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Another collection of great posts from this past week:

• The Solar Eclipse Is Coming. How to Make It a Learning Opportunity (Opinion)

  Do you remember the excitement around the 2017 total solar eclipse? Well, it is going to happen again on Monday, April 8, of this year.

• Drones offer a glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear reactor 13 years after disaster | Popular Science

  A team of miniature drones recently entered the radioactive ruins of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors in an attempt to help Japanese officials continue planning their decades’ long cleanup effort.

• Schools Are Desperate to Stop Violence. Will These New Guidelines Help? | EdSurge News

  After the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, Virginia became the first state to require colleges to conduct threat assessments, later requiring K-12 schools to do the same.

• Flexible Furniture Gives Teachers and Students More Opportunities for Collaboration | EdTech Magazine

  Today, the redesigned media center is a world away from the “pink prison” of the past. Flexible furniture accommodates diverse activities. Collaboration spaces equipped with cutting-edge technology foster group projects and presentations.

• 3 challenges wearable AI assistants pose in education

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• Book Bracket Template: Free Download

  This month brings us both National Reading Month and March Madness, and to celebrate, we created this free book bracket template bundle featuring four different brackets plus a blank one to create your own! Ready for a battle of the books? Just fill…

• Teacher Collab – THE LIVELY LIBRARY

  What is it? In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of information found online. They will learn how to spot the difference between the different “Infozones.

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Space Weather: March is Aurora Season, Particularly This Year

  We should not forget that the Earth’s atmosphere can be seriously influenced by the “weather” on the sun! Auuoral displays ar…

• In the Footsteps of History Announces Their Newest Immersive Learning Game

  New York City, NY – In the Footsteps of History, an adventure-based educational platform is proud to announce the release of its newest immersive learning game, In the Footsteps of Matthew Henson, which was made in partnership with 3D experts, Ultis…

• Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That | EdSurge News

  Ask just about anyone what’s behind the downward spiral of youth mental health today, and chances are that social media will be on their list of causes.

• How Can Educational Leaders Strengthen Digital Equity in an Age of AI? – Digital Promise

  On Feb. 25, Dr. D’Andre Weaver and Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, both leaders at Digital Promise, launched the first session of our webinar series on Educational Leadership in the Age of AI. To set the stage for the discussion, Dr.

• Girls Who Game Brings Cultural Preservation to San Carlos Apache Tribe | EdTech Magazine

  The San Carlos Apache Tribe program has grown from eight to 44 student participants, according to a blog post from Dell Technologies.

• AI and Education: What are the Goals? | EdNews Daily

  Do Something Awesome; Share With A Friend Who May BenefitShare on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on PocketShare on EmailBy Kiran Kodithala In our lifetimes, the most …

• How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

  Millions of students within the United States public school system are non-native English speakers. As this figure continues to grow year over year, true bilingual education is becoming more vital to equitably support student success.

• How esports engages students

  Academic esports programs aren’t simply a group of students sitting in a classroom playing video games. Rather, teams and tournaments promote collaboration, critical thinking, communication skills, and offer inclusive environments that welcome stude…

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• Museum of Flight- Spacesuit Design Challenge 2024 – Science for All

  The Museum of Flight has launched (get it?) a Spacesuit Design Challenge for K-12 students. The theme is “What will we wear in space?” Students must plan and draw their spacesuit and should be prepared to actually build their design.

• NASA needs your smartphone during April’s solar eclipse | Popular Science

  Listening for crickets isn’t the only way you can help NASA conduct research during the total solar eclipse passing across much of North America on April 8—you can also lend your smartphone camera to the cause.

• Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess | Popular Science

  The first human patient to reportedly receive Neuralink’s wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) implant appeared to demonstrate the device’s early capabilities during a company livestream to X on Wednesday night.

• visualizing-global-attitudes-towards-ai

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest growing and most disruptive technologies in the world today. Because it has the potential to drastically impact society, it’s important to measure how people are feeling towards it.

• Nine New Teaching Moves That Have Gone Well For Students & Me This Year – So Far | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  We have about two-and-a-half months left in the school year, and I thought it would be a good time to “take stock” of how it’s gone so far. There are about nine new things I’ve tried, and they’ve all seemed to work well.

• Perplexity AI: How To Use It To Teach | Tech & Learning

  Perplexity AI is a powerful artificially intelligent search engine, effectively. This makes it a potentially useful teaching and learning tool for both educators and students.

• Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce | EdSurge News

  Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thi…

• Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

  For much of the past 12 years, Casey Rimmer sometimes felt like a “dream killer” when it came to the edtech tools used in her district. As the executive director of curriculum and instruction for Union County Public Schools, a district of over 41,00…

• Computer Science: What Schools Need to Know to Teach It Today | EdTech Magazine

  There are many subject matter areas in which schools can incorporate computer science. To build a more traditional computer science program, a school might use its career and technical education program.

• NASA Experiments Planned for the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse – Universe Today

  Totality and the April 8th total solar eclipse offers a rare chance to study the Sun. We’re less than three weeks out now, until the April 8th total solar eclipse crosses North America.

• How to promote intellectual humility in classrooms.

  I like being around people who know a lot, but I like it even better when they are also open and honest about what they don’t know. This quality is called intellectual humility, and it is a virtue.

• US Math Wars: What I Know and What I Don’t — Conrad Wolfram

  So many people have asked me about the US “math wars” during my recent visit, that I thought I’d comment in a blog, rather than repeat myself over and over again. Briefing for those not in the US: there is open warfare between “reformers” and “non-r…

• The Language of the Future: Integrating AI Literacy into Our Teaching | by Samantha Gleisten | Mar, 2024 | Medium

  Research shows that using discipline-specific language increases student learning and literacy in that subject.

• How Esports programs increase attendance, and funding

  When I was a teacher, I launched a statewide esports league in New Jersey and saw firsthand how powerfully esports draws students to school. Attendance rates at public schools are higher than they were at the height of the pandemic, but they have no…

• 100 Teen Slang Words and Phrases To Know in 2024

  When I first started teaching, I let my students pick their own team names for an activity we were doing in class. One team chose “Netflix and Chill” as a team name. I loved it.

• 30 Children’s Books About Disabilities, Recommended by Teachers

  Disability representation is as key to your classroom library as representing kids’ genders, races, cultures, and family circumstances. It can be tricky, though. Many children’s books about disabilities actually promote negative stereotypes.

• 5 Picture Books That Show Students They Can Change the World

  Heifer International is on a mission to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way by supporting and investing alongside local farmers and their communities. Learn more about how you and your students can help by visiting our School Programs page.

• Flexible, resilient origami-inspired bridges could help navigate disaster zones | Popular Science

  Origami traditionally involves the creation of extremely delicate paper structures, but the art form’s underlying principles could soon be adapted to help navigate tough construction situations.

