Here are this past week’s selection of amazing blog posts:
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Video: Scale Of The Solar System | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
35393 / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Web Tools That Show You Objects To Scale:
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9 Questions to Ask your Conservative Friends
If you purport to uphold the principles of ‘limited government,’ why do you presume to regulate who attends drag shows or dictate when and why a woman can access abortion services?
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Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch: AI generated post: Online Tools for Classroom Teachers
This is what it was supposed to create. Teachers can infuse online tools into classroom instruction by using them to supplement traditional teaching methods.
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Training data is “an extremely large dataset that is used to teach a machine learning (ML) model” (Techopedia) ChatGPT is a type of Machine Learning called a Large Language Model (LLM).
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Drawing on Time-Tested Studies to Help Children Today | Tech & Learning
Emmy Werner studied resilience, at a time when resilience research was not widely recognized, as a resource to help traumatized children outside of scholarly literature, until now.
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I have been doing clinical supervision at BU for a few semesters now. It’s such a rewarding experience to work with the graduate students in their first clinical in-house experiences.
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Can technology help schools prevent AI-based cheating?
Since the public release of ChatGPT took the world by storm last fall, many educators have worried about students using the highly advanced, artificially intelligent chatbot for cheating on school assignments by passing off AI-generated work as thei…
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Investigating Algae Blooms and Dinoflagellates
Most ecology units start with the biosphere and explore how biomes are distributed across the earth. Students learn how temperature and rainfall affect the types of plants and animals that inhabit those ecosystems. They also complete a worksheet whe…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Resources for Teaching and Learning About Earth Day 2023
Next Saturday is Earth Day 2023. Here’s a handful of resources to consider using if you find yourself looking for some resources to help your students understand the origins of Earth Day, its significance, or celebrating Earth Day. CBC Kids News off…
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Discussing the Ethical Use of AI with Students – Wakelet
In this age of rapidly emerging generative ai, we must help our students to think about the ethical implications and appropriate use of these tools. What questions should we be asking or discussing with our students?
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Help Twitter GitHub AgentGPT Beta
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On the Internet: Be Cautious When Connected — FBI
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
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Discovery Education Offering Educators Nationwide Earth Day Resources | Equity in Education
In celebration of Earth Day 2023, Discovery Education presents K-12 teachers and students a diverse array of cross-curricular digital resources inspiring exploration of the natural world and environmental stewardship.
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269: Is equity getting the spotlight it deserves in our conversations about AI? – The Thinking Stick
Jeff Utecht I started blogging in 2005 and found it such a powerful way to reflect and share my thinking about technology, this generation, and how we prepare students for their future not our past.
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Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support
By the close of this century, at least half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken today will become extinct – and that’s according to the rosiest of linguistic forecasts. Already, about 2,900 languages, or 41 percent, are endangered.
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LLMs, Embeddings, Context Injection, and Next Generation OER – improving learning
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The Relationship Between Digital Badges and Micro-credentials – Digital Promise
This blog is part of a series exploring how to design micro-credentials for equity and inclusion throughout the year. Traditional credentials consist of college and university degrees, diplomas, certificates, endorsements.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Three Helpful Google Sites Updates
Earlier this year I published 29 Google Sites tutorials. I’ll soon need to add a 30th tutorial to that list because this week Google released three helpful updates to Google Sites. The latest updates to Google Sites give you more design control and …
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6 ways ChatGPT and AI can empower your wellbeing – Ditch That Textbook
When you’re stressed or need some support, an AI assistant might be an unlikely choice. But it can give you strategies to cope and empower your wellbeing. Mandy Froehlich passionately encourages educators to create innovative change in their classro…
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Experiment, AI or HI: What Writes the Best Paper?
Classroom teacher Steve Dembo and his students experimented to see which combination of HI and AI created the best paper.
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What Do I Do If I Think Chat GPT Wrote my Student’s Paper?
Perhaps the first thing teachers, students, and just about anyone who has used Chat GPT thinks is, “Oh no, we’re in trouble. What will happen when kids figure out they don’t have to write their paper — that Chat GPT can do it for them.
