Great blog posts from this past week:
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Watch this space station habitat prototype POP! | Popular Science
At first glance, everything seems solid. Then, a small rip begins to spread across the middle of the structure as its siding expands. The module suddenly bursts apart, spraying debris in every direction as engineers cheer on from the safety of their…
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Stunning images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 awards | Popular Science
The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but only 5 percent of them has been visited and mapped by humans. They remain one of the greatest, deepest mysteries close to home.
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[Critical AI’s TEACHING INSIGHTS series welcomes writing on topics of potential interest to educators and other readers inside and outside of the academy. The below post describes a ChatGPT writing test performed by Dr. Jane Rosenzweig, Director of …
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More States Are Screening for Dyslexia. We Need a Plan for What Happens Next. | EdSurge News
Researchers estimate that dyslexia affects one in five individuals. Yet, it is often misdiagnosed or missed entirely. Even more common than a misdiagnosis is the likelihood that a student with dyslexia will find themself in a classroom without the r…
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
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Technology is key to educating the next generation
After Covid-era shutdowns and rocky transitions to virtual education, we’re facing a crisis in education. The past three years erased decades of improvements in math and reading literacy across K-12 students.
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How to Find Reliable Internet Sources
Reliable internet sources are the same as those you would search for in the library. You want: Young students have difficulty understanding these rules. They have barely learned about ‘primary sources’ and have no idea how to select unbiased ones.
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For teachers who fear math, banishing bad memories can help
At the start of her Math Methods course at Drexel University, Karen Greenhaus has a simple assignment for her pre-service early ed teachers: Write down how you feel about math. The responses are enlightening — and often negative.
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Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right Now (Part 1)
Reviewing the current trends and topics and why AI is important right now for schools. This is part 1 of a 3 part series.
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Dear parents: 3 ways AI will show up in your child’s classroom this year
Key points: Parents may have concerns about AI, but it’s important to know that AI is already in use in classrooms AI helps teachers personalize learning for students, and also frees teachers from tedious tasks so they can devote more time to direct…
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Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion – The Official Microsoft Blog
We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from technology.
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24 ChatGPT Prompts for Science Teachers – Class Tech Tips
Have you used chatbots in your science classroom? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can help support your instructional planning this school year. You can use chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, or Claude to gather ideas for activities, assessments, …
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The Nerdy Teacher: Using @AdobeExpress for Generative AI Images #AdobeEduCreative @RebeecaLouHare
The integration of technology in the classroom is not just about the latest gadgets and gizmos. It’s about enhancing our lessons and making them come alive for our students.
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Valley Drainage Season
The high-resolution visible satellite this morning around 7 AM was striking. Few clouds overhead at higher elevations, but lots of sinuous…
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5 Challenges and Opportunities for the 2023-24 School Year – edWeb
This edLeader Panel is presented by CoSN and AASA. Sponsored by ClassLink Each school year brings new challenges, but the key for school leaders is to convert these challenges into positive opportunities.
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How ‘Climate Anxiety’ Affects Students — and What We Can Do About It | EdSurge News
Clad in a beanie, university sweatshirt and gold-rimmed glasses, a TikToker who goes by Mimi looks directly into the camera and speaks in a gentle tone as she addresses her viewers on the topics that flash in red-highlighted letters at the top of th…
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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It? | EdSurge News
Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). But getting to those careers means surviving the academic journey.
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8 Online Resources for Animation
Here are eight online resources for quick animations. For updates on this list, click here: Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.
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NASA’s Osiris mission is about to deliver asteroid samples to Earth | Popular Science
On the morning of September 24, a space capsule containing a pristine sample of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu will enter Earth’s atmosphere wreathed in fire. During a 13-minute descent, the craft will use its heat shield to dissipate speed through f…
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We could sequester CO2 by ‘re-greening’ arid lands, plant scientists say
Annual growth rate of atmospheric C pools (blue arrow) is the differential of emissions from fossil fuels (9.6 Gt C), land use change (1.2 Gt C), and uptake of C into terrestrial (3.1 Gt C) and oceanic (2.9 Gt C) C pools. Only land-based C fluxes ar…
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This past spring, I overheard one of my fifth graders boast that he would start using ChatGPT to do his homework. I chuckled because I knew him well enough that he wouldn’t follow through. Frankly, I would have been thrilled that he did any homework…
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Schools Want Guidance on AI Use in Classrooms. States Are Not Providing It, Report Says
More than half of state educational technology officials are seeing a spike in demand for guidance about proper use of AI tools in education, according to a recent report released by the State Educational Technology Directors Association.
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Generative AI’s Act Two | Sequoia Capital
Scientists, historians and economists have long studied the optimal conditions that create a Cambrian explosion of innovation. In generative AI, we have reached a modern marvel, our generation’s space race. This moment has been decades in the making.
