Here are some of this past week’s amazing blog posts:
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Blog – How to Teach Computer Science
UPDATE: my talk was warmly received, thanks to everyone who came to my stand later to talk to me, it was a fantastic day. The content (actually a 12-inch remix version of my talk*) can now be found below.
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Speaking assignments made easy | Speakable
Speakable is your go-to for creating auto-graded speaking activities in over 100 languages, eliminating the hassle of grading hours of recordings, so you can focus on what you do best – teaching
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Questions by Humans, Answers by A.I.
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I’ve begun reposting the best posts from the first half of this year. You can see all my best posts from the past fifteen years here.
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It’s not enough to build learning around a single societal shift. Students should be trained to handle a rapidly changing world “From one day to the next, our profession was wiped out. We woke up and discovered our skills were redundant.
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The top 6 education trends for 2023
Key points: Trends change–but great teachers can take trends and transform learning SEL, gamification, and project-based learning are all some of the most popular instructional tools in 2023 See related article: Are you following some of today’s big…
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Why education leaders should prioritize asset-based edtech
Since the pandemic began, the number of technologies districts use has nearly tripled, but not all of these tools have been effective. As education leaders review the utility and effectiveness of those solutions, an asset-based approach is an essent…
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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education | EdSurge News
As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. The answer? Not enough.
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Want to know how your students are thinking and reasoning? ✔ Assess Students. View simple problems you can give students to find out how they are thinking and reasoning.
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For a small subset of teachers this week, two fairly significant questions to consider have been “Should I try-out Facebook’s new micro-blogging tool, Threads, and will it replace Twitter?” Obviously, the vast majority of educators have far more imp…
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What is Threads and Why Should Teachers Care?
Threads is here, and it’s got the Internet all abuzz. Or all in a twitter, if we can add to the Twitter jokes out there. Our team has been geeking out on the new platform and connecting with other teachers who are early adopters.
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What AI can do with a toolbox… Getting started with Code Interpreter
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How to Cope With Anxiety About AI
Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams.
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All of the internet now belongs to Google’s AI | Digital Trends
Google’s latest update to its privacy policy will make it so that the company has free range to scrape the web for any content that can benefit building and improving its AI tools.
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Code Interpreter Available For All ChatGPT Plus Users
OpenAI announced on Twitter that all ChatGPT Plus users will have access to Code Interpreter. Code Interpreter will be available to all ChatGPT Plus users over the next week.
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OpenAI makes GPT-4 generally available | TechCrunch
OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its API. Starting this afternoon, all existing OpenAI API developers “with a history of successful payments” can access GPT-4.
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Get Students Started with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER)
When it comes to science, we think about the natural world, investigations, and yes…experiments. It’s all about observations, seeing what happens, figuring out why, and communication.
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The Potential Impact of AI on Edtech | Tech & Learning
The EdExec Summit is a new event from Tech & Learning that brings together senior executives from companies serving the K-12 industry for a three-day networking conference dedicated to the business of education. Summit presenter Dr.
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Sneak Social Emotional Learning into Your English Class
By Stephanie Farley Stories are the original form of social emotional learning. By this I mean, before SEL was “invented,” we human beings learned about how we were supposed to be in the world through stories, both those written down in books and th…
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Half of teachers expect AI to make their jobs more challenging
Key points: A new survey highlights potential complications down the road as AI takes hold in classrooms Many districts don’t currently offer professional development for AI See related article: Edtech leaders offer guidance on safe AI classroom int…
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How Can We Use Micro-credentials to Assess Competency-Based Education? – Digital Promise
What are Competency-Based Assessments? Competency-based education (CBE) is an approach that centers a learner’s ability to obtain and demonstrate a specific skill, set of skills, or piece of knowledge.
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Anti-Racist Education and Critical Race Theory: Building Capacity for Accurate Discussion – AMLE
Recently we have seen on repeat in the media and in communities across the country a swell of concern over the concept of critical race theory (CRT). The divisive rhetoric surrounding this topic has led to heated debate, often based on myths and mis…
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What is Legends of Learning and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? | Tech & Learning
Legends of Learning is a game-based learning platform that offers curriculum-aligned challenges to help educate and entertain students.
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The Impact of Equitable Access on Student Math Achievement
A review of current state assessment data post-pandemic found that most states have less than 50% proficiency in math across the country. Inequity was pointed out in several states’ report card data. In California, 84% of Black and 79% of Hispanic s…
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60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques –
What is a ‘non-threatening’ assessment? As the title suggests, a ‘non-threatening assessment’ is one that provides assessment data for the teachers to measure mastery and revise planned instruction (the purpose of assessment) without intimidating st…
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3 ways to keep students reading this summer
Key points: By fostering stronger educator and caregiver communication, students can be better equipped to retain learning this summer In order to inspire a lifelong love reading, consider guiding students to identify reading opportunities that comp…
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Cybersecurity, like charity, begins at home
Key points: Cybersecurity is a risk to anyone with a device–no matter their age Children are uniquely vulnerable, and strategies like password managers and open communication can help shore up strong cybersecurity practices See related article: Prep…
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Control Alt Achieve: Connect with Educators on the New Threads App
Social media is a constantly changing landscape. I still miss the days of Google+ where educators had thriving communities to connect and exchange ideas. In place of that, people can connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mastodo…
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Threads: The new social media kid – NetFamilyNews.org
“Picture Twitter but with a lot less Elon Musk” is how the Wall Street Journal is describing Threads, Meta’s new app. That right there is good news, maybe unusual where tech is concerned.