• Student Engagement: 8 Strategies to Reach Every Student

  Modern Classrooms Project will help you bring engaging, exciting teaching to your classroom with their free online course and community. Go to coolcatteacher.

• Using Primary Source Photos in the Secondary History Classroom – History Gal

  Integrating Primary Source Photos in the History Classroom It’s time for us to roll up our sleeves and get down to business by integrating primary source photos into our history classes! 1.

• What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms | EdSurge News

  When some students hit an obstacle in school or college, they can take it as a sign that this whole education thing just isn’t for them. That can especially be the case for students who are racial minorities.

• Keyboarding Pedagogy

  A while ago, I participated in an online discussion about keyboarding for kids. The host thought it would be a yawner, but any tech teacher knows keyboarding is a controversial subject. In my classroom, it’s the most-asked question from parents, con…

• Apr 8, 2024 – Partial Solar Eclipse in Washington, United States

• 3 Useful AI Research Tools for Educators | Tech & Learning

  In both our training as educators and in teaching children, we are well-schooled (yes, that’s a pun) in research. Some of us can remember struggling to get our bibliography written correctly, never quite getting it right.

• Allen Institute Open Science Sticker Contest 2024 – Science for All

  It’s that time of year again! Time for aspiring artists to showcase their talents and creativity in the Open Science Week sticker design contest hosted by the Allen Institute.

• Curipod Lesson Plan | Tech & Learning

  Curipod brings an exciting addition to the available presentation and slideshow digital tools available for educators. It has a focus on integration and interactivity, which brings students closer to the learning material. And to assist users with c…

• Playful Pedagogy: Gamer Types and Board Games for Inclusive Learning | EdSurge News

  Educators often find themselves exploring innovative approaches to enhance student learning, and one particularly creative pathway is integrating games and playfulness into the learning environment.

• 8 Ways to Create AI-Proof Writing Prompts | Tech & Learning

  Creating 100 percent AI-proof writing prompts can often be impossible but that doesn’t mean there aren’t strategies that can limit the efficacy of AI work. These techniques can also help ensure more of the writing submitted in your classroom is huma…

• Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce? | EdSurge News

  Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and exploded into public discourse, the emergence of generative AI tools has been met with both excitement and concern, across virtually every industry, ideology and age group.

• Shifting Education with Learning Pathways: New White Paper Examines Portrait of a Graduate – Digital Promise

  In our new white paper, Shifting Education with Learning Pathways: Becoming Your Portrait of a Graduate, we examine how to redesign skills-based learning trajectories to better prepare today’s students for successful lives.

• What’s a Backchannel and Is it Right For Your Class?

  A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel.

• I Just Discovered That Edpuzzle Has Given A Gift To ELL Teachers & Their Students – The Ability To Change Video Speed! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  I’ve been a fan of Edpuzzle for years, often using it with my IB Theory of Knowledge and my Intermediate ELL History students.

• A.J. Juliani | A Step-by-Step Process for Replacing Tests With Meaningful Performance Tasks

  This is a big question many of us have in education: Why are we still giving so many tests? First, the obvious reason; the state and other entities require us to give standardized tests each year.

• 7 tips and ideas to make the eclipse engaging for students

  This article originally appeared on Vernier’s blog and is reposted here with permission. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible over the United States, starting in Texas.

• 4 keys for unlocking student curiosity and critical thinking

  As an educator, I have always been fascinated by my students’ innate curiosity. From an early age, they have an insatiable desire to learn.

• Toolbox Tuesdays with Minecraft Education – YouTube

  This playlist contains video tutorials from the Minecraft Education Teacher’s Lounge Facebook group.

• Teaching AI: Empowering the Next Generation for an AI-Driven World | by Andrew Marcinek | Mar, 2024 | Medium

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from the realm of science fiction to permeating our daily lives. From the convenience of smart devices to the tailored recommendations we receive online, AI is reshaping the world. The classroom is no di…

• Control Alt Achieve: Flippity “March Madness” Bracket Template

• Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones | TechCrunch

  “Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones”

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Should I Let AI Write My Blogs?

  Could AI apps do the work for me? Could any of you tell the difference? Welcome back, weather enthusiasts! Today, we delve into one of the most intriguing and mystifying phenomena that grace the skies of the Pacific Northwest: the Puget Sound Conver…

• Innovative Mastery-Based Self-Paced Math Classroom That Works

  I used AI in either Premiere Pro or Riverside to help with this transcript. I did proofread it. If you see mistakes, just contact me and let me know. YouTube autotranscripts are not pre-viewed. Thank you!

• How to Use Books to Help Adolescents Explore Body Image

  By Kasey Short In middle school students experience significant physical and emotional changes as part of adolescent development. Body image can become a complex and sensitive topic for students.

• Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024

  Teaching means working with kids who are on the autism spectrum, who have ADHD and other neurological disabilities, and teaching kids who are creative, unique thinkers and make your classroom more interesting.

• Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL – NASA

  Hand-crafted robots, constructed over the past two months by 44 high school teams, duked it out at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition.

• The Stop Motion Lesson – Shapegrams

  We can make digital stop motion in Google Slides. Each slide is a frame in the animation. There are no transitions or motion effects applied in stop motion. The animation is all done by making small changes to what’s on each slide.

• Demystify student motivation with Tyler Rablin – Shifting Schools Podcast

  “Demystify student motivation with Tyler Rablin”

• Math is not a universal language—but it can be a universal thread

  “Math is not a universal language—but it can be a universal thread”

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• Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones | TechCrunch

  Apple is looking to team up with Google for a mega-deal to leverage the Gemini AI model for features on iPhone, Bloomberg reported. This will put Google in a commanding position as the company already has a deal with Apple as the preferred search en…

• Google’s new VLOGGER AI lets you create a lifelike avatar from just a photo — and control it with your voice | Tom’s Guide

  Google’s researchers have been working overtime recently, publishing a flurry of new models and ideas. The latest is a way to take a still image and turn it into a controllable avatar, coming off the back of a game playing AI agent.

• Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Focused: Understanding, Negotiating, and Maximizing Your Influence as a School Leader

  Focus, focus, and focus! Focus is what this book is about. Here we aim to help school leaders understand what they should focus on and why. We share examples, vignettes, and practical advice to illustrate how to focus without losing sight of the big…

• The Myth of an “Immigrant Crime Wave” | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  Republicans have followed their cult leader Trump in raising alarms about an “immigrant crime wave.” Which, of course, is Biden’s fault. But as Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria explain at their blog “Popular Information,” these claims are not true.

• A Principal’s Reflections: Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

  Imagine a classroom buzzing with engaged students, actively constructing knowledge and diving deep into topics that spark their curiosity. This vibrant learning environment does not just happen by chance.

• Startling Findings – The Arctic Could Become “Ice-Free” in Less Than 10 Years

  According to a recent study from the University of Colorado Boulder, the Arctic may experience summer days almost entirely free of sea ice within the next few years.

