More great blog posts from this past week:
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Texas A&M Professor Wrongly Accuses Class of Cheating With ChatGPT – Rolling Stone
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How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? | MLA Style Center
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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers
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Do Schools Kill Creativity? – Is the American School System Failing us?
Do Schools kill creativity? Yes, and the American school system is failing our kids. With excessive testing and senseless standards on the rise, teachers continue to feel hopeless, and disillusioned students start to doubt their own intelligence.
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Making Informed Decisions: Choosing the Right Ed Tech Tools for Student Success
Pop Quiz: How many education technology tools—such as apps, software and curricular resources—do you think a student today uses on a regular basis? How about a teacher? The answer for both groups, on average, is more than 140 ed tech tools, accordin…
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Mindful Tech Integration: Unplug to Reconnect | Tech & Learning
Like other districts around the world, the pandemic resulted in New York City bridging the digital divide by providing all students with access to technology. However, we know that using technology comes with risks. For example, U.S. Surgeon General…
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What You Need to Know About Copyright • TechNotes Blog
Most people don’t find themselves breathless with excitement at the prospect of learning about copyright. If you were to play a word association game with the term copyright, you would likely get responses such as boring, confusing, unnecessary, or …
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“Gen P” students remain unsure about college
Key points: The pandemic has impacted college-going students’ views on higher education Cost and mental health concerns are other factors influencing students’ decisions See related article: A smarter way to think about college A growing number of h…
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A New AI Tool For Differentiating Reading in the Classroom – Short Answer
“Why did you call it Short Answer?” We get it all the time. Or, as a teacher friend put it recently: “IT’S CALLED SHORT ANSWER!?
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12 Tips for Getting Started with FigJam in the Classroom – Tom Mullaney
Author’s Note: I have been compensated by Figma to write this post but it reflects my actual views about FigJam. At The Anywhere School event in June 2022, Google for Education announced a partnership with Figma.
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Blaming video games detracts from the actual causes of gun violence – Highlander
By choosing to blame violent video games for violent tragedies, we take the spotlight off what really needs to be fixed in our society.
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ISTELive 23: Using Artificial Intelligence in K–12 Education | EdTech Magazine
Schools can’t shy away from or outright avoid incorporating AI into lessons. Given the way experts predict the technology will influence the future, students who aren’t learning how to use it will be at a disadvantage in the workforce after they’ve …
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AI pioneer says fears of existential threat are overblown | Digital Trends
AI pioneer Yann LeCun has described talk of artificial intelligence (AI) posing an existential threat to humanity as “preposterously ridiculous.
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How Gen Z Can Compete With AI for a Spot in the Workforce
Some workers fear that artificial intelligence will steal their jobs. One person tweeted about a concern over artificial general intelligence: “I’m scared of AGI. It’s confusing how people can be so dismissive of the risks.”
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AI Delegation: The One Skill You Will Need To Succeed In The Future
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t going to replace people – but people who use AI are going to replace people who don’t.
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Avantis Education, the leader in virtual reality technology for K-12 schools, has partnered with the Washington-based EdGate to align its 400+ immersive, virtual reality lessons to U.S. state standards in science, social studies and English Language…
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This month’s episode of Innovations in Education features James O’Hagan, Vice President of Education Innovation at LeagueSpot.
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Top 5 Science Education Books to Read during Summer 2023 – Science for All
Summer is a time to relax and recharge. It is also a time to learn and dig into some new ideas to implement in the coming school year. Here are my top 5 recommended science/STEM education books to dig into over the summer. There are a variety of boo…
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We Can’t Just Blame Social Media for the Mental Health Crisis
These are documentably dark times for our kids in the realm of mental health and the effects of social media.
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This Radically Simple Solution Helps Students Feel Like They Belong in School | EdSurge News
Everyone has a memory about feeling lost on the first day of school — figuratively or literally.
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A Professor Encouraged Students to Use ChatGPT. Open AI Asked Her What She Learned | Tech & Learning
Rather than pretend ChatGPT doesn’t exist, Dr. Francine Berman told students in her Introduction to Public Interest Technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst this spring that they could use the artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help t…
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Open Badges | IMS Global Learning Consortium
Member Resources (login required) Student Learning Data Model The 1EdTech Student Learning Data Model visualizes a digital ecosystem interconnected with real-time data. Log in with your 1EdTech member credentials to access specification-level Mappin…
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The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier. | The Nation
It has been a long goodbye. The Supreme Court declared race consciousness in college admissions, also known as affirmative action, unconstitutional today. The vote was predictable, 6-3, with all the justices appointed by Republican presidents standi…
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Lauren Enders: Reimagining Canva as a Powerful Tool for AAC Learners
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Become an AI certified Curipod educator
Do you want to lead the change in education? Learn about generative AI and how it can help you and your students. Take our free 10 hour certification course to earn your badge, and master the AI in Curipod!
