPT-4.1 and 8 Other Headlines that Matter
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Looking for ideas to engage your students in conversation? In this week's quick news roundup, I give you stories about: The impact of overwork on the teacher's brain, An idea for an energy drink experiment for science teachers around the chemical "taurine" NASA and the tectonic plates of Venus YouTube's new "Peak Points" Advertising strategy as an AI article to discuss with students ChatGPT 4 going away? And how I teach students to test different models of AI and share their results How some people are installing local LLM's on their machines New AI guidance for teachers and common...
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Real-World Math That Boosts Student Achievement with Dr. Erin Krupa
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Do you want to help students truly understand and enjoy math? In this inspiring episode, Dr. Erin Krupa shares her powerful research and practical classroom strategies that have helped boost student math achievement. From project-based challenges to integrating meaningful tech tools like Geometer’s Sketchpad, Erin brings the research to life in ways every K–12 teacher can use. She discusses how to spark students’ mathematical identity, create engaging tasks, and avoid turning math into a dry, procedural subject. Whether you're a math teacher or school leader, you’ll walk away with...
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AI Gone Wild, Canva Code, and Badger Licking?! 15 Tech Stories for Classrooms Now
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
From rogue AI behaviors to Google Gemini's web-building skills, this week's 10 Minute Teacher Podcast is your fast, fun roundup of the most classroom-worthy education and technology news! 🎙️ Today I'm sharing 15 surprising, hilarious, and serious updates that every teacher and school leader should know—from “GPT tennis” in schools to an AI that tried to be your spiritual guide (yikes - not just yikes but WATCH OUT). Plus, I give a celebratory hat tip to long time blogger and teacher, Larry Ferlazzo, in his retirement. I also explain why people are typing nonsense into...
info_outlineoday Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman challenges teachers and students to create a summer writing notebook with the #flaneur challenge. This is going to be fun! Let’s do this.
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From "The Vault" of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
Angela Stockman recorded this show for summer 2017 but it can apply to this summer. If you're looking for writing ideas for summer or encouragement for your creativity, these are fantastic ideas.
This is one of the top shows of the 10-Minute Teacher of all time. Since iTunes keeps only 297 of the 500 shows, we wanted to take some of the very best of the show this summer and re-share it with our growing community of remarkable educators. Enjoy!
Angela Stockman - Bio As Submitted
Angela Stockman facilitates professional learning experiences for K-12 literacy teachers within and beyond her home state of New York. The author of Make Writing, Angela is passionate about creating writing workshop experiences that are relevant to today’s learners and accessible to even the most resistant writers.