• www.quantamagazine.org

  Two researchers have proved that Penrose tilings, famous patterns that never repeat, are mathematically equivalent to a kind of quantum error correction.

• catlintucker.com would-you-rather

  My children love “would you rather” questions. Would you rather go to the beach or the snow? Would you rather eat a cookie or a brownie? Would you rather watch a movie or read a book? They enjoy being presented with two options and getting to choose…

• Join the conversations about productive Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to use for teaching and learning – Monash Teaching Community

  When did you first switch to a smartphone? And what strategies do you currently use to find and evaluate the plethora of evolving apps available for your smartphone as you integrate new tools into your life?

• Exploring the Intersection of Gaming and Mental Health – Kris Krug Media – Digital Engagement & Community Growth

  During the pandemic I worked on a project called A Mindful State for Washington State Governor Jay Inslee studying the intersection of technology and wellbeing. For years I’ve been exploring the ways in which digital media and community can support …

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

Here are this past week’s selection of great blog posts!

• The pivotal role of school libraries

  School libraries have evolved from stereotypical hush-hush environments to bustling resource centers where students not only learn to locate and evaluate information, but where they develop critical skills guided by digital media specialists.

• Infusing PBL with edtech to enhance collaboration, critical thinking

  Project-based learning (PBL) helps prepare students for college and beyond by actively engaging them in meaningful, relevant projects.

• To Make Assignments More Meaningful, I’m Giving Students a More Authentic Audience | EdSurge News

  This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class.

• Insights from NSF-Funded Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Digital Promise

  The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to STEM education, research, and the workplace. We conducted a content analysis of materials authored by more than 100 National Science Foundation (NSF) award recipients to synthesize the NSF-fund…

• 9 St. Patrick’s Day Resources For Your Class

  St. Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on March 17th to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to the country.

• Perfection In Simplicity – My Revised Motto (and How To Apply It)! – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert

  It was intended as a philosophy for my gaming clan and also for my martial arts. The full quote was ‘Simplicity is Perfection, but perfection is never simple.’

• Top Tools for Building Mindfulness in the Classroom | Common Sense Education

  Increased mindfulness can enhance a range of important social and emotional skills, including self-awareness, empathy, handling stress, and identifying emotions.

• Instructional Routines for Math – The Reflective Educator

  An instructional routine is a consistent way of interacting with learners. The primary benefits of a routine emerge when the teacher and the learners know the routine well enough that the steps fade into the background, and everyone can focus more o…

• Do data science classes add up?

  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!

• Reflecting on the Parkland tragedy, its lasting impacts, and work still to be done

  Last month marks six years since 17 students and faculty senselessly lost their lives and 17 others were injured when a mass murderer entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and started shooting.

• We Know How Much Planning Time Teachers Get on Average. Is It Enough? | EdSurge News

  Given the amount of planning time he has each day, along with the assistance of an AI-powered app, Robert can easily turn a hard copy reading passage and questions into an interactive quiz for the students in his elementary classroom.

• Experience the Solar Eclipse with LEGO® Education

  On April 8, the United States will witness a rare and awe-inspiring event: a total solar eclipse. As the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, day will turn into night for millions of people.

• Build an LLM RAG Chatbot With LangChain – Real Python

  You’ve likely interacted with large language models (LLMs), like the ones behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and experienced their remarkable ability to answer questions, summarize documents, write code, and much more.

• Young people explore green skills in Minecraft environment – Energy Live News

  Microsoft UK and The Crown Estate have launched sustainability-focused Minecraft Education worlds on the Minecraft Marketplace, providing young people across the UK with the opportunity to explore and develop green skills.

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• Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media

  In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill.

• Control Alt Achieve: 18 YouTube Channels for Elementary Math

  A while back I shared a post with a list of 20 great YouTube channels for Social Studies that I curated for a teacher inservice I was leading. Recently I had the chance to do the same thing again for a group of elementary math teachers.

• Every Student Can Be Successful ith These Complex Tasks

  By Karin Hess Years ago I heard Dr. Howard Gardner make a comment that has stayed with me all these years: “Every complex task in life is a project, and we rarely – if ever – do them alone.

• ‘As Educators, We Must Tell the Truth’ | EdSurge News

  “As educators, we must tell the truth — to ourselves and then to our students,” writes Deaunna Watson, director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at a Montessori school in Cincinnati. Sometimes, though, the truth can be difficult to face…

• Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us | The Jose Vilson

  Last week, I had the pleasure of attending my fourth SXSW EDU in Austin, TX. As Ron Reed mentioned before introducing scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw as the opening speaker, the conference has grown significantly since 2011.

• How to Automate an MLA Heading

  This one is quick–how to create a macro that automatically inserts an MLA-appropriate heading: Have students log in. Macros go with the profile of the user, not the local computer. Open MS Word. Decide what the keyboard shortcut will be for the macr…

• Eclipse Resources | NSTA

  Kick-start your planning for the upcoming eclipse events. Solar Eclipses are exciting astronomical events that can provide a great opportunity for teachers and students to learn about the science of astronomy and explore the beauty of the natural wo…

• What Is Effective Classroom Management? Smart Classroom Management

  Well, it isn’t trickery. It isn’t manipulation, bribery, or intimidation. It isn’t lecturing or one-on-one counseling. It isn’t rewards or tokens, threats or “caught being good.”

• SearchReSearch: Part 4: (3/14/24) How do animals fake each other out, and why?

  Mussels are remarkable…

• AI Realizes It’s Being Tested, Researcher Admits Never Seeing This Before

  Basically, the test involved inserting one sentence about pizza into a series of other documents that had nothing to do with food. This AI test is known as the needle in the haystack and is done to help determine how well the AI can recall informati…

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• Open AI’s Robot!

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• Improving Students’ Math Literacy in Middle and High School | Edutopia

  Middle and high school math teachers can use these ideas to build students’ reading comprehension and reasoning skills using real tasks like budgeting. While a lot has changed in math instruction over the years, the idea that students need to be mat…

• What Are the Bay Leaves of Education? – John Spencer

  A few years ago, I met a chef and asked him, “So, bay leaves? Do they even have a point? You can’t taste them. You have to take them out. They seem to get in the way.” “They’re the invisible heroes of the culinary arts. Bay leaves won’t give you a d…

• Control Alt Achieve: AI Tools and Student Data Privacy

  Artificial Intelligence tools can be such amazing time savers for educators, helping to generate assessments, create lesson plans, develop rubrics, re-level text passages, draft emails, and so much more.

• 3 Essential Guides for Teachers: Adapting Instruction to Every Student Ability | Shake Up Learning

  Get ready for some fantastic news from Texthelp—your go-to for making learning accessible and joyful for every student. Over the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with Texthelp on numerous occasions.