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Is math real? The answer has major practical and philosophical implications – Big Think
You are surrounded by abstract mathematics even if you do not know it. In fact, math may be the main reason why you, me, and a lot of other folks in the modern world are alive and functioning.
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Real Threats of AI: Metaverse for Education Newsletter Issue
This monthly newsletter serves as your bridge from the real world to the advancements of web3 & the metaverse, specifically contextualized for education. If you haven’t already subscribed, join here:
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Where Teachers Say Professional Development Falls Short
Most teachers say that their professional learning isn’t providing them with much access to expert advice, especially when it comes to supporting English learners and students with disabilities, according to a new survey of educators from the RAND C…
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Everything Doesn’t “Need to Change” in Education — A.J. Juliani
Yes, the world looks different today than it did yesterday. Hasn’t that always been true?
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ISTELive 23: Esports Leads Students to STEM Careers | EdTech Magazine
Supporting kids and their passion for gaming at a young age helps students recognize opportunities in STEM careers. “Most of these kids have not had that mentorship. Nobody’s coached them up,” Aviles said. “These kids can’t be what they can’t see.
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Pursuing Wonder in the Classroom: Student Centered Scaffolding for Success
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This isn’t your average AI in education book. It is packed full of practical AImazing assessment and instructional strategies. Sign up for the monthly newsletter, A Teacher’s Guide to EdTech, for updates on a release date!
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Animate your voice with Adobe Express
Make an animated character from your own voice recording using Adobe Express. Animating has never been easier.
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Book Creator transforms Graphic Organizers with multimedia and accessibility
We’re super excited to announce that Book Creator now comes with over 100 teacher created, professionally designed graphic organizers, enabling your students to make use of all our multimedia and accessibility features as they visualize and organize…
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Creative Advocacy Projects – Wakelet
Resources for Creative Advocacy Projects with Adobe Express
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Creating Active Learning Environments with the SEL Playbook – Google Slides
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5 Reasons You Should Never, Ever Narrate Smart Classroom Management
First, a definition. Although you may hear defenders spout limits justifying its use, narration is any talking by the teacher while students are meant to be performing a task that was asked of them.
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What Is The Opposite of Play? – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert
Play is a fundamental human need that brings joy, creativity, and learning to our lives. Play can also help us cope with stress, improve our mental health, and enhance our social skills. But what happens when we don’t play enough? What is the opposi…
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10 First Week of Class Activities – Class Tech Tips
Start the school year with one of these ten first week of class activities that will ignite student curiosity and foster a love for learning. Join Dr. Michele Haiken to uncover creative projects and EdTech tools that boost SEL skills and showcase st…
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Paper examines summer stream flows and climate |
A 2023 paper in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association says future low flows in Puget Sound streams could be lower than are projected by climate models that do not reliably account for multidecadal climate variation.
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It’s Pretty Clear That These Math Students Aren’t Interested in Learning From an AI Chatbot Tutor
When Khan Academy began looking for districts to pilot test its experimental tutorbot this spring, Newark volunteered. This is a rare and useful look at a new technology in a school that is eager to pilot it and eager to be profiled while piloting i…
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ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools | Common Sense Education
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5 Ways to Leverage A.I. for Student Supports and Scaffolds – John Spencer
Generative A.I. has created some very real challenges with academic integrity. Schools have been scrambling to create systems and policies that address the potential for cheating. In the past, I’ve written about how we might redefine the essay in an…
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AI’s Big Deal: AI in the Classroom Continues to Evolve | Tech & Learning
You would have to be on a deserted island without the Internet to miss the recent buzz around AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad term that refers to the ability of machines to mimic human intelligence.
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At ISTELive 23, balancing humanity with AI
What does it mean to be human in a digital world? At ISTELive 23, that question was central to the annual edtech conference’s focus on what’s happening in education—and what’s next.
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Correcting The Deficit In Critical Thinking
As a culture, we have a thought crisis–namely, a harmful and enduring refusal and/or inability to think well and think critically. This is just an opinion but I hope not a radical one.
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John Thompson: The Misinterpretation of NAEP Data | Diane Ravitch’s blog
John Thompson writes here about the negative consequences of shallow reporting on NAEP data. Reporters are sensitive to whether scores are up or down, but tend to ignore contextual factors that may play a role in student performance.