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Why Your Time-Out Must Be Longer – Smart Classroom Management
Cheating and disrespect are rampant. Students repeatedly caught fighting are never expelled. Standards are so low it’s nearly impossible to fail. There is virtually zero real accountability.
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That vast repository of American history that is the Smithsonian Institution evolved from an organization founded in 1816 called the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences.
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We’re extra busy today! creation times will be longer than normal.
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Technology Reboot 2023 – Practical Theory
Like many of us, I’m growing increasingly concerned about the way folks (myself included) are using their cell phones and other devices.
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Where will tomorrow’s personalized edtech go?
Before the pandemic, the trend for more personalized, learner-centric experiences in education already existed—the resulting lockdowns merely accelerated digital transformation, which continues to gain momentum across industries.
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Lessons about Native American history are at risk of disappearing
When the debate over teaching race-related concepts in public schools reached Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart’s home state of South Dakota, she decided she couldn’t in good conscience send her youngest daughter to kindergarten at a local public school.
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10 ways to teach students for a changing world
The world is changing rapidly, with new technology being developed daily and jobs being replaced by automated machines and artificial intelligence (AI). These changes have brought about tremendous opportunities for those who can take advantage of th…
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Why This College Student Created a Coloring Book to Celebrate Black Women in STEM | EdSurge News
In an education landscape awash in technology, what impact could something as analog as a coloring book make? Especially for youngsters diving headlong into computer programming with an organization like Black Girls Code.
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13 Websites To Find Free Books for Your Classroom – Class Tech Tips
Finding high-quality books for your classroom can be a challenging and costly endeavor. But what if you could find free books for your classroom online? There are many websites that offer a wide selection of free books that are perfect for use in th…
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Free Technology for Teachers: This AI Tool Generates Reading Comprehension Questions for Any Article
There are two ways that you can use QuestionWell to generate questions. One option is to copy and paste a block of text (up to 1,000 words) into the QuestionWell question generator. The other option is to paste the URL of an online article into the …
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As we embrace the ‘science of reading,’ we can’t leave out older students
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education in communities across America. Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.
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4 Trends in AI That Education Companies Should Watch – Market Brief
The past year has been monumental for the evolution of artificial intelligence, with the release of ChatGPT last fall thrusting the technology into the public spotlight.
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Adapting to the ChatGPT era in education
ChatGPT has rapidly begun to infiltrate K-12 classrooms nationwide. A recent survey by study.com found that nearly 90 percent of students admitted to using OpenAI’s chatbot in some home-related capacity, and more than 25 percent of teachers have alr…
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How to analyze the effectiveness of a web filter for digital learning | Hāpara
A web filter is an essential tool for keeping students safe as they use the internet for learning. When your school district adopts a web filter, though, the focus shouldn’t solely be on what you’re blocking. Your K-12 web filter should support lear…
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14 Artificial Intelligence Teaching Tools – Class Tech Tips
Do you use artificial intelligence in your daily workflow? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives as technology advances.
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SearchReSearch: Answer: What’s this architecture all about?
No, it’s not Hogwarts… Here are a couple other images that I snagged during my jog around campus.
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Join in 80 Days of AI and HI – Day 1 #80DaysOfAIandHI
Today I showed seventh graders Chat GPT-4. We are writing ebooks, and the original topic of conversation was how we could use AI to be more creative.
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Quick Answer: How Should Education Institutions Respond to Use of Generative AI such as ChatGPT?
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Giving Students Feedback That Builds Intrinsic Motivation
We teachers are feedback “machines” – we do it all day long! And there’s enough advice out there about how to do it to fill countless books.
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Know Your Why!: Google Fact Check Explorer and Google Search “About This Result”
If you’ve followed my blog over the last several years, you might remember that I occasionally create challenges for myself to explore, learn, and share what I discover. Last December, I challenged myself to explore 24 Days of Teaching and Learning …
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Research Ideas for Arab Heritage Month – History Gal
In 2021, President Biden formally recognized April as Arab Heritage month. Arab Americans trace their roots to Northern Africa and the Middle East. I recently posted a freebie for Arab Heritage Month and some of you have requested a list of importan…
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Listen in as a teacher using ChatGPT, Richard Perry, shares AI strategies, insights, and predictions for the future of education. Do you create a classroom supply list for your new students? There is a special giveaway taking place through June for …
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Rethinking Grading and Assessment Practices – Part 1 – Why Change? – George Couros
There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward.
