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Catch up on what you missed from this past week:

• A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Learning About The College Students’ Gaza Protests | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  The right-wing hysteria about, and some university leaders’ over-reaction to, college students’ protests about what’s happening in Gaza has obviously been in the news. You might also be interested in The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence &…

• Where Americans Are — and Aren’t — Politically Divided on Education | EdSurge News

  There are plenty of heated debates happening about what should be taught in schools: whether it’s over the type of books students should read, how LGBTQ topics are discussed or how to talk about racism.

• Google, MIT RAISE launch no-cost AI training course for teachers

  Key points: Google and MIT RAISE (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education) have announced a no-cost Generative AI for Educators Course designed to help middle and high school teachers use generative AI tools to personalize instruction to…

• Friday 5: Virtual field trips

  While virtual field trips are not a new phenomenon, they gained popularity shortly before COVID due in part to their ability to expose students to places and experiences they may not otherwise access due to funding barriers or geographical limitatio…

• Science Matters: Literacy Research is the Key to Improving Reading Outcomes | Discovery Education Blog

  Definitions of oral reading fluency, the focus of grades K-2, often include speed, accuracy, and expression.

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• Rare quadruple solar flare event captured by NASA | Popular Science

  Earlier this week, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded a rarely seen event—four nearly-simultaneous flare eruptions involving three separate sunspots, as well as the magnetic filament between them.

• It’s time to pay student teachers

  This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I fell in love with teaching while working as an assistant educator at a preschool 16 years ago.

• Are two teachers better than one? More schools say yes to team teaching

  Two years ago, when I visited Westwood High School in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, every incoming freshman started the year in a very unusual way.

• Educator Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs | EdNews Daily

  Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) continues to receive increasing attention in the world of education.

• Schools Matter: Campus Order Depends Upon Rights to Protest

  If politicians and campus bureaucrats were to learn anything from the 1960s campus uprisings that could help them today deal with the rising tide of student and faculty indignation at Netanyahu’s continuing murderous war against Palestinians, it sho…

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: El Nino is Rapidly Collapsing

  It’s finally happening. The pesky El Nino, with warmer than normal surface waters across the central and eastern tropic Pacific, is finally dissipating.

• Greenhouse Effect – Greenhouse Gases | Thermal Equilibrium | Radiative Balance – PhET Interactive Simulations

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• Taker, Maker, Shaper – by Dr Philippa Hardman

  As my post last week showed, how we might integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into the instructional design process is no longer a question or discussion about the future— it’s a very real, present-day reality and (for some) a conundrum about how…

• Will Our Educational System Keep Pace with AI? A Student’s Perspective on AI and Learning | EDUCAUSE Review

  Reflecting on AI and learning, a student offers four insights gleaned from firsthand interactions with ChatGPT. This quote, often attributed to the poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, captures the essence of education.

• Breaking the Cycle: A New Approach To Sleep and Mental Health

  Difficulties with sleep and our internal biological clocks may initiate or exacerbate a variety of mental health issues, according to a new review of recent research evidence.

• Exposure to video games: effects on sleep and on post-sleep cognitiveabilities. A sistematic review of experimental evidences – PMC

  1 University of L’Aquila, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences – L’Aquila – Italy – Italy. 2 University of L’Aquila, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences – L’Aquila – Italy – Italy.

• The Arrival of the Homework Machine

  By spring of 2023, most students with an internet connection had access to a new tool that could do much of their homework. We hear Justin’s keynote at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education about the arrival of generative AI in schools,…

• AI won’t replace writing instruction (opinion)

  As a writing across the curriculum scholar and programmer, I’ve been talking about artificial intelligence writing tools a lot lately.

• A Roadmap to the Future of Education

  Welcome to the Network School journey! Whether you’re new here or returning, thank you for joining us as we explore how technology can transform education. This blogpost is the first in a series of posts that are designed to detail various aspects o…

• 30 Fascinating Facts About Trees for Kids

  Have you ever wondered what the longest living organism on Earth is? If you guessed trees, you are correct! There are so many cool facts about trees that many kids (and adults!) don’t know. Your students will be blown away by these botanical wonders…

• Just a moment…

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us, and its influence is undeniably shaping the world around us and our classrooms. Rather than resist this change, educational leaders must embrace AI as a powerful tool in our e…

• Level Up Student Centered Learning with Control L

  The simple shortcut Ctrl+L might seem insignificant, but it can be a powerful tool in a student-centered classroom.