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…The 10 eLearning Commandments… – e-Learning Infographics
Malcolm Gladwell, author of ‘Outliers’ says that to truly master something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s a long time. But while Gladwell is probably not too far off the mark, we’d add one small caveat: 10,000 hours of practicing the right w…
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Another ChatGPT Experiment With English Language Learners | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
I’ve shared a number of ways that I and others have been using Artificial Intelligence with English Language Learners at THE BEST POSTS ABOUT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH ELLS. Here’s another idea I’d like to try out.
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Shifting Writing Assignments in a World of Chat GPT – Google Slides
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Infuse Your Classroom Practices with AI And Google — Teacher Winters
Matthew Winters is a Utah Education Network trainer specializing in Google Workspaces for Edu. He is also GEGUtah co-leader and Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) President for 2022-2024, our Utah ISTE affiliate.
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D & D In Schools: Communal Storytelling in Classrooms — Teacher Winters
Dan Ryder is a veteran classroom educator and learning facilitator at CRCS Overman, a grades 7-12 project-based, student-centered public charter school in downtown Skowhegan, Maine.
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This game-changing integration provides free access for teachers to create collaborative, engaging lessons that reach students in the classroom and on their devices, wherever they are.
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Why your students need a podcast: How to do it fast and free – Ditch That Textbook
Podcasts are growing in popularity. By letting your students create one, they get an authentic audience and get a voice in a big way. It’s easy and free. Podcasts can serve a crucial role in preparing your students for the future and helping their l…
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ChatGPT Alternatives: 31 AI Tools Teachers Should Know About
While ChatGPT is soaking up all the AI glory right now, there are plenty of ChatGPT alternatives that should be on every teacher’s radar. From personalizing learning experiences to automating administrative tasks, AI tools have the potential to tran…
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Integrating science in elementary classroom pays dividends later
Do you remember the first time you picked up a leaf? You were probably two or three years old and exploring the outdoors. Perhaps you noticed its unique shape, and if it was crackly-dry or wet.
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The art of the prompt: How to get the best out of generative AI – Source
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Magically Make a Presentation in Minutes
There are some people who love and enjoy the process of making slideshow presentations. Then there are people like me who enjoy presenting, but don’t necessarily enjoy making the slides.
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Free Technology for Teachers: 15 Things That Caught My Eye at ISTE Live Today
This morning I got up at 2:30, drove to the Portland Jetport (PWM), and flew to Philadelphia to attend ISTE Live. My lack of sleep combined with having to remotely deal with some things at home meant that I wasn’t as focused as I would have liked to…
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Microsoft AI Announcements at ISTELive 2023 – Summary
Today, I have a breaking news announcement from Microsoft at ISTE 2023. This was prerecorded for a simultaneous release with today’s news so that all of you who are not at ISTE could get this news.
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Empower educators to explore the potential of artificial intelligence – Training | Microsoft Learn
Navigate AI in education by looking at essential AI concepts, techniques, and tools, highlighting practical applications. AI can support personalized learning, automate daily tasks, and provide insights for data-driven decision making.
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Last year I ended my 26th school year with a post – 26 Years, 26 Teachers, 26 Lessons – it was one of my most enjoyable posts to write. This year, I am wrapping up in a similar way at the end of year 27, reflecting on 27 ways school is better now th…
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3 things Abbott Elementary gets right about new teacher engagement
Key points: New teachers look at engagement differently–and Abbot Elementary is spot-on in its depictions of new and seasoned educators The show also highlights student engagement and teacher support as critical parts of a new teacher’s journey See …
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The Battle of the Boroughs: A Win for Education and Esports | Tech & Learning
On June 12, hundreds of New York City students, educators, families, and esports enthusiasts converged on the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in Manhattan for the finals of the first annual Minecraft Education Battle of the Boroughs-Mayor’s Cup.
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#OA Book: 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education – #creativeHE
This open crowdsourced collection presents a rich tapestry of our collective thinking in the first months of 2023 stitching together potential alternative uses and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that could make a difference and create …
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NCF Cybersecurity Computer Gaming Series
What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and website use information collected on an a…
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I will be sharing all the resources, ideas, posts, and amazing things that I find at ISTE Live 2023 here. If you are attending and/or presenting and have materials to share, I would love to add them. Feel free to email me at matt@teacherwinters.net …
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Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety | EVERFI
Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety is a digital literacy curriculum designed to provide students with the information they need to safely and confidently navigate the digital world.