• Creating Inclusive Learning Environments: Supporting the Diverse Needs of All Learners | American Consortium for Equity in Education

  By Ben Brazeau In today’s diverse classrooms, the importance of inclusive education cannot be overstated. Every student brings a unique set of strengths, challenges, and learning styles to the classroom, making it essential for educators to create e…

• What Is Ed Tech (Educational Technology)? | EdTech Magazine

  What Is Ed Tech in K–12 Schools? Educational technology, or ed tech, encompasses a wide variety of applications, software, hardware and infrastructure components — from online quizzes and learning management systems to individual laptops for student…

• 4 Reasons to use Word Problems and 9 Online Resources

  Word problems are popular and fun methods of teaching math and English in many schools. Why? See which of these you agree with: Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved.

• Earth and Space Science Resources Funded by NASA | PBS LearningMedia

• PLANETS | Advancing the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science

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• NASA eClips

  Our World videos supplement existing elementary learning objectives not only in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but also in reading, writing, and visual and performing arts.

• Experience the Total Solar Eclipse with Science Activation

  On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse – when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun – will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

• NASA SVS | 2023 Eclipse Explorer: An interactive guide to the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse

  View full credits Credits Please give credit for this item to: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio You may also like…

• Video: “What does Voyager 1 speed look like on earth?” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  WikiImages / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Sites For Learning About Voyager 1 & Its Departure From Our Solar System:

• New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “What happens if an engineered virus escapes the lab?” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  I’m adding this new TED-Ed lesson and video to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS – not because I believe that’s where the coronavirus came from, but because that controversy is why there’s interest in this top…

• Why Gamify with Badges in the Classroom – Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

  Why gamify with badges? Providing a visual display of student achievement can be fun and motivating.

• Natural history specimens have never been so accessible – News Center – The University of Texas at Arlington

  With the help of 16 grants from the National Science Foundation, researchers have painstakingly taken computed topography (CT) scans of more than 13,000 individual specimens to create 3D images of more than half of all the world’s animal groups, inc…

• What Is Mistake Literacy? The Research Of Learning Through Failure –

  In 2009, President Obama spoke to a group of students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.

• PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

  A growing chorus of education researchers, pundits and “science of reading” advocates are calling for young children to be taught more about the world around them. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension.

• Getting started with classroom jobs – Ditch That Textbook

  Involving students in classroom responsibilities isn’t just about easing the teacher’s workload (although that’s a nice perk!). It’s about creating a vibrant learning environment that fosters essential skills like responsibility, collaboration, and …

• What Brings Gen Z to the Library? | EdSurge News

  Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily.

• March 22nd Is World Water Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  The United Nations has declared March 22nd to be World Water Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About World Water Day.

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• Five Differences Between Human and AI Tutors – by Dan Meyer

  Here is Google CEO Sundar Pichai describing his hopes for AI chatbots in education last year: I think over time we can give every child in the world and every person in the world — regardless of where they are and where they come from — access to th…

• Omnic.AI continues to grow as a leader in esports analytics | newscentermaine.com

• Omnic.AI | Game Smarter with AI

• AI in the Classroom: Who’s Really Ready? Teachers or Students? (Report by Rask AI) – AI Advisory Boards

  Did you know that Rask AI published a must-read report revealing game-changing insights from 150+ educators and students on the role of AI in learning?

• Happy Pi Day: 5 Ways NASA Uses Pi – Universe Today

• Real Life Application Of Pi – Amazing Discovery Of Mathematics- Archimedes

• STEM Lessons for Educators – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• data-science-algebra-ii-alternative-california-debate

  A debate over data science offerings in high school — and whether the classes should be offered as an alternative to algebra II — has erupted in California.

• Pi (π) Day Activities | Exploratorium

• 42 Mathtastic Pi Day Activities for the Classroom

  “42 Mathtastic Pi Day Activities for the Classroom”

• Hat-wearing cyborg jellyfish could one day explore the ocean depths | Popular Science

  To better understand the ocean’s overall health, researchers hope to harness some of evolution’s simplest creatures as tools to assess aquatic ecosystems. All they need is $20 worth of materials, a 3D-printer, and some jellyfish hats.

• New squid alert! 100+ species discovered off the coast of New Zealand | Popular Science

  The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean basin on the planet. Scientists barely know just how many different organisms call these deep waters home. Many of these areas are remote and difficult to explore, but that hasn’t stopped efforts to find …

• It’s okay to play: How ‘play theory’ can revitalize U.S. education

  When we’re young, playing and learning are inseparable. Simple games like peekaboo and hide-and-seek help us learn crucial lessons about time, anticipation and cause and effect. We discover words, numbers, colors and sounds through toys, puzzles, st…

• SearchReSearch: Part 3: (3/11/24) How do animals fake each other out, and why?

  Now we know a couple of things…

• Cultivating Independent and Collaborative Meaning-Making – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  In my work helping teachers to shift from whole group, teacher-led lessons to differentiated small group student-centered learning experiences, I am asked questions that seem grounded in the belief that students cannot learn without the teacher.

• Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  In my last blog post titled “Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience.

• Using The Station Rotation Model in Math – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  Math is a linear subject, with each concept building on the one before. Math teachers are also responsible for covering a large number of standards in a school year.

• Math Journals: Reflection, Documentation, and Deep Engagement – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  In my last blog post, Using the Station Rotation Model in Math, I wrote about the benefits of shifting from a whole group, teacher-led lesson design to small-group differentiated instructional sessions.

• Pre-assessment is Key to Designing with Intention – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  At a recent workshop, a teacher posed a compelling question about the effectiveness of small-group versus whole-group instruction.

• Unlock the Secrets: Expert Homework Hacks for Busy Parents

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• Don’t Have Time to Try AI? 3 Simple Tips to Help Teachers Get Started

• 5 things you need to know about the science of reading

  “5 things you need to know about the science of reading”

• Teaching AI Writing: Publication – Leon Furze

  This is the sixth and final post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be applied to the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. If you haven’t already read them, check out the first five posts on purpose…

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• Minecraft Education PiCraft

  PiCraft transforms the abstract concept of Pi into a tangible, interactive experience. By engaging in activities such as estimating and calculating the area of a circle within the Minecraft universe, students can grasp the practical applications of …

• Podcasting with Students: Empowering the Next Generation through Audio and Video

  Over the last few years, the popularity of podcast and podcasting has risen to the extent that it is now commonplace for teachers to be introducing podcasting activities in place of traditional classroom projects.

• 35+ engaging lessons you can use in class tomorrow – Ditch That Textbook

  The LEGO Movie. Scooby Doo. Wonder Woman. If we could package THAT into a lesson, it’d probably make it more engaging, right?