• Do ChatGPT-Style AI ChatBots Help Students Learn? Yes, But There Are Caveats, Says Research | Tech & Learning

  ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have become almost synonymous with conversations about education and edtech tools. But there’s an important question that so far remains unanswered: Do AI chatbots help students learn?

• Computer game in school made students better at detecting fake news | ScienceDaily

  A computer game helped upper secondary school students become better at distinguishing between reliable and misleading news. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers at Uppsala University and elsewhere.

• Top Theories and Activities for ESL Students | EdNews Daily

  When I was in middle school, I remember registering for my first Spanish 101 class. As a native English speaker, I was excited about learning a new language.

• Navigating the New Frontier: Building AI Literacy in K-12 Education – Digital Promise

  Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) literacy in education is crucial to prepare students for an increasingly digital society. During the third webinar of our Age of AI series, we discussed three big ideas for educators and leaders to navigate i…

• How to Use School AI with Students — @TheMerrillsEDU

  School AI, an innovative AI educational app, has become a popular choice for students in our classrooms. Its intelligent features empower students to enhance their learning experience and streamline their academic journey.

• 10 Video Game-Inspired Activities for the Classroom​

  Unleash the power of play in your classroom with video game inspired activities for your students. Discover engaging, curriculum-aligned activities that transform learning into an adventure! Discover engaging and innovative classroom activities insp…

• 4 ways to encourage play in education

  As a longtime educator, I’ve witnessed firsthand the incredible benefits that play can have in a K–8 classroom. Unstructured play is how students learn to interact with the world around them.

• What Do We Gain and Lose When Students Use AI to Write? | EdSurge News

  If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If a student uses AI to write and nobody notices, does it matter?

• The Rise of Virtual Reality in Education

  In the past few years, virtual reality (VR) has moved beyond just being a fun thing for gaming and entered the world of education with a bang. VR isn’t just about playing games anymore; it’s become a serious tool for learning.

• A Day Under the Algorithm: A Day in the AI-Run School – Matthew Wemyss

  Welcome to Pixelwood School. It’s a place that only exists in my imagination… for now. Today, I’m taking you on a thought experiment. We’ll explore three ways a single day at school could unfold: fully human, fully AI, and a unique hybrid approach.

• An Ode to Educator Self Care | PBS Education

  Enriching the learning space while fostering a healthy mental, physical, and purposeful learning environment. At the start of this school year I was met with that distinct classroom smell as I opened the door to my classroom.

• 2023 Teacher Shortage Statistics Prove We Need To Fix Education

  Anyone who works in a public school knows that the teaching profession is at a crisis point. Burnout is high, teachers are leaving their jobs at record rates, and the pipeline of new teachers is growing smaller.

• Good ideas: When to use GenAI for brainstorming – Leon Furze

  Applying Generative AI like ChatGPT and Copilot to brainstorming is one of the most touted uses, and there are plenty of situations where the technology is well-suited to idea generation. At the same time, it’s not always a great idea to offload the…

• BREAKING NEWS: Students are still bored | @mcleod

  Breaking news! A nationally-representative poll of more than 1,000 teenagers finds that… students are still bored. Here are some key findings: These results just confirm earlier findings. This is a system that is fundamentally BROKEN.

• How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

  In recent years, the integration of digital tools into educational settings has revolutionized the way students engage with and learn about social studies.

• 4 ways to support work-based learning

  As work-based learning models grow in popularity, a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) highlights key themes in recently-passed state legislation that will support efforts to expand or improve such models. In the 2023 legislative…

• Strong Planning, Coaching, and Implementing with Fidelity– A Blended Learning Success Story – Education Elements

  As soon as you enter Vogel Elementary School, you are greeted with large smiles. It is no secret that students are excited to show up to school every day and teachers are ready to embrace their kiddos as soon as the bell rings.

• The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students

  Motivation plays a role not only in people’s choice to get involved in their goals but also in their behavior, persistence, and, ultimately, success.

• A.J. Juliani | A.I.-Resistant or A.I.-Compatible?

  Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Learning and the Brain Conference in NY. I’ve been at multiple LATB conferences and they always bring a great and diverse group of educators together from K-12, Higher-Ed, and other institutions.

• Formative Assessment is Key to Being Responsive – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  As students move through a lesson, some acquire information and skills more quickly than others. Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or s…

• The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  A teacher recently asked me whether students always need to attend every station in a rotation. The short answer is “no.” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies…

• Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI) – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  Choice boards are a fantastic tool for honoring learner variability and providing students with meaningful choices. Not every student enjoys the same task, so giving them options is critical to maximizing their motivation and focus in a lesson.