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The Words We Use – Science for All
I think a lot about the words we use in our daily lives and how those words have power. Those words shape us…they shape our thoughts and the way we think about the world.
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Online Tools – Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
Web 2.0 tools and online utilities have become more full-featured and useful over the years. Here are some links to various online tools to help both teaching and learning. The online tools all…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Amusement Park Physics Lessons
We’re going to Story Land today! It’s a fairy tale themed amusement park for little kids. It’s perfect for my daughters and their cousins who are coming with us.
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12 Websites to Make Timelines with Students – Class Tech Tips
Have you used timelines in your classroom? One tool that educators can use to bring a new level of interactivity to their lessons is an interactive timeline. You might make timelines to share with students or have them create their own.
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Teaching Serafina: Pairing Novels with Graphic Adaptations
Dr. Jason DeHart is a scholar of graphic novels – and a North Carolina classroom teacher. Here he shares a three-step method he uses to engage students in both the YA chapter book Serafina and the Black Cloak and the book’s graphic adaptation. By Ja…
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OPINION: Let’s stop focusing on rankings and rethink what makes a good school
Using your mind’s eye, visualize a good school. What does a good school look like? Maybe you see a place where children are excited and classrooms buzz with activity. Maybe you see a place where children are enjoying a nourishing meal together or ru…
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Books, ebooks, and audiobooks, oh my!
My 2023 #BritReads book tally experienced a massive slowdown in April when my husband and I welcomed Holden Lane to the world. After about a week of silent late-night feedings, I found myself dozing off while reading a print book.
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How ChatGPT made my lessons more engaging
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Much of the education narrative around ChatGPT has focused on the potential downsides of the AI tool (think Skynet from “The Terminator”).
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Making Children’s Media about STEM More Inclusive | EdSurge News
Kareem Edouard has been doing research for years on how to make children’s media more inclusive. And these days he’s putting those ideas into practice — on a big platform.
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Control Alt Achieve: AI Images in Google Slides
I recently got access to the new Duet AI integration for Google Slides called “Help me visualize”. This is a text to image tool that lets you type in a description of the picture you want, and then the AI creates several images to match your request.
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Human vs AI Test: Can We Tell the Difference Anymore?
AI technology is advancing rapidly, and those who don’t follow the latest trends may be surprised by some of the new possibilities AI brings.
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How to Use Google Bard to Find Images Faster | WIRED
“How to Use Google Bard to Find Images Faster
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Building scaffolds into lessons is crucial, and video game strategies can inspire teachers in the effort to meet students’ needs. I spent many happy years of my childhood playing video games. No doubt in an effort to re-create these memories, I rece…
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11 Things Vampire Teachers Do That Cause Stress And Drama Smart Classroom Management
Some teachers seem to revel in drama and making life harder for their colleagues. They love victimhood and high status.
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Teaching AI Ethics: The Series – Leon Furze
Artificial Intelligence presents many complex ethical concerns which are well worth discussing with our students.
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Students Should Decompose Fractions – Teacher Tech
I am a big fan of helping students to use STRATEGIES when approaching math rather than mindlessly following steps in an algorithm. Personally, I rarely follow order of operations when simplifying a math expression.
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How Duolingo Uses AI to Create Lessons Faster
You’ve probably heard plenty of buzz on the internet about artificial intelligence, or AI, and how it’s rapidly weaving its way into the tech products you use daily.
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Grappling with the great idea of gaming for good – The Thinking Stick
?? Dr. Krista-Lee M. Malone is the Director of both the UW-Madison Game Lab and the game design certificate.
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Up until about Thanksgiving last year, another acronym that began with the letter “A” was most popular in education circles. Like AI, it has mixed reviews on its practical effectiveness but still carries excitement in its potential.
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If there is any hope following the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action and overturn more than 40 years of precedent last week, it might be this: Selective colleges and universities are suddenly pledging “unwavering commitment” to acce…
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We gave AI detectors a try–here’s what we found
Key points: AI detection tools are skyrocketing in popularity–but how efficient are they? A look at different AI detectors offers an eye-opening look at whether or not AI-generated pieces are identified as such See related article: Is AI the future …
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ISTELive 23: How Can Professional Development Narrow the Digital Divide? | EdTech Magazine
“We need a North Star,” said Chris Lehmann, a panelist and founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia.
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ISTE believes AI in education is critical as AI is increasingly embedded into society. Students must learn how it works, how it helps, and understand the risks.
