Check out these great posts from this past week:
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ISTE | 5 ways to gamify your classroom | ISTE
Many of our students play video games regularly, and you might, too. That’s a good thing. When my 13-year-old is playing video games, he’s using many skills – facts and information are tools to solve problems in context, and he gains actionable feed…
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Unveiling Today’s Student Motivations | EdSurge News
Students have different reasons for enrolling in university and in pushing to complete their degree.
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CodeHS: How To Use It To Teach | Tech & Learning
CodeHS is a code teaching tool that’s specifically designed for schools as it integrates intro curriculum by design. As such, this isn’t the best option for parents or individuals looking to teach themselves; however, for use by computer science edu…
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Friday 5: Student learning under the microscope
It goes without saying that improving student learning and helping student achieve their learning goals have always been a priority for classroom teachers and educators.
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The looming threat that could worsen the digital divide
Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding? For …
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Classroom AI 101: AI text adventure stories for your class – Ditch That Textbook
Choose Your Own Adventure books were always a hit for me in the school library. As a student, I probably read all of those CYOA books — and read them over and over again.
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13 Websites to Learn Everything About Landforms
If any of these website links don’t work, please click here for an update. Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved.
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Peas, Please! – A Practice Set on Mendelian Genetics
Mendelian genetics refers to the principles of inheritance as described by Gregor Mendel, an Austrian scientist who conducted groundbreaking experiments with pea plants in the mid-19th century.
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Author Interview: ‘What We Know About Grading’ (Opinion)
Thomas R. Guskey and Susan M. Brookhart agreed to answer a few questions in writing about their new book, What We Know About Grading: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Next.
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A new evolutionary theory could explain the mystery of shrinking animals | Popular Science
In animal evolution, a classical yet controversial idea posits that bigger is better. Bigger animals can reign supreme as hunters, fighters, and mates by simply out-bulking the competition. Living large enables easier survival, so the long-held theo…
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AI: Data Privacy Friend or Foe? | Tech & Learning
Education leaders recently met at an event sponsored by Lightspeed Systems in Anaheim, California, to discuss AI in education, including its implications for students, teachers, workflow, and data privacy.
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Washington State Releases K12 AI Guidance – The Thinking Stick
Of course this type of guidance starts with state level leadership and Chris Reykdal has set the bar high for the state of Washington educators and students.
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How anti-CRT narratives unraveled support for local schools
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!
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At the beginning of her now nearly 30-year career, Leslie M. Gauna was given a warning: Bilingual education wouldn’t be a viable career option in the long term.
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Tech Tip #67: How to Add Accents and more
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy!
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SearchReSearch: Special: How do you use LLMs in your SearchResearch
I’ve found Bard useful for suggesting lines of enquiry. For instance, I asked “When did people in China first realise dolphins are not fish?” and it suggested some ancient Chinese texts which apparently discuss dolphins. I don’t know if this info is…
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What do snowflakes tell us about our universe? | The Kid Should See This
“Snowflakes are intricate, beautiful, mysterious, and totally captivating,” physicist Brian Cox begins in the paper cut-inspired Royal Society animation above.
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5 ways to teach and assess learning in the age of AI
There is a lot of excitement surrounding ChatGPT, the cutting-edge chatbot powered by OpenAI.
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6 ways to support multilingual learners in STEM
STEM education brings benefits to all students, especially multilingual learners (MLs) whose primary language is not English. STEM can help with English language development by allowing students to engage with language in a variety of ways.
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FETC 2024: Conference Will Tackle Highly Captivating Topics in K–12 Innovation | EdTech Magazine
This year’s FETC lineup will include keynote speakers such as Tucker Bryant, a former product manager at Google who now uses poetry to help leaders “overcome our universal barriers to change and unlock the doors to innovation.” His keynote on the fu…
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Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools
In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. Incorporating mindfulness practices in schools has proven beneficial for students’ well-being, emotional regulation, and academ…
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Thom Hartmann: Why Rightwingers Oppose Public Schools | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Thom Hartmann continues to amaze me, with his steady production of powerful articles. This one is especially important for the readers of this blog, whose primary purpose is to strengthen and protect our public schools.