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Fun Activities to Teach Algebra | Edutopia
Playing games can be a great way to practice or review skills related to algebraic expressions. For some students, learning algebraic expressions feels like drudgery, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
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#ICYMI: What’s Taking Shape in the Industrial Metaverse? — VR/AR Association (VRARA)
They also have Internet of Things (IoT) systems and grid modelling software, but it’s now just over a year ago that Siemens made a big announcement around their Xcelerator strategy and where they were looking to team up in a more structured way with…
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How can you help your kids get better at math?
In this short video, reporter Sharon Lurye discusses how parents can help their young children gather basic math skills. Math is all around us. You don’t have to buy anything expensive or plan an activity in advance.
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An Esports Arena for All Abilities to Shine | Tech & Learning
Offering a wide variety of experiences and enrichment activities in and out of the classroom for students of all abilities is key to leveling the playing field.
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COLUMN: Can we find the solution to middle school math woes in a virtual world?
NEW YORK — I strap on a virtual reality headset. A screen appears and dramatic music pounds into my ears. I’m told there has been a nasty avalanche and that it’s my job to restore power to the grid.
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Before teaching students Photoshop (or GIMP), acclimate them to photo editing with a program they are likely comfortable with: MS Word.
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13 Halloween Ideas for Kids Using Chromebooks – Class Tech Tips
Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to take a spooky spin on a few traditional classroom activities. Today on the blog, I have a handful of Halloween ideas for kids that you can tailor to the needs of your students and the…
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SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (9/20/23): What IS dietary fiber?
I realized I don’t know what “fiber” really is! I was at a farmer’s market buying a few veggies for the week ahead, and while standing in line I was browsing my news feed, and came across an article about the amount of dietary fiber in different foo…
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How to Use Generative A.I. to Design Better Scaffolds and Supports – John Spencer
For all the talk of students using Artificial Intelligence to cheat, we can easily miss the reality that A.I. has made differentiated instruction more feasible for educators. In this week’s article and podcast episode, I explore how we can leverage …
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Bloom’s Taxonomy is often used as a resource to help higher education faculty assess what kinds or “levels” of learning are planned based on course-level outcomes and, relatedly, to align appropriate activities and assessments to support student lea…
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Will (Or Won’t) AI Transform Teaching And Learning?
The U.N. General Assembly (known as UNGA) kicked off on Monday with a hyper-focus on AI. Foreign ministers including U.S.
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Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning
Research Quest provides free middle school science project-based learning activities with real museum scientists and activities.
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Soundtrap: How To Use it to Teach | Tech & Learning
Soundtrap is a music production tool that is designed for use in education. That means a full-on mixing and sound production studio experience, but one that is accessible for students grade six and up.
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Maintaining Academic Integrity in AI Era: Challenges & Solutions
Academic integrity is essential to maintaining your academic reputation. Learn about the challenges and solutions to preserving your academic integrity in the AI era.
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3 Things India’s Public Schools Often Do Better Than the USA
This summer, I had the privilege of traveling to India with the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) program. This program is open to all teachers with a minimum of three years teaching experience.
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More Than a Standard: Getting Back to the Heart of Education | EdSurge News
Picture it: Thirty students in your classroom, each at different levels, with varying needs and interests. Yet, there is just one set of learning standards, one big state exam and one of you.
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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math
Amid the growing debate over how best to teach math, there is another ballooning problem: grades. They’re becoming increasingly untethered to how much students know.
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“Hallucinations‘ have been one of the biggest problems with AI tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. In other words, they just make stuff up. I have students ask them to list books that I have written to demonstrate this problem – they produce title…
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Walla Walla Public Schools embrace ChatGPT – NCCE Blog
Chat GPT, a leading generative AI tool, was first released on Nov. 22, 2022, and students were quick to realize its potential. In response, schools from New York City to Walla Walla imposed a district-wide ban on generative Artificial Intelligence (…
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Generative AI, plagiarism, and “cheating” – Leon Furze
Back in January, I wrote a post called Beyond Cheating, reflecting on the ChatGPT bans that were rolling out across various Australian states and the “cheating” narrative that had accompanied the chatbot since its release.
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A cautious approach to using AI in education
The November 2022 release of ChatGTP by OpenAI was an inflection point for AI technology. It was quickly followed by several competing AI systems: Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing search engine, Google’s Bard, and Meta’s Llama 2.
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3 lessons on perseverance from a honey badger
Have you ever heard the story of Stoffel the honey badger? Stoffel was rescued by a wildlife rehabilitation center after being injured by a pride of lions and quickly became infamous for his many escape attempts.