• Google Gemini: How Google’s New AI Can Change Teaching | Tech & Learning

  Google has announced that it has implemented a new form of artificial intelligence for use on varying amounts of data, allowing for the dissemination of large amounts of complex data into actionable information.

• Fostering Creativity and Inclusion Through Content Creation and Real-World Relevance | EdSurge News

  This article is part of a three-article series dedicated to harnessing powerful technology for powerful learning. In the articles, we share the perspectives of HP Teaching Fellows. Read the other articles here and here.

• 19 Online News Resources for Kids

  Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

• Capture creativity with Microsoft Designer prompts in the classroom – Ditch That Textbook

  As educators, we’re always on the lookout for innovative ways to engage our students and enhance their learning experiences. The new and exciting world of AI offers lots of ways to do this.

• Authentic Tasks Have Failed Us – by Dan Meyer – Mathworlds

  You’ll hear about “authentic tasks” in conference presentations, journal articles, position papers, and stray tweets about what constitutes “good teaching.” When pressed, most people define that authenticity in ways that are circular or that beg oth…

• Kami Certified – Kami

  Have questions? Find answers to frequently asked questions in this Kami Help Center article Kami Certified Educators get access to sponsorship for training events and presentations. Submit a request here.

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• Game Lessons | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

  We help teachers to expand their teaching and learning repertoire using the tools many students are passionate about – videogames. We foster a cross-curriculum learning community and build teachers’ capacity to create, access and share practical les…

• Adobe’s new Firefly model makes it easier to use Photoshop’s AI tools – The Verge

  Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to its Photoshop creative software that aim to give users additional ways to control the designs they generate.

• Innovation through prompting – by Ethan Mollick

  If you have been reading my Substack (or my new book, which made the New York Times bestseller list!), you know that one of the things I find most exciting about AI is its potential for expanding the number of people able to produce and share useful…

• Explore the Universe with the First E-Book from NASA’s Fermi – NASA Science

  Readers can download the e-book in PDF and EPUB formats. The e-book is aimed at general audiences with an interest in space. Launched on June 11, 2008, Fermi detects gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light, from Earth’s atmosphere to far-flung …

• Who Gets To Decide the Future of Education? (And Why We Can’t Wait to Find Out) – Matthew Wemyss

  Lately, I’ve been hit with waves of existential dread about the state of education. We all see the cracks in the system – the disengaged students, the overworked teachers, the endless push for test scores that seem to miss the point entirely. In the…

• Embedding AI Ethics into K-12 Classrooms: A Framework for Success | by Andrew Marcinek | Apr, 2024 | Medium

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is all around us. In K-12 education, it’s the shiny new thing that everyone is chasing. Whether you are a school that is all in on AI or still testing the waters, you are okay and in a good place regardless of where you …

• 30 Service Learning Projects That Are Meaningful for Kids

  Service learning projects have become an important part of school culture, and for good reason. These activities get kids involved in their communities, developing empathy and a sense of generosity.

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Other Type of Mountain Wave Cloud

  Folks love to talk about lenticular clouds, which are generally produced by air moving up (and down) downstream of a mountain barrier (see picture below). Such clouds are generally found in the lower atmosphere at or just above the crest level of th…

• Lampreys offer clues to the origin of our fight-or-flight instinct | Popular Science

  Lampreys look like something out of a horror movie, with their sucky mouths chock full of teeth, eel-like bodies, and parasitic behaviors.

• The Nerdy Teacher: 3 Easy Ways to Support Neurodivergent Students in Any Classroom #EdChat

  Creating a supportive classroom environment for neurodivergent students is crucial for their success and well-being. Here are three straightforward strategies that teachers can employ in any educational setting to better support these students.

• 5 AI-powered tools from Google to help you get outside more

  Looking to get outside more? There are a number of AI-powered Google tools that can help with that — from informing you about the local foliage to helping you find a new walking path. Google Lens is an AI-powered tool that enables you to search usin…

• When Google Couldn’t Help: How AI Helped Me Track Down an Elusive Image – Copy / Paste

  We’ve all grown accustomed to turning to search engines when struggling to remember a detail or fact. But recently I found myself in a situation where “Googling” was useless. I was trying to recall a work of art without knowing the artist, title, or…

• Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning

  Applying the principles and practices of inclusive design in game-based learning can expand access to rich learning experiences to a neurodiverse group of learners, according to a new whitepaper from Kahoot!.