• Press Release: ILO Group Releases First-in-the-Nation Artificial Intelligence Framework for District Leaders – ILO Group

  On March 6, 2024, ILO Group announced the release of its Framework for Implementing Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education–a first-of-its-kind AI framework for school district and state education leaders–providing them with the tools, resources, …

• The Art of Prompting AI for the ELA Classroom – Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

  Prompting AI for the ELA Classroom to create an ELA lesson plan leaves out all the specialized training and student specific knowledge.

• 10 Ways to Help Multilingual Students in the Classroom | EdNews Daily

  According to the National Education Association, by 2025, 1 out of every 4 children in classrooms across the US will be a new English Language Learner, Multilingual or Bilingual student. New students arriving in the US are usually called newcomers i…

• A Principal’s Reflections: 11 Ideas for Primary Math Stations

  A few weeks back, I shared ideas on ELA stations for primary students after this was brought up during a coaching cycle with one of my schools. Upon reflection, I decided to do the same with math.

• AI in Education – The Reflective Educator

  I’ve seen a lot of interest in applying artificial intelligence to education, but the efforts appear to be starting in the wrong places. We have AI being applied to write lessons for educators.

• SearchReSearch: Part 2: (3/8/24): How do animals fake each other out, and why?

  Mussels are more than you might think…

• Games of War | David Mullich

  Last Saturday, I gave an online speech of support at Games of War, an international academic conference held at the University of Gdansk (Poland).

• What I Think Artificial Intelligence Will Do – & What It Won’t Do – In K-12 Education | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  I have share a lot about the potential use of Artificial Intelligence in K-12 education, and you can see many related “Best” lists, along with two animated videos we did with Education Week on the topic, here.

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• K-12 schools aren’t ready for AI’s risks or benefits

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• This Math Homework Is Driving Caregivers Crazy

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  Math homework is often the worst PR for math education.”

• Assessment of Student Writing in the Age of AI

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• Prompt Library — More Useful Things: AI Resources

  Prompts on this page (but no other content on the site) are licensed under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International This license requires that reusers give credit to the creators (Ethan Mollick and Lilach Mollick).

• 16 Wonderful Women Scientists to Inspire Your Students – We Are Teachers

  Ask your students to name a female scientist, and they’ll most likely come up with Marie Curie (if anyone at all). And while Marie’s contributions were incredibly important, she’s just one of a long line of women scientists your students should know…

• Personalizing history for more impactful student learning

  It is no accident that the new National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) definition of social studies is focused on “human experiences and the spaces in which we interact as humans.

• How These Teachers Have Fostered Design Thinking, Creativity, and Innovation – Digital Promise

  Susmita Roy Chowdury, an educator in West Bengal, India, believes students must engage themselves with the community to better understand who their designs will impact.

• FREE K-2 ELA & Science Curriculum: Solid Start – Science for All

  SOLID Start, short for Science, Oral Language, and Literacy Development from the Start of School, is a groundbreaking project from Michigan State University dedicated to transforming the educational landscape for early elementary students.

• Video: “Inside Out 2” Looks Pretty Good – & Useful For Teachers | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  The trailer just came out for Inside Out 2, and it looks pretty good. Even though the IB Theory of Knowledge curriculum no longer officially requires teaching “Emotion” as a “Way of Knowing,” I’m sure I’ll still be able to fit in using clips from th…

• In Arizona, There is a Petrified Opal Tree Trunk (About 225 Million Years Old) – Hasan Jasim

  Petrified wood: what is it? In essence, it is a fossil. Petrification is the process through which a tree or plant that resembles a tree turns into stone through mineralization. It happens when plant matter is buried by silt or volcanic ash and is s…

• Teaching Writing in an Age of Generative AI with Jen Roberts — The Thoughful Teacher Podcast

  Have you ever worried that your students are using an artificial intelligence (AI) program to cheat? To do homework? To do something else dishonest? Join me for this conversation with Jen Roberts as we talk about not only how to prevent academic dis…

• Where are the crescents in AI? | LSE Higher Education

  Batting away the hype, bias, and botshit, LSE HE Blog Fellow, Maha Bali, champions the need for cultivating critical AI literacy in our students, and shares tried and tested teaching ideas and exercises for educators

• Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don’t Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will | EdSurge News

  For years, I’ve worked with young people during one of the most significant transitions of their lives.

• a-teachers-guide-to-microsoft-copilot

  Microsoft Copilot is a free alternative to ChatGPT. It’s a powerful option, making use of ChatGPT 4 without a subscription. This guide will introduce you to Copilot’s features and show you how it can transform your teaching experience.

• Deck.Toys – Learning Paths for Lesson Adventures

  Creating lessons on Deck.Toys is fun for you too! Build complete lessons within minutes with your existing teaching content such as study sets, PPT or Google Slides.

• 5 ways to teach like a pirate

• The science of Dune’s sandworms | Popular Science

  The emperor’s troops, blades wielded, were staring up at a tremendous dust cloud. For a moment, there was just wind, punctuated by silence. And suddenly, there they were: elephantine sandworms, with apocalyptic maws, effortlessly piercing the veil.

• Have You Played “The Unfair Game” in Class Yet?

  To prepare for an upcoming test or quiz, I like to provide my students with a study guide or practice test. It’s a great formative assessment tool for teachers and students. And parents always appreciate a good study guide as well.

• 50 Best 7th Grade Science Fair Projects and Classroom Activities

  Looking for a seventh grade science fair project idea? Want to spice up your lesson plan with in-class experiments? We’ve got you covered! This huge list of science ideas covers biology, chemistry, physics, and more.

• Technology’s Greatest Gift to Education – by Dan Meyer

  If you ask people at the highest levels of education technology, “What is digital technology’s greatest gift to education?” their answers often circle themes of scalability, affordability, speed, and evaluation.

• Number Sense Can Build a Strong Math Foundation for Students

  Two years ago, here at MiddleWeb, I wrote the article How We Pumped Up Our Math Vocabulary Study, in which I shared my action research on the language of math. I discovered that as the math curriculum became more complex, so did the terminology that…

• Knowledge Domains For The 21st Century Student

  Thinking in the 21st century is just different. That doesn’t mean we’re all suddenly omnipotent cyborgs, nor do we all become mindless social media addicts who spend our cognitive might tapping, swiping, and drooling on our smartphone and tablet scr…

• Phonics vs Phonological Awareness: What’s the Difference? | Waterford.org

  Women’s History Month, observed each March, is a dedicated time to honor the accomplishments, resilience, and contributions of women. For elementary teachers, this month provides

• How to Create a CustomGPT as a PBL Formative Feedback Tool

  This is the 10 Minutes Teacher podcast, but your host, Vicki Davis. Hello. Remarkable educators today will be a little bit different show. I will release this screencast for this tech tool Tuesday on youtube so you can see everything that I’m doing.

• Catharine Rampell: Immigration Boosted Our Economy by $7 Trillion | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  My personal view: I hope Congress passes and the President signs a rational and fair immigration bill. Every one who enters the country should enter legally. Once they are admitted, they should be able to get work permits.

• SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (3/6/24): How do animals fake each other out, and why?

  While strolling on a Northern California beach one day…

• Completing The Square – The Reflective Educator

  One of the most challenging topics to teach in high school mathematics is “Completing the Square.” This is because educators do not always fully understand the topic and because it includes several algebraic steps that are incredibly challenging for…

• 2024 March Madness: Women’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates, times | NCAA.com

  This is the schedule for the 2024 NCAA women’s basketball tournament for March Madness, which begins with selections for the women’s tournament on Sunday, March 17. Here’s the final March Madness bracket and game-by-game schedule for the 2023 women’…

• 2024 March Madness: Men’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates | NCAA.com

  Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17 First Four: March 19-20 First round: March 21-22 Second round: March 23-24 Sweet 16: March 28-29 Elite Eight: March 30-31 Final Four: Saturday, April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

• Math for March Madness – Stress Free Math for Kids

  Are you or your students college basketball fans? Here are some fun and engaging ways to incorporate March Madness into your math instruction. I have seen two ways to do this.

• March Madness Statistics & Probability Article for Students | Scholastic Math Magazine

  March is all about basketball. This month, the 68 top men’s and women’s college teams compete in the Division 1 championship. Of those, 64 make it to what’s known as the March Madness bracket. Fans fill out their brackets to predict which team will …

• Math Monday: Bracketology

  Here’s a math fact: There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different ways you can complete the 64-team March Madness bracket for this month’s college basketball tournament.   That means you have about a 1 in 9.

• ai.io | Transforming sport with Artificial Intelligence

  We transform complex data into actionable insights that drive player and club performance. Delivering the outcomes you need. Talent analysis & development, real-time human performance, fully connected reporting and monitoring are all connected with …

• ChatGPT Now Speaks: Revolutionizing Interaction with AI

  OpenAI introduces ChatGPT’s Read Aloud feature with five voices and 37 languages, enhancing global accessibility and multimodal interaction.

• 6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

  This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission.

• How AI Products Can Promote Child Development, Not Just a ‘Commercial Mindset’ – Market Brief

  Vendors in the K-12 space need to consider more than whether artificial intelligence can increase productivity in the classroom. They must also weigh how the emerging technology can impact a child’s development, in the view of one researcher.

• Nurturing problem-solvers inside and outside the realm of games – The Thinking Stick

  Dan White, CEO of Filament Games, discusses the future of learning games and the importance of game-based learning pedagogy. He emphasizes the shift towards focusing on skills and conceptual understandings rather than didactic knowledge transfer.

• Enhancing classroom learning with interactive maps 

  As most teachers will tell you, in the post-Covid world, technology is an everyday part of education. It has undeniably transformed the way educators engage students and deliver content.

• Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking? | EdSurge News

  When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there …

• Control Alt Achieve: Responsible Use of AI in the Classroom

  When it comes to artificial intelligence in education, I like to consider myself an optimistic realist.

• Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn’t be taught to behave again in ‘legitimately scary’ study | Live Science

  Artificial intelligence (AI) systems that were trained to be secretly malicious resisted state-of-the-art safety methods designed to “purge” them of dishonesty, a disturbing new study found.

• 10 Ways Students Can Prepare to #BeAnAstronaut – NASA

  Want to #BeAnAstronaut, but don’t know where to start? Here are some ways you can kick-start your journey! Even if you don’t qualify to #BeAnAstronaut — yet — within NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, or OSTEM, there are ways to get involved with NAS…

• 6 ways you’re already using AI in the classroom

  Many educators are cautiously optimistic about AI, indicating that they’d like more guidance to effectively integrate it into their instructional strategies.

• Energy Exercises: 10 Moves to Wake You Up

  If you get tired midday more often than not, you’re certainly not alone. The afternoon slump affects many of us, as least from time to time. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night’s sleep can certainly help fight off fatigue.

• Minecraft Education Worlds

  This is a team vs team map created by Ry11. Each player starts at a central location where they can choose both a team and a role. One team defends the “king” at the top of his castle and the other team begins in the camp where they begin their sieg…

• What’s Productive Struggle? And 6 Ways to Harness it in the Classroom

  My granddaughter is 2 years old and has hit that phase in her life where she doesn’t want help with a task – she’s fiercely independent and is determined to do things herself.

• Claude \ Anthropic

  Use the API to integrate Claude into you and your customer workflows to let AI transform your business.

• Girls Who Game: Empowering female students to pursue STEM

  It’s crucial that young women have mentors in STEM, whether that’s a teacher, a parent, or someone in the workforce. According to one study conducted by Microsoft, girls who receive encouragement from teachers and parents are almost twice as likely …

• ScienceDirect – Preparing for AI-enhanced education: Conceptualizing and empirically examining teachers’ AI readiness

  Artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly used in a variety of fields (e.g., industry, finance, and education) to promote innovation and increase work efficiency (Ng et al., 2021).

• Learning about Pi Using Minecraft

• Is AI The End of English Class? – Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

  Is AI The End of English Class? Certainly not! ELA teacher Barton Keeler shares insights for how ChatGPT can support English teachers.

• Offering Students Extra Credit: A Positive or a Negative?

  By Barbara R. Blackburn When I was teaching, I struggled with the whole concept of extra credit. Most other teachers offered it, so I did too. But I was never sure if students were doing something valuable. It never seemed to accomplish what I thoug…

• 20 useful ways to use Padlet in class now – Ditch That Textbook

  There’s a good chance you’ve done the “write on a sticky note and put it on the wall” activity — or have seen it happen before. Padlet lets those sticky notes have images, links and videos AND be available with practically any Internet-ready device.

• Free Science Curriculum: Explore the Salish Sea – Science for All

  I’m always on the lookout for good FREE science materials to recommend to readers and Explore the Salish Sea fits the bill nicely.

• Control Alt Achieve: AI Prompts for Differentiation

  1. Develop a plan to protect a local ecosystem from an invasive species.

• Schools Matter: TN School Voucher Bill Will Cost Taxpayers Billions

  When it comes to state funding for public schools, Tennessee consistently ranks among states around 44th. In 2023, Tennessee earned an F in funding level, an F in funding effort, and a C in funding distribution.

• Simplifying AI for Educators: The 3 Things You Need to Know | Tech & Learning

  Remember when “big data” was the buzzword in education a decade ago? Books about big data were published, but what exactly was it? Big data described the large and continuously growing masses of data and the process of analyzing student performance.

• Critical Thinking and Ethics in the Age of Generative AI in Education

• Cognitive Load Theory: An Unpersuasive Attempt to Justify Direct Instruction – Alfie Kohn

  An Unpersuasive Attempt to Justify Direct Instruction A remarkable body of research over many years has demonstrated that the sort of teaching in which students are provided with answers or shown the correct way to do something — where they’re basic…

• Generative AI Art in School | Edutopia

  Artificial intelligence tools allow students who know the language of art to create and refine complex images within seconds. Art, through the ages, has captured the human experience.