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Elementary Math Resources – Manipulatives
The free Virtual Manipulatives created by Didax are great for students to use on Chromebooks or for teachers to display for whole-class instruction. Click the image or link to access them.
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Mechanisms of Mind Control: Brain-Altering Parasite Turns Ants Into Zombies at Dawn and Dusk
It takes over the brains of ants, causing them to cling to blades of grass against their will. The lancet liver fluke has an exceptional lifecycle strategy, in which snails, ants, and grazing animals are unwitting actors.
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AI in The Classroom: 10 Essential Ideas Every Educator Needs to Understand – The Infused Classroom
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Annual solar eclipse 2023: A guide on where to watch it | Popular Science
On October 14, the moon will cruise between Earth and the sun during an annular eclipse, casting an immense shadow on our planet. It will be a sight to behold, though you’ll want to wear protective glasses or glimpse it indirectly to avoid frying yo…
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Shift to Self-assessment – Dr. Catlin Tucker
Who decided that grading and assessment should be the exclusive responsibility of teachers? Why do we sideline students when it comes to assessment? Self-assessment is a powerful strategy that encourages students to become more invested in their lea…
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Nothing’s Going to Change My Mind: How Unconditional Positive Regard Transforms Classrooms
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Better Prompting and Other AI Stuff I Have Learned |
I first wrote about Chat GPT in January. I asked the question, Could AI Replace School Superintendents? At the time, I was just beginning to use Chat GPT, and treated it like I would Google. I would make a query and get a response.
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Infusing classroom discussions with philosophical questions can significantly elevate the depth of thinking among students. It helps them grapple with abstract concepts, ethical dilemmas, and even seemingly “unanswerable” queries that prompt deeper …
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education.minecraft.net schools-reinventing-cities
Students in Stockholm share their voices and visions for a carbon positive future to city and community leaders.
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Hands on with Adobe Firefly: Finally an image generator that can be used in school – Leon Furze
Generative AI is a multimodal technology, with applications in text, image, video, audio, and code. Unfortunately, up until now, the actual usefulness of GAI in schools has been limited by technical and practical barriers.
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Interactive choose your own adventure games can be really engaging learning tools for students. By blending fun storytelling with tailored educational content, they create active, personalised learning experiences that get students excited about lea…
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Abolish School Supply Lists, Too – The Jose Vilson
My son and I ran over to a super convenience store (you’ll know which one) to do some last-minute grocery shopping when we happened upon some notebooks in multiple colors, each of them college-ruled, 70-paged, and spiraled.
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Students Tips to Detect Fake News – Educators Technology
Students tips to detect fake news are the topic of our blog post today! In a digital age where information travels faster than the speed of light, discerning fact from fiction has never been more challenging, or more crucial.
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Teachers Favourite Apps – Educators Technology
Teachers favourite apps are the topic of our blog post today! If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the teaching landscape has evolved, and so have the tools we use.
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From Anxiety to Enjoyment: How Play Can Change the Relationship with Math – Teacher Tech
We’ve all been there – staring at a page full of numbers, feeling like our brains are about to explode.
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What is Google Fact Check Feature? – Educators Technology
Google Fact Check is the topic of our blog post today! In an age where information is abundant but accurate knowledge can be scarce, the fight against fake news has become more critical than ever.
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HeyPhoto – AI Photo Editor Online
HeyPhoto Products English 简体中文 Français Deutsch Italiano 日本語 Português Русский Español 한국어 Tune selfies and group photos with AI Change gaze direction, nose shape, skin tone, age, hair style, and other facial features Drop or paste image here JPG, P…
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The image editor you’ve been waiting for. AI-native design, powerful creative tools, and real-time collaboration. All in your browser. Experience world-class image editing, intuitive vector tooling, and AI-driven art direction in one package.
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Last 80 Degree Day This Year For Puget Sound Country?
Yesterday’s high at SeaTac was 84F and today much of the central and south Sound reached the upper 70s to low 80sF.
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Control Alt Achieve: Fabulous Features of Google Docs
Recently I went through all the menus, settings, tools, and options in Docs to try to compile a list of some of my favorite features. I ended up with a list of 23 fabulous features of Google Docs which I am sharing below.
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Women in Gaming – The triumphs and struggles women face in the world of gaming – The Daily Iowan
Female gamers share their experiences with both notoriety and toxicity in online video game spaces. When thinking of a typical video gamer, one might imagine a middle school boy playing Fortnite with his mom’s permission.
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The Evidence-Backed Grader Evidence-Backed Grading for Teachers | Edutopia
Help students focus on learning—not the grade—with these research-based tips. Let us set the scene: A group of teachers sit at a broad conference table, reading student essays together. One scans an essay and gives it a “C,” noting its lack of coher…