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Freezing Rain or Rain That Freezes? They are NOT the Same!
On Tuesday there was a lot of talk about freezing rain events, ice storms, and the like. There was also a lot of confusion and misinformat…
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Why Public Education Is Failing And How You Can Fix It Smart Classroom Management
I happened to see an email from a teacher designating a list of students as those who would be assigned an “alternative” final project. Alternative in this case meant easier.
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I’ve since added a new piece, too: NEW GUIDANCE I’M GIVING MY STUDENTS ON CHATGPT USE – WE’LL SEE HOW IT GOES My IB Theory of Knowledge students are writing their practice essay now, and here’s the guidance I gave to them about ChatGPT (help me make…
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Superintendent Chris Reykdal on Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom – YouTube
Guidance will be released on January 18, 2024
In the last year, Washington’s teachers delivered over a billion hours of instruction to our students – and technology held an important role in that delivery, as it has every …
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The Best AI Syllabus Policies I’ve Seen So Far
In the AI workshops I’ve been running, many instructors have asked for example AI policy statements they can reuse in their syllabi. For most of 2023, I would direct faculty to the fantastic crowdsourced list of AI policies that Lance Eaton organize…
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SearchReSearch: Answer: How do you use LLMs in your SearchResearch?
It looks like many of us are using LLMs (Bard, ChatGPT, etc.) to ask SRS-style questions, especially ones that are a little more difficult to shape into a simple Google-style query. 1.
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Smartphones Have Changed Student Attention, Even When Students Aren’t Using Them | EdSurge News
When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones.
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I cried the day I gained acceptance to Wesleyan University in 2018. My tears signified relief, joy and excitement. I viewed my acceptance into this elite private institution as a dooropening, a new opportunity for young Black students like me.
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What Is Wrong with This AI Lesson Plan? – Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
What is wrong with this AI lesson plan? I tried a popular lesson plan service and was greatly disappointed.
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5 Fun, Ethical Uses of AI I’ve Shared with My Eighth Graders
By Sarah Cooper Earlier this school year, I laughed at myself while making copies in the faculty room. For an assignment that would end up being a one-page letter to a politician, I had created a 12-page directions packet.
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How data empowers our district to align teaching with student needs
Everyone had that favorite teacher; the one who inspired your confidence to succeed or fostered love of a certain subject. For me it was Ms. Pierre, my high school English teacher who embodied social-emotional mastery before there was such a thing.
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Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career
Starting a career is an exhilarating journey, and in today’s tech-driven world, the technology you choose during your school years can be a foundational step toward your professional tech arsenal.
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Jan Resseger: The Culture Wars Are Obscuring What Really Matters | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Jan Resseger, dedicated champion of social justice, explains that the culture wars are a ruse that diverts is from far more important issues.
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Behavior Management Starts With Principals, Not Teachers
EduTwitter chats and comments sections are awash in classroom management woes. Sometimes stories from teachers sound more like they’re from the frontlines instead of a sixth grade homeroom.
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Why I Taught My Fifth Graders to Write a Polite Email Step-by-Step
Like many teachers, I send and receive countless emails night and day. It’s a skill I’ve really taken for granted—being able to write a polite email in order to obtain assistance, clarification, or communicate a thought.
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ISTE | Why Students Should Create With AI Tools | ISTE
That student with the heart of the world was born, My data burns the same stars in a window. No human would ever mistake these lines for award-winning verse.
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The 11-Minute Essay: An AI-Compatible Practice — A.J. Juliani
Since November 2022, when ChatGPT exploded onto the scene, plenty of teachers (including myself) have been using the term “AI-Resistant Practices” in looking for activities, tasks, assignments, assessments, and project-based learning experiences tha…
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Two of Your Predictions for 2024 and Why They Are Probably Not Correct
I am a sucker for every part of the new year. Yes, it’s just another day, but I track down every year-in-review article I can find and roll around in them like a puppy in a pile of laundry.
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Live Long and Prosper…: Religious Freedom Day, 2024
Today is Religious Freedom Day, which commemorates the realization of Thomas Jefferson’s vision of an end to the state-established church in Virginia. In 1993 President George H. W. Bush declared January 16 to be Religious Freedom Day.