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Truth For Teachers – Parents’ Bill of Rights — what teachers must know
The Parents’ Bill of Rights Act is a highly complex topic, with information and legislation changing by the day, and tons of variance between states.
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Adobe Express is a powerful tool that provides a variety of creative options for students to explore in the classroom. From photo editing to social media content creation, Adobe Express offers a range of features that can help students bring their i…
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Empower Your Students: Tips to Teach Financial Literacy Like a Pro
This is the Ten Minute Teacher podcast. Your host, Vicki Davis. Episode 801 Empower Your Students Tips to Teach Financial Literacy Like a Pro.
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How To Stop Students From Roughhousing – Smart Classroom Management
Kids are inclined to roughhouse. And they should be encouraged to do so. It’s good for them.
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ChatGPT & Quizalize | Quizalize Help Center
ChatGPT is transforming how everyone works, but it’s still a little complex for teachers to use. So we’ve made using ChatGPT to create quizzes a breeze, enabling you to effortlessly harness the power of AI in Quizalize with your own personal quiz bu…
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Just start writing. Beautiful, engaging content with none of the formatting and design work. Faster than a slide of bullets.
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TalkBerry – Talk To ChatGPT – Chrome Web Store
Using voice to interact with ChatGPT ● About TalkBerry TalkBerry is a powerful chrome extension that allows you to interact with ChatGPT using just your voice! With TalkBerry, you can easily choose the language you want to chat with and start talkin…
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Find AI Text Providing AI detection to uphold confidence in written work Our analysis leverages the combination of Open AI’s existing Roberta-base model for GPT detection, and our own proprietary models.
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My AskAI — Your own ChatGPT, with your content
Build your own AI Q&A, with any content in minutes. Share it anywhere on the web.
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Kaya – Free your thoughts with a personal AI.
We’ll be in touch. Write about what matters to you. Your AI will learn as you write.
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Twee – an edtech cautionary tale | Adaptive Learning in ELT
When the internet arrived on our desktops in the 1990s, language teachers found themselves able to access huge amounts of authentic texts of all kinds. It was a true game-changer. But when it came to ELT dedicated websites, the pickings were much sl…
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Twee – Tweak your lessons with the power of AI
A.I.
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The future of education in a world of AI
A positive vision for the transformation to come
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A Teachers Guide to Minecraft Education | Nathan Richards
2020 ISTE Presenter
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Free Technology for Teachers: Free Webinar – Using Rockets to Investigate Forces and Motion
The Smithsonian Learning Lab hosts a regular series of free professional development webinars for teachers. The next one is titled Using Rockets to Investigate Forces and Motion. The free webinar will be on Tuesday, April 11th at 4pm ET.
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 6 Ways CuriPod #AI Can Support Teaching & Learning
Innovative educators understand the importance of leveraging solutions to address the diverse needs of our students and foster a dynamic learning environment.
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modeling-science-using-chatgpt-and-p5js
Recently I have been exploring ways of using ChatGPT and p5.js together to create animations formy physics and chemistry classes. Below is my first attempt at generating a code for a bouncing ball in ChatGPT then using p5.js to model the code.
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25 Things to Do Instead of Timed Math Tests – Teacher Tech
Timed math tests cause anxiety. Please stop doing them. Being part of many math groups, since I am a math teacher, it is not uncommon to see teachers talking about the challenge of getting students to learn their math facts.
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Know Your Why!: Google Search Easter Eggs – Fun Exploration for Teachers and Students
If you’ve followed my blog over the last several years, you might remember that I occasionally create challenges for myself to explore, learn, and share what I discover. Last December, I challenged myself to explore 24 Days of Teaching and Learning …
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Author: The author of the model is OpenAI. Date: The date is the year of the version you used. Following the template in Section 10.10, you need to include only the year, not the exact date. The version number provides the specific date information …
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Google will incorporate generative AI into its search engine | Mashable
Google’s Bard generative AI service might not be siloed off into its own separate website for very long.