• Robert Swan OBE: “The Greatest Threat to Our Planet Is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save It” | HuffPost Impact

  In 1986, Robert Swan made the longest unassisted walk ever to the South Pole. Three years later he went onto the North Pole and by the age of 33, he became first person in history to walk to both North and South Pole.Antarctica has been described as…

• 75 Earth Day Quotes To Inspire Appreciation of Our Planet

  Earth Day is coming up on April 22, but you don’t need to wait until then to appreciate our planet and all that it provides for us with some Earth Day quotes.

• Play online | Hexagons of Sustainability Goals

  In order to play please write your information in the form. We will only use this information to know a little more about the users of the methodology. As soon as you click on PLAY you can start building your hive. Thanks a lot!

• Students rely heavily on AI to excel in coursework | The Star

  PETALING JAYA: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools such as ChatGPT has become increasingly popular among students. They find that it is quick to provide and compile information as well as simple to use.

• Balancing academic integrity and AI | The Star

  PETALING JAYA: It’s been a year since plagiarism detection platform Turnitin launched its artificial intelligence (AI) writing detection feature, and its findings are astonishing.

• When technology can read your brain waves, who owns your thoughts? | Popular Science

  Brain Computer Interface (BCI) companies are charging ahead with devices and services attempting to understand and manipulate human neural pathways.

• For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism | Popular Science

  Evolution is quite a wondrous and lengthy process, with some random bursts of activity that are responsible for the diversity of life on our planet today. These can happen on large scales like with the evolution of more efficient limbs.

• Learn the ‘Secrets of the Octopus’ When It Premieres on Nat Geo TV and Disney+ – GeekDad

  Octopuses are like aliens on Earth: three hearts, blue blood, and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeball. But there is so much more to these weird and wonderful animals.

• A Principal’s Reflections: The Fallacy of Best Practices

  In an education world obsessed with standardization, the pursuit of “best practices” reigns supreme. Countless systems and schools rely on pre-defined, one-size-fits-all approaches, promising guaranteed success.

• A Sports Analogy for Understanding Different Ways to Use AI

  As with many new technologies, the potential impact of generative AI on society is polarizing. There is a fear that this technology will replace human workers, leading to mass de-skilling and widespread unemployment.

• Brush Ninja – Animation Maker

  Brush Ninja is your go-to animated GIF maker that simplifies the art of animation for users of all levels. With its user-friendly interface and versatile brush tools, you can effortlessly create captivating animations frame by frame, giving life to …

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Here are more great blog posts from this past week:

• Most Tested, Least Taught: Silent Reading Fluency | Discovery Education Blog

  The Discovery Education blog is a free resource for educators to find time-saving teaching strategies and compelling content for their daily lessons.

• 3 ways to avoid summer learning loss

  When the school year ends, it can be hard to tell who’s more excited for summer vacation: teachers or students. While it can be easy for both camps to slip out of routine over the summer break, it’s important that students don’t get out of the habit…

• Friday 5: Universal Design for Learning

  In a nutshell, Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a framework that urges educators, policymakers, and all education stakeholders to think about teaching and learning in a way that gives all students–regardless of ability or need–equal opportu…

• Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South | EdSurge News

  The threat of climate change has exposed more homes to flooding and wildfires, and it has intensified heat waves that prompt farmers to lose crop yields and a way to sustain a living.

• Earth Day Class Activities

  Every year, the United Nations recognizes April 22nd as International Mother Earth Day.

• How I Use RSS To Make My Life Easier – The Edublogger

  So we’ve tried our best to explain what is RSS and why it’s important to learn how to use. And as we said it’s hard to explain probably because the power of RSS is really something you need to experience first hand.

• ChatGPT is dumber than it looks | Seth’s Blog

  That’s not true for a screwdriver. Or a table saw or even a spatula.

• Tom Ultican: The Profit Behind the “Science of Reading” Movement | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  Tom Ultican, retired teacher in California, smells a scam in the making. The science behind “the Science of Reading” movement is not very scientific, he writes.

• Scientists issue warning over dangerous phenomenon in Arctic waters becoming new norm: ‘A new phase began’

  Marine heat waves are the new normal in the Arctic Ocean, according to SciTechDaily. Since 2007, the Arctic has been experiencing more frequent and intense marine heat waves, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications Earth …

• 28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding | Edutopia

  From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible. Quick learning “pulse checks” during and after lessons can be a powerful way to “improve and enhance student learning,” says vete…

• Why fermented foods are good for your gut – and your teaching | Feature | RSC Education

  From sauerkraut to kefir, fermented foods are widely touted as gut-enriching, health-boosting products. Researchers are delving into the chemical detail of fermented products, in a bid to understand their potential health effects.