• Quality Media Literacy Requires More Than Toothless Laws, Educators Say  | Edutopia

  New laws from California to New Jersey are shining a spotlight on media literacy, but educators say teaching the skills in classrooms requires a targeted, intentional approach.

• Deep Reading With Digital Texts in Middle and High School | Edutopia

  Since so much of what students read is presented onscreen, it’s important to ensure that they slow down and really engage with the content. Digital curricula and other texts are the new normal.

• free real world problem-based lessons

  My growing list of free real world problem-based lessons for grades 2 through high school. Includes links to download multimedia and teacher guide.

• Opportunities for AI in Accessibility – A List Apart

  In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it.

• A Powerful, One-Sentence Argument For Progressive Learning

  Do not limit a child to your own learning, for they were born for another time. While each generation is unique, possessing its own challenges, opportunities, and cultural contexts, the methods of teaching and the knowledge passed down often reflect…

• A Principal’s Reflections: Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

  In today’s rapidly changing world, where new challenges and technologies emerge at an unprecedented pace, students need to be relevant thinkers to successfully navigate the complex social, economic, and environmental issues they will face.

• Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It | Cult of Pedagogy

  Please allow me to describe an all-too-common situation that has occurred in probably every teacher’s classroom: You teach your heart out.

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Another Deceptive Front-Page Climate Story in the Seattle Times

  The Seattle’s Times ClimateLab writers have done it again. Another highly deceptive and error-filled climate story in the ST. One predicting more than a doubling of wildfires over western Washington and Oregon by mid-century.

• New Padlet AI Beta tools – YouTube

  Let us know what you build with Padlet’s new AI functionality:

  info@shiftingschools.com

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• Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI | Popular Science

  Researchers using an AI photo-scanning tool similar to facial recognition have learned that there’s been a 20% decline in North Pacific Ocean humpback whale populations over the past decade. The researchers pointed to a climate change related heat w…

• This tiny fish is louder than an airplane taking off | Popular Science

  Some of Earth’s fish are known for their Herculean strength and funky vision. For the less than one inch long Danionella cerebrum, it’s their loud vocals.

• Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need? – The Hechinger Report

  OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning this December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School is anything but quiet.

• 35 Resources for Read Across America Day

  Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day, annually held on March 2nd to coincide with the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

• The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Saving Time | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  Check out my New York Times Learning Network interactive for English Language Learners on Daylight Savings Time. Students identify word meanings, explain the context clues they used to determine them, and then respond to an informational writing pro…

• Writing by Hand Leads To Better Brain Connectivity | Tech & Learning

  Write this down: Writing by hand may be more beneficial to brain development and learning than typing. This is according to a new study that builds on past research suggesting a greater cognitive benefit for handwriting vs.

• How School Districts are Integrating Generative AI into their Policies – Digital Promise

  As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) becomes increasingly common in conversations within school districts, education leaders require resources that will guide its integration.

• From Challenge to Triumph: The Learning Pit Concept Explained

  Created by AI in Riverside. Checked by a human. Mistakes possible. Please contact me if you find one. I’m so excited to have James Nottingham with us. He is the creator of the Learning Pit.

• Universal Design for Learning: What is it? Why use?

  Education has come a long way since the focus on “reading, writing, ‘rithmetic”. In Ask a Tech Teacher posts, we’ve covered many teaching strategies: Any of these might be perfect for your classroom. Today, we offer one more: Universal Design for Le…

• It’s the bullying, not the tech | @mcleod

  Just leaving this graph here for folks who think that cyberbullying is a bigger scourge than in-person bullying in schools (because we often tend to demonize technology)… These data are from NCES Report 2024-109, Student Reports of Bullying: Results…

• A.J. Juliani | Why Kids Need Meaningful Learning Experiences Right Now

  When I was growing up the only insight I had to the lifestyles of the rich and famous was an episode of Cribs (we all wanted to see what was in the fridge). In my neighborhood, I had two friends that were “Rich”. One had a doctor parent and the othe…

• Why Neuroscience and Technology Are Key to Helping Us Rethink How Students Learn | EdSurge News

  Most teachers who work in education today have studied — or at least are familiar with — VARK, a learning theory first introduced by Neil Fleming in 1987.

• An unexpected way to fight chronic absenteeism – The Hechinger Report

  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. Students at Bessemer Elementary School don’t h…

• Navigating cultural diversity in American education

  The tapestry of America’s history is arguably woven with threads of multiculturalism, reflecting a nation that has embraced diversity since its inception.

• Eduaide.Ai: How To Use It To Teach | Tech & Learning

  Eduaide.Ai was developed out of the need of a teacher, to cater to teachers. In short, it was created to make the lives of teachers easier.

• 5 ways to create an inviting, engaging multipurpose learning space

  We always knew that it would be great to have a dedicated space for students who needed pull-out testing, different accommodations, and/or more individualized instruction.

• ai-literacy-the-newest-21st-century-competency

  Editor’s Note: This article is from our friends at ET Magazine. In a world where the only constant is change, education and workforce development must not only keep pace but anticipate and lead into the future with clear intent.

• Why “Pressure Passes” Are A Ridiculous Behavior Strategy Smart Classroom Management

  Have you heard of pressure passes? They’re slips of red or yellow paper that allow difficult students to leave your classroom anytime they like. Yep, they just flash you the pass and then walk out.

• The “Best” Tools For Teachers To Create Their Own AI Chatbots | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  Though I’ve shared many AI-powered tools, I haven’t made any secret of my skepticism about all the hype about how it’s supposed to revolutionize education. In other words, though I don’t think it will revolutionize the classroom, it can have a helpf…

• Your Students Are Already Using AI You’ve Never Heard Of

  Far too many people view the free version of ChatGPT as a measure of what generative AI is capable of, and it is providing many in education with a false sense of reality.

• Graffiti Walls in the Classroom – 20 Brilliant Ideas – WeAreTeachers

  Graffiti walls are a simple, fun, and interactive way to get kids involved in their learning. All you need is a blank whiteboard or some sheets of butcher paper to get started. Kids can write, draw, and express themselves as they learn and review a …

• Getting Started Using Talking Circles In The Classroom –

  Talking Circles are a traditional discussion and decision-making format originating in First Nations cultures. In this format, individuals sit in a circle, signifying equality, and take turns speaking while holding a ceremonial object.

• CoSN names 9 edtech hurdles, trends, and tools

  Teacher retention, learner agency, and, yes, generative AI are among the Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends) and Tech Enablers (tools) impacting education innovation for the year ahead as outlined in CoSN‘s 2024 global Driving K-12 Inno…

• Can VR Help Preserve and Teach Indigenous Culture? | EdSurge News

  Jared Ten Brink, a doctoral student in education at the University of Michigan, is an enrolled member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi.