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12 Great Google Browser Games to Play When Bored – Educators Technology
When boredom strikes, it’s often our web browsers that come to the rescue. With a myriad of options at our fingertips, it can be overwhelming to choose the perfect game to pass the time. That’s where Google Browser Games come into play.
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Anthropomorphism of AI in Learning Environments: Risks of Humanizing the Machine | EdSurge News
Since the advent of generative AI tools in learning environments, educators have sought guidance for the safe and ethical use of AI in education.
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Tons of Online Resources About Classroom Management
Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment. Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Here’s a wide collection of mostly online resources you can check ou…
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Video: “Hubble’s 33rd Year in Orbit” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Andrew-Art / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from NASA to The Best Sites To Learn About The Hubble Telescope:
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The Soulprint Journey is a game series of nine episodes – with the first episode Rimriki. The games takes you on a fun and adventurous journey of personal development and strengthening of your own character. To embark on this journey, cowardice is n…
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5 ways to use inquiry-based learning to make math more relevant
“5 ways to use inquiry-based learning to make math more relevant”
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The Tush Push Explained with Kyle Brandt & Dr Neil DeGrasse Tyson – YouTube
The Philadelphia Eagles’ Tush Push is one of the most unstoppable plays in NFL history. But what may seem like a simple play is actually deceptively complex – so Kyle Brandt sought the wisdom of one of the world’s foremost scientific minds, the fame…
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new-study-though-flawed-shows-the-value-of-guided-student-self-assessment
I’m a big believer in student self-assessment – especially the guided kind where students and I jointly determine what we should be looking for in terms of what we should be assessing. The study covered in the article focused on increasing student t…
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Red States Are Eliminating Child Labor Laws; What Would Dr. King Say? | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Today, we honor Dr. King by paying attention to the well-being of children and the protection of working people. He strongly believed in unions.
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The Nerdy Teacher: Igniting Social Studies Lessons with Creativity #SSChat #EdChat #AdobeEduCreative
Hey there, fellow educators! If you’re searching for a fun and engaging way to spice up your social studies lessons, look no further than Adobe Express! This user-friendly tool offers a creative spark to your classroom activities, making history and…
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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground
Hello there, fellow knowledge-seekers! You’re about to read a transcript that’s been generated by the AI in Adobe Premiere Pro and then me. I’ve gone through these lines like a cat chasing a laser pointer. But, even the best of us can be caught napp…
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Truth For Teachers – Strategies for supporting dysregulated students
It’s 8:28 am and you’re trying to make sure that the four chair bouncy bands around chairs are still with the correct four desks for those students who need to bounce their feet.
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Online Student Course – YouCubed
How to Learn Math is a free class for learners of all levels of mathematics. There are 6 sessions, the first three are approximately 10 minutes long and the last three approximately 20 mins long.
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Boredom in Exams Is a Serious Problem, And It Could Be Hurting Your Grades : ScienceAlert
An exam hall might not be the first place you’d think of as a boring environment – what with all that pressure to succeed – but a new study suggests it is actually a very boring place for students, so much so that it can affect the scores that they …
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How to Engage All Families (Using Their Phones!)
Sometimes it’s the most basic of technologies that is the most effective. So it is with the services of the Family Engagement Lab, whose mission statement is, “to catalyze equitable family engagement and student learning by bridging classroom curric…
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Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism
More children than ever are skipping school. The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days–whether excused or unexcused–has nearly doubled.
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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators
In today’s fast-paced world, STEM education has become imperative for global progress. Traditionally, the spotlight on STEM education appears to occur in high school and late middle school grade-levels.
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AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6–12 | Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecti…
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ISTE | Artificial Intelligence in Education
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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Control Alt Achieve: 10 Ways to Add Emojis in Google Tools
Emojis can be a fun and creative tool for educational activities. They are easy to use, can represent many ideas, work well with any age range, and are just fun and engaging! Over the years I have shared lots of ways that emojis can be used for teac…
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The Hoax of Ohio’s So-Called “Community Schools” | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Denis Smith worked for the Ohio Department of Education, where he oversaw the burgeoning charter industry. When I was in Ohio a few years back, another former state official told me that charter lobbyists wrote the state’s charter school law.