• Navigating the AI Hype in Education: Three Steps for Leaders | by Andrew Marcinek | Apr, 2024 | Medium

  It seems like AI buzzwords are everywhere these days.

• Longitudinal study provides more evidence that spanking might harm kids’ early developmental skills

  Spanking, a form of physical punishment aimed at correcting child behavior, has long been a topic of debate in parenting and developmental psychology.

• Intel-builds-worlds-largest-neuromorphic-system

  What’s New: Today, Intel announced that it has built the world’s largest neuromorphic system.

• Educators love their edtech, but want more training

  An overwhelming majority of educators (93 percent) say they believe edtech makes teaching and learning better, according to a new survey from classroom management solution NetSupport.

• High school students say AI will change the workforce

  With the rapid rise of generative AI, nearly one in two high school students polled think the workforce as we know it today will undergo a major transformation, a new global survey shows.

• Schools Must Focus on Narrowing Digital Divides | EdTech Magazine

  Many K–12 schools already have digital equity baked into their technology efforts. In California’s Mt. Diablo Unified School District, technology leaders aim to narrow the digital access divide by ensuring students and educators have equitable acces…

• Ed Dept: Districts should start now to improve 2024-25 attendance | K-12 Dive

  This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.  Dive Brief: The U.S.

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• A Look Back: Our Three Video Series On Differentiation | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  (I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2019. You can see them all here.) Last fall, Katie Hull and I worked with Ed Week to create a very popular animated video introducing differentiated instruction.

• How Dungeons & Dragons Levels Up Learning

  Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has been hailed as one of the most innovative teaching tools in the world by high school English teacher, Kade Wells. When I first spoke to him in 2015, Kade knew then what so many are now beginning to understand—the power o…

• When Good Teaching Leads to Bad Results: The Disasters of Well-Taught Mathematics Courses

• Level 1 Certified Educator | SchoolAI

• 4 Phone Rules Kids Desperately Need

  Between my job as an education editor and raising a toddler, I seek out a lot of content about kids from people who know more than me. I’ve noticed that usually experts leave a lot of wiggle room with what they’re sharing or recommending.

• 3 Keys to Designing Successful Tech-Enabled Education | EdTech Magazine

  Educators have long understood that learning outcomes improve when learning is fun, exciting and interesting for students. As the use of technology has grown, engagement has become the new classroom metric, with increased engagement often correlatin…

• Most Teens Think AI Won’t Hurt Their Mental Health; Teachers Disagree

  Generative AI is an exploding influence in education with lots of potential but unknown outcomes. Most people focus on its impact on school research, lesson plans–that sort–but another piece isn’t considered often enough: its impact on student menta…

• Why Teaching Students How to Use Artificial Intelligence Could Make Them Employable Adults | EdTech Magazine

  Teaching prompt engineering in high school would not only help students learn what questions to ask but also how to validate the answers received, as generative AI is not always accurate.

• The Transformative Power of Games in Learning – The Reflective Educator

  At the ASU-GSV summit this year, I spoke on a panel about the transformative nature of games in assessment. Assessment of learner performance is closely related to learning, so when we spoke on the panel, we often drifted between the two topics.

• Where do all those colors in space telescope images come from? | Popular Science

  We’ve all seen beautiful images of outer space, with vivid swirls and bright stars resting on a black abyss. With how quick it is to snap a color photo on an iPhone, you might think that sophisticated space telescopes churn out color photos automati…

• Images From the James Webb Space Telescope Come to IMAX in ‘Deep Sky’ – GeekDad

  A few years ago, I was able to attend a Dark Sky Party sponsored by the telescope manufacturer where my son worked. Out in an open field, a number of amateur as well as professional astronomers set up their telescopes to view the wonders of the univ…

• New Education Product for Quest Devices Will Help Teachers Bring Subjects to Life in New Ways | Meta

  Of all the ways in which metaverse technologies like virtual, mixed and augmented reality could prove to be transformative, the potential they have for education is one of the most exciting.  For most of us, learning is social – we learn from and wi…

• Celebrate Earth Day with Minecraft | Minecraft Education

• All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics – YouTube

  We are unveiling the next generation of humanoid robots—a fully electric Atlas robot designed for real-world applications. The new Atlas builds on decades of research and furthers our commitment to delivering the most capable, useful mobile robots s…

• Classroom Greeting Sign – Free Printable Poster for the Classroom

  Do your students prefer a fist bump, a high five, or just to say “hello”? Give them the choice every morning and welcome them warmly with this free classroom greeting sign! Just fill out the form on this page to save and print your copy.

