Oct 22, 202658 minS1
Should schools ban AI or teach it? In September 2026, New York City banned student AI tools from pre-K through eighth grade, while the UAE, China, India, and Alabama moved to teach AI instead. Vicki Davis talks with two...
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Cool Cat Teacher Talk
Hosted by Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher · education · EN
About this Podcast:
Want to supercharge your teaching with research-backed strategies that actually work? Join veteran educator Vicki Davis as she shares practical, real-world solutions to into spaces where every student thrives.Help and Hope for Teachers🎙 Are you striving to improve student learning without increasing your workload? Education is changing fast, but practical, research-backed strategies can help you work smarter, not harder.Join veteran educator Vicki Davis, a full-time teacher, instructional technology coach, and award-winning podcast host, as she shares real-world insights from the classroom.Each 1-hour episode features top researchers, expert educators, and classroom teachers who are tackling today's biggest challenges—like student engagement, AI in education, classroom management, lesson planning, and teacher burnout.✨ What You'll Get in Every Episode:🎯 Cut through the AI hype—learn what works (and what doesn't) in real classrooms📚 Engage students in meaningful ways without over
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What is Cool Cat Teacher Talk about?
Want to supercharge your teaching with research-backed strategies that actually work? Join veteran educator Vicki Davis as she shares practical, real-world solutions to into spaces where every student thrives. Help and Hope for Teachers🎙 Are you striving to improve student learning without increasing your workload? Education is changing fast, but practical, research-backed strategies can help you work smarter, not harder.
Who hosts Cool Cat Teacher Talk?
Cool Cat Teacher Talk is hosted by Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher. The show has published 60 episodes to date.
What has Cool Cat Teacher Talk covered recently?
Recent episodes include "We Can't Mess This One Up: AI, Schools, and What Comes Next" (22 October 2026, 58 minutes), "How to Become a Better Teacher Every Day" (24 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "Someone Who Noticed: Kathy Nimmer, the Helen Keller Award, and Why Noticing Matters in the Age of AI" (21 September 2026, 58 minutes).
How often does Cool Cat Teacher Talk publish?
Cool Cat Teacher Talk publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 60 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Cool Cat Teacher Talk?
Booking probability for Cool Cat Teacher Talk is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cool Cat Teacher Talk requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cool Cat Teacher Talk's contact route on record: verified email.
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Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher hosts Cool Cat Teacher Talk, an education podcast with 60 episodes published.
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Episode #58
How to Become a Better Teacher Every Day
Sep 24, 202658 minS1Teaching is hard, and it keeps changing. Vicki Davis opens with the 200-question test she gave the second week of her first year — a disaster that made her ask what she actually wanted students to be able to do, and set...
Episode #57
Someone Who Noticed: Kathy Nimmer, the Helen Keller Award, and Why Noticing Matters in the Age of AI
Sep 21, 202658 minS1Every AI story in the news right now has a human being at the center of it who looked twice. A reporter read the products on Teachers Pay Teachers. A community college chemistry teacher with a full course load read...
- Aug 20, 202658 minS1
How do we help this next generation with their relationship to screens, to each other, and to the adults in their lives? That's the question we're digging into today. Betty Ray talks about rites of passage — those...
- Aug 15, 202658 minS1
Two women were named a 2026 National Principal of the Year — and when you ask them how they did it, they both use the same word: love. In part two of this leadership series, Vicki Davis talks with Amanda Jamerson...
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- Jul 31, 202658 minS1
AI is already in your school—the real question is how to use it on purpose. In Part 3 of the ISTE 2026 AI & EdTech Super Series, recorded live in Orlando, Vicki Davis talks with three education leaders about...
- Jul 30, 202658 minS1
Host Vicki Davis takes her microphone onto the floor at ISTE 2026 in Orlando for Part 2 of the ISTE AI and EdTech Supershow. Karim Meghji, President and CEO of CodeAI — the nonprofit formerly known as Code.org — argues...
- Jul 30, 202658 minS1
ISTE 2026 Buzz + AI assessment + space education: the conversations every teacher is having this summer, with Dr. Carmalita Seitz, Steve Swanson, and Dr. Mark Wagner. This summer's biggest ed-tech conversations in one...
- Jun 19, 202658 minS1
Heart first, tools second. That's the secret to teaching well in the age of AI — and on this Cool Cat Teacher Talk, Vicki Davis and three educators show you how. Great teaching still happens, even in the hardest times...
- Jun 11, 202658 minS1
Leadership in education isn't a title — it's seeing a gap and building the bridge. A 16-year-old coder, a college-readiness expert, and a national principal show how. In this episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk, Vicki...
Episode #49
Data Driven Schools: Driving Learning and Improving Relationships | Cool Cat Teacher Talk S6E2
Jun 5, 202658 minS1Data-driven schools aren't about spreadsheets — they're about seeing students. AJ Juliani led 150 educators in building AI-powered data dashboards using Claude Code, no coding required. Victoria Setaro introduces the...
- May 22, 202658 minS1
Are we being honest about what AI is really doing in our classrooms? Two leading thinkers say the conversation most of us need to have isn't happening yet. MIT's Justin Reich and philosopher Dr. Christian Miller join...
- May 9, 202658 minS1
Five teachers — from Laredo to Denver to rural Colorado — share what really happens when you take students traveling. The fundraising. The quiet student who finds his voice. The FFA kids in Irish pastures. The principal...
Episode #46
What AI Can't Do: Being Beautifully Human
May 5, 202658 minS1In the age of AI, what can machines never do? Communication. Emotional intelligence. Real editing. True connection. This episode explores what makes us beautifully, irreplaceably human—featuring a rhetoric expert on why...
- Apr 7, 202658 minS1
What if you could describe exactly what you want and let AI write the code? That's vibe coding—and it's transforming how teachers create classroom tools. In this episode, Vicki Davis talks with 5th-grade teacher and...
- Mar 24, 202658 minS1
STEAM classroom ideas that actually work — from AI literacy to garden-based science. Nine expert educators share hands-on strategies you can use in your classroom this week. This is Part 2 of the STEAM Super Series on...
- Mar 5, 202658 minS1
What happens when teachers stop starting with answers and start with questions instead? In this first episode of our two-part STEAM Super Series, twelve educators share how shifting to an inquiry-driven, curiosity-first...
- Feb 19, 202658 minS1
One in five children in the U.S. is neurodivergent, yet one in three educators believes learning disabilities are just laziness. In this episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk, host Vicki Davis sits down with two remarkable...
- Feb 12, 202658 minS1
Nearly half of teachers say their students show little to no interest in learning. In this episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk, four educators from around the world share what actually works to build classroom culture that...
Episode #40
Epic Elementary Super Show: Executive Functioning, Reading, Math Differentiation, and More
Feb 4, 202658 minS1Why are students forgetting everything you just told them? How do class rosters make or break a school year? This Epic Elementary Supershow brings together seven expert educators to tackle the challenges elementary...
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Lawrence C. Harris
Author and Youth Empowerment Speaker
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Dr. Tony Frontier
Author of AI with Intention, AI Center for Effective Teaching and Learning
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Karim Meghji
President and CEO, Canadian Physiotherapy Association
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Mark Wagner
Ph.D. in Educational Technology, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
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