• SearchReSearch: Answer: Are tree rings nested cones or cylinders?

  A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging. Simple questions…

• On Planting Trees & Teaching Elementary Science – Science for All

  This post is about the importance of teaching elementary science. But before I get to that, I want to talk to you about trees… One of my resolutions for the new year is to read more.

• The Ultimate Guide to Making Worksheets Engaging and Effective

  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.  Spot a mistake in this transcript? Help this teacher out and shoot an email to vicki at coolcatteacher dot c…

• No-code is code | TechCrunch

  Today, the release of OpenAI Codex, a new Al system that translates natural language to code, marks the beginning of a shift in how computer software is written. Over the past few years, there’s been growing talk about “no code” platforms, but this …

• Fukushima Daiichi Accident – World Nuclear Association

• Khanmigo Doesn’t Love Kids – by Dan Meyer – Mathworlds

  Products express opinions about the people who use them. This is well understood and easy to illustrate. The bench does not advertise its disdain in words. Everyone knows better than that. But everyone also understands.

• Play In A “Serious” Environment – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert

  Play is essential for development. There is a wealth of information about this especially for childhood development. The issue is, that the word “Play” doesn’t tend to go down well in a “serious” environment – such as work.

• March Is Women’s History Month – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  March is Women’s History Month in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Women’s History.

• What Teachers Need to Know About Eating Disorders | by McGraw Hill | Inspired Ideas | Feb, 2024 | Medium

  At just 12 years old, I developed anorexia. Almost three decades later, its impact still lingers. No single cause led to my eating disorder. Eating disorders manifest uniquely and present themselves in various ways depending on the individual and th…

• OPINION: How to help children cope with ‘climate anxiety’ in a warming world – The Hechinger Report

  Samantha, 11, asks her seventh grade teacher’s permission to leave the classroom each time the subject of climate change comes up. Samantha, from a small town in Massachusetts, sees stories about climate change on social media and in the news.

• Mastering the Art of the 5-Paragraph Essay through Educational Podcasting

  In this lesson, we are going to be taking a look at what could be considered a “traditional writing assignment” and learning how to turn the 5-Paragraph Essay into a dynamic lesson that incorporates both audio and video podcasts to provide students …

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  Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise.

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• See the Dramatic Final Moments of the Doomed ERS-2 Satellite – Universe Today

  When a satellite reaches the end of its life, it has only two destinations. It can either be maneuvered into a graveyard orbit, a kind of purgatory for satellites, or it plunges to its destruction in Earth’s atmosphere. The ESA’s ERS-2 satellite too…

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  March Madness, the NCAA college basketball tournament, is an exciting time. While you might not be able to take your students to the Final Four, you can bring the excitement of the tournament into your classroom with some fun and educational activit…

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  AI powered game based learning and educational resources for teachers. Harness the power of AI to save hours of prep time. Create engaging review material, assessments, and lesson plans in minutes!

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  If you ever wondered what would happen if ChatGPT could create videos, you’re about to get your answer. Sora is a new AI video-generation tool recently announced by OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed maker of ChatGPT.

• College Professors Say Student Literacy Is Plummeting

• Artificial intelligence in education: Return of the once-feared calculator or a new opportunity?

  “Artificial intelligence in education: Return of the once-feared calculator or a new opportunity?”

• 16 Meaningful and Hands-On Climate Change Activities for Kids

  “16 Meaningful and Hands-On Climate Change Activities for Kids”

• Districts call for guidance in developing classroom AI policies

  Key points: Administrators would like help creating comprehensive classroom AI policies What’s the latest on AI in education? AI: Can it think like your students do? For the latest news on AI in the classroom, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page To da…

• Classroom AI 101: Imagining Story Setting with Text-Evidence Supported Prompting – Ditch That Textbook

  This post is written by Caleb J. Wilson, a District Coach of Instructional Technology and Innovation for Worcester County Public Schools, Maryland, where he leads the AI4WCPS initiative to integrate artificial intelligence into his school district.

• Data Puzzles: Making Sense with Science – Science for All

  Data Puzzles is a platform that integrates classroom-friendly scientific datasets with Ambitious Science Teaching methods for an inquiry-based learning experience.

• What Helps Gifted Neurodiverse Kids Learn Helps Everyone

  By Stephanie Farley Back in the days when it was cool for boys to wear their pants real low (virtually every 7th grade boy walked about bow-legged to keep their pants from falling to the ground) I had a student named Jesse.

• Does Your State Support Public Schools? A New Report Card from the Network for Public Education | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  The Network for Public Education released a report card today grading the states on their support for democratically-governed public schools. Which states rank highest in supporting their public schools? Open the report to find out.

• Forget Order of Operations (PEMDAS)

  Why do you go left to right? Because a teacher said so? It is the rule? Help your students be more flexible by NOT using order of operations.

• What is retrieval augmented generation (RAG)? – AI Advisory Boards

  I have watched many videos trying to understand the concept of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models, as this is an important emerging area of AI.

• Make Your Own Custom “Connections” Puzzles for Students

  Connections fans, rejoice! You and your students can now make your own custom Connections puzzles. TikTok creator and English teacher Laura Randazzo (@Randazzled) is here to show us how and give us examples of how this can be used in the classroom.

• This Teacher Uses Paint Samples for Poetry, Short Stories, and More

  English teachers never stop amazing us. In the most recent iteration of English teacher ingenuity, TikTok creator and teacher Laura Randazzo @randazzled showed us how she uses paint samples—yes, those free swatches from Home Depot and paint stores

• Professional: A Word That Means Nothing and Everything to Teachers | The Jose Vilson

  Sometime in the summer of 2020, a small, vocal set of parents and advocates decided that teachers should get back to work. They overshadowed the public praise for teachers and schools in favor of opening up schools all willy-nilly.

• Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » What Happened to Global Competence?

  About five years ago, all schools embraced the idea of global competence.

• A Principal’s Reflections: 10 Ideas for Primary ELA Stations

  In my coaching work, suggestions typically arise for ideas on implementing various personalized strategies effectively at the primary level (PreK – 1). While choice, in my opinion, might not be the most developmentally appropriate option, I do see s…

• Inclusive Education: Creating Learning Experiences For Every Child – edWeb

  This edLeader Panel is presented by CoSN and AASA. Sponsored by ClassLink When you consider the power education has in launching a child’s future, giving every student the same interactions, services, and access becomes more than just a regulation; …

• To Fix U.S. Education, Free Our Teachers

  If your goal was to create a miserable work environment where employees are stressed, burned out, disrespected and given no say or voice in their job you need not look any further than U.S. schools for inspiration. They are our ‘best practice of mis…

• the bit about AI that most educators miss

  This is the latest edition of The Sunday AI Eduator. Join 19k+ educators who subscribe at theaieducator.io Is your school, college or university implementing artificial intelligence?

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