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#EDUsky for Educators – Teacher Tech
Teaching is too hard to do alone! Having a solid community to support you is essential. It seems these days at Twitter is imploding that we are all being scattered to the wind.
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Introducing Stretch, a New Chatbot Created Exclusively for Schools | Future Education Magazine
Business Analyst Certifications are a great way to demonstrate to potential employers that you are knowledgeable in your field. Nevertheless,
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Control Alt Achieve: 16 Super Google Updates from ISTE23
However, sometimes Google drops a large amount of updates all at one time, often in conjunction with a large EdTech conference such as BETT or ISTE. They have just done that for the 2023 ISTE Conference. I was fortunate to be able to attend and pres…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Create Custom Animation Paths in Canva Slides
Adding a little transition animation to your slideshow presentations can make things pop a little bit. But at this point we’re all conditioned to the standard “slide in,” “spin,” and “breathe” animations found in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Canva.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Use Canva’s AI Image Generator
There is no shortage of AI tools available to teachers today. Some are stand-alone and some are being built into the tools we’re already using. Canva’s AI image generator is an example of a good one being added into a tool that is already popular wi…
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Google Unveils Impressive New Site On Leonardo da Vinci | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Google Arts and Culture has just unveiled Inside A Genius Mind, a new site on Leonardo da Vinci created in cooperation with museums around the world. You can read more about it at their announcement.
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Shift to Providing Feedback as Students Work – Dr. Catlin Tucker
How can pulling feedback into the classroom help students develop confidence and improve their self-regulation skills? Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a teacher has to support students in achieving standards-aligned goals. Feedback also P…
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Meet ‘Stretch,’ a New Chatbot Just for Schools
Get ready for “Stretch,” a chatbot being designed specifically for K-12 educators. The chatbot is the brainchild of the newly combined professional development mega organization created by the merger of the International Society for Technology in Ed…
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Just because we can’t trust generative AI (yet) doesn’t mean we should fear it | VentureBeat
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12 and learn how business leaders are getting ahead of the generative AI revolution. Learn More
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The AI & Web3 Superhero Duo: Ed3World Newsletter Issue #26
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: This month has been an explosion of AI & Web3 exc…
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Newsletter 21: Future Education 3.0 – Avoiding the Homework Apocalypse
I believe many of us are concerned about the looming homework apocalypse in schools next year, but the question remains: how can we prevent it? One article by Ethan Mollick and a conversation have recently captured my attention. The the conversation…
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Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking
Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking Through Actionable Instruction and Assessment By Karin Hess (ASCD, 2023 – Learn more) Reviewed by Kathleen Palmieri One of the cornerstones to my own recent research has been finding strategies to increas…
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FREE! EVERFI K12 Vaping Course – Teacher Tech
Free EVERFI K12 course to teach high school students about the dangers of vaping. Incorporates into ANY curriculum. If you are looking for a free vaping course this is it!
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Teacher Tools to Help Proficient Students Reach Higher Levels
Reading Enriching the Learning made me realize that effective collaborative planning inside of PLCs, professional learning communities, provides teachers opportunities to plan intervention and extension lessons through the use of common assessments …
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Texting is negatively impacting students’ writing
This was an eighth-grade student’s response to a question I posed in a reading response assignment tied to the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank.
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Empowered Leadership: Creating Conditions for Every Learner to Succeed – Digital Promise
Empathy interviews are another tactic schools can use to support an understanding of learner variability. Ty Johnson stated, “One thing we’re finding in a school that I work with is that a good number of our English language learners have not had fo…
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4 Ways to Use Social Media for Education – EDTECH 4 BEGINNERS
With 4.72 billion users globally, social media has revolutionized how we communicate and connect with one another. Not just in our private lives. Social media has also made its way into the world of education.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Can You Spot an AI-generated Image?
Google Arts & Culture has a lot of fun, interesting, and educational games for students. A couple of weeks ago I shared Return of the Cat Mummy from Google Arts & Culture. Last week, thanks to Tony Vincent, I learned about another fun game from Goog…
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I’ve read and shared many resources related to a “growth mindset” (see The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset”).
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Growth mind-set: Why friends, family, work make a difference – The Washington Post
Psychologists are studying how different workplace, school and social situations can trigger a growth or fixed mind-set.
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Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language | Language | The Guardian
The 21st century seems to present us with an ever-lengthening list of perils: climate crisis, financial meltdown, cyber-attacks.
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Students Doodle. How Teachers Can Use That Habit to Teach Mindfulness
Students often doodle—sometimes to fidget, to focus, or just to stay awake in class. The habit can frustrate teachers. But doodling can also promote mindfulness, said Tim Needles, an art and emerging media teacher at Smithtown High School East in St…
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July stargazing guide: supermoon and Aquarids | Popular Science
With the summer solstice behind us, it’s true that we are losing tiny bits of sunlight per day. But that just means the short summer nights are growing a bit longer—all the better to catch exciting things happening this month.