Vicki Davis, the Cool Cat Teacher, has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Named the #1 Top Global Education Influencer (2021, ISC Research), she has blogged at the award-winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 — one of the world's top teacher blogs for over 20 years. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms. She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast (8+ million downloads) and Cool Cat Teacher Talk — reaching more than a million educators each week across radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms — interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love. If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students and family, digging into a book, or tinkering with technology.
Think, Pair, Share, Show Me gets every student to show an answer. Ross McGill shares what the science of learning says about learning styles, highlighting and retrieval practice.
A high school student needed chemistry tools his class didn’t have, so he coded a free molecule builder and chemistry simulations. Hear how Ky’lin Spears built Atomency and how teachers …
Reflective teaching is a habit you can build. Dr. Karen Terry of Valdosta State University shares how student teachers record their lessons, reflect with an AI coach and a mentor, …
Student belonging is the first thing 2026 National Middle Level Principal of the Year Sonia Ruiz builds. Learn the two survey questions, three decision questions, and one small daily habit …
Bridge is a screen-free card game that builds math, teamwork, and grit. Hall of Famer Patty Tucker shares JumpStart Bridge, a free curriculum with scripts, videos, supplies, and a stipend …
Screen time isn’t the only question. ISTE+ASCD board president Dr. Jeremy Owoh explains screen value, AI policy that isn’t a list of don’ts, and why teachers matter more than ever.
Sometimes we need to talk about hard things, like grief in the classroom. First-grade teacher Haleigh Bresnan and school psychologist Rebecca Brigner share how to help grieving kids and yourself.
Relationship is still one of the top factors driving student success. Dr. Patricia Dickenson shows how teachers can use AI in the classroom to plan and differentiate without losing the …
Kathy Nimmer, a blind English teacher and 2026 Helen Keller Achievement Award winner, shares how a shattered window changed her first year, how she learned to see her students from …
Thank you so much! It was February 2017 when I took a day off school to “figure out” how to publish this podcast. So, this episode is not only a …
