CoolSchoolTools.com

Tools and Resources for
Educators & Trainers

Mathcasts at JotSpot (New!) - Collaborative wiki supporting math educators & students.
Interview with Jon Udell of InfoWorld about mathcasts, ExamView, CPS & the future of education (Read and hear more)
Engage your students & improve your teaching with the Classroom Peformance System (CPS) by eInstruction
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Save time & create higher quality assessments using the ExamView Assessment Suite & ExamView Question Banks
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Good Questions for Calculus (New!)
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Learn from educators & students as they do math using Whiteboard Movies or learn how to create your own Whiteboard Movies
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Get online or onsite training for CPS, ExamView & Whiteboard Movies
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Find 1,800 WASL Practice Questions for Math classified by grade level and strand
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Resources for
Students & Parents

Need help with math homework? Ask questions & get answers without expensive tutoring at Mathcasts at JotSpot (New!)
Become a Whiteboard Movie Star! Learn to create & share your own Whiteboard Movies
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Get math practice questions for the WASL
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Study the research about the learning benefits of Student Response Systems and encourage your chid's school to ask for a demonstration
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See the OSPI report card for your child's school and then find more ways to help improve your child's school
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Our mission: CoolSchoolTools is committed to providing training, educational technologies, and resources that will significantly improve student learning, improve student attitudes towards learning, improve educators' lives, and help recruit more of the best and brightest to teaching.

Classroom Performance System (CPS) by eInstruction Engage 100% of your students with questions without embarrassing them, get & give immediate feedback on learnign, facilitate peer instruction, give tests or surveys, & post results online for immediate viewing, Learn More	ExamView Assessment Suite & Other Products by FSCreations Prepare high-quality tests faster! Deliver tests, practices, or any ExamView question with CPS, online, or on paper. Learn More
TrainingCoolSchoolTools.com offers online and on-site training to schools, business and corporations for CPS (The Classroom Performance System), ExamView, Camtasia Studio & SnagIt, and wireless graphics tablets. Learn More	Presentations Tim Fahlberg has made numerous presentations about CPS and Whiteboard Movies. For the past two years he has presented at NECC on the uses of whiteboard movies, teaching with technology and collaboration. Learn More
Whiteboard Movies (aka Mathcasts) A Whiteboard Movie (WM) is a multimedia screen recording of writing on an electronic whiteboard (real or virtual) with or without voice and/or subtitles. WMs can be non-interactive with playback controls similar to a VCR or interactive requiring input from the viewer. WMs can also be extended to include screen recordings of software applications (On-screen calculators, Excel, Internet Explorer, AutoCAD, etc). Learn More	Partners CoolSchoolTools.com works in partnership with Step-by-Step Math and eMathOnline. These two sites have been inspired by the work of Tim Fahlberg and we believe that one of the coolest tools available in teaching is our shared knowledge and experience. Learn More
Resources We offer many resources for business and education. These range from those for student and teachers to businesses, school districts and research candidates. Learn More	About CoolSchoolTools.comCoolSchoolTools.com was founded in 2003 by Tim and Beth Fahlberg, (math and nursing educators) to equip teachers and students with the tools & training they need to significantly improve their teaching and learning. Learn More

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