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• 5 obstacles AI can help schools overcome

  The idea of integrating generative AI into classrooms has sparked nonstop debate since it appeared on the scene. On one side, enthusiasts herald its potential to revolutionize teaching and learning.

• Whatever Happened to Building a Metaverse for Education? | EdSurge News

  Remember all the hype around the metaverse in education?

• What Can Colleges Do Better to Help Latino Students Succeed? | EdSurge News

  The number of Latino students who are going to college is on the rise, and they don’t all fit the profile of what institutions might consider the typical freshmen on campus.

• National Poetry Month Activities and Books for Kids | Waterford.org

  Every April, the literary world comes alive with rhythm and rhyme as we celebrate National Poetry Month. For elementary school teachers, this month is an opportunity to practice early literacy skills and foster a love for poetry and language.

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• CURMUDGUCATION: Too Much For Mere Mortals

  When I was ploughing through the Pew Center survey of teachers, I thought of Robert Pondiscio. Specifically, it was the part about the work itself.

• Khanmigo WANTS to Love Kids but Doesn’t Know How

  A couple of months ago, I noted in my usual spirit of collegiality that Khanmigo doesn’t seem to care much about student thinking.

• The Power of Primary Source Letters in History Class – History Gal

  Discovering Primary Source Letters Let’s kick things off by diving deeper into the wealth of knowledge held by primary source letters. These letters are authentic documents penned by individuals from the past. They offer us a direct line to their th…

• AI for Professional Development | Tech & Learning

  Access to strong professional development for school leaders and educators has been a challenge and varies across school communities. Despite significant investments made in PD programs, the impact on teacher practices and student learning outcomes …

• 5 Things About Using AI for Writing That I Wish Enthusiasts Would Remember | Tech & Learning

  Despite all the discussion, I suspect the impact in some subjects of ChatGPT and other similar generative AI tools has been minimal. But for me as a college writing instructor, these AI tools have had a huge impact on my day-to-day work — and not a…

• AI Tools for Education: Designing for Inclusive Excellence

  Every April, the literary world comes alive with rhythm and rhyme as we celebrate National Poetry Month. For elementary school teachers, this month is an Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodivergent condition that affects communication, behavi…

• Unveiling Edcamp’s Essence: A Deep Dive into the Five Core Tenets – Digital Promise

  The vibrant energy that filled the cafeteria of the nearby school building was palpable as I entered my first Edcamp experience more than 10 years ago as a secondary science teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Creative Approaches for Developing Essay Writing Skills

  The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘essay’ as” a short piece of writing on a particular subject Most students write their first essay by third grade, probably enjoy the process because of its non-threatening narrative exploration of their thoughts, bu…

• Do video games cause violence? No, they cause something worse | Metro News

  A reader and social worker explains her concerns about microtransactions in games aimed at children, and calls for industry regulation.

• 10 powerful ways to use custom chatbots in the classroom – Ditch That Textbook

• Foundational Policy Ideas for AI in Education

• Help! I Have So Many Students Failing—Even Open Note Exams!

• Active Learning in the Age of AI: Empowering Students as Creators | by Andrew Marcinek | Apr, 2024 | Medium

  I have always been a history student. I love it, read it, learn from it, and most importantly, do not repeat it. I have worked in education for over 20 years, and at that time, I have heard and seen a lot of trends in the space.

• How to Prevent AI from Doing All the Thinking – John Spencer

  Cognitive atrophy happens any time we lose the ability to engage in a mental process due to inactivity. In a world of Artificial Intelligence, we need to be cognizant of the dangers of cognitive atrophy so that we can continue to engage in curiosity…

• Should AI have a face? | Knowledge Avatars™

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is constantly evolving, increasingly moving from merely responsive entities to more proactive entities that aid us in a multitude of tasks.

• TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history – The Hechinger Report

  Students gather once a month at my high school for what we call “equity lunch chats” with teachers and administrators. The students ask about many topics, including tardy policies, access to athletics and clubs, and even treatment by deans and secur…

• Integrating Generative AI within Emerging Learning Theories – www.DrShannonDoak.com

  Many moons ago, while I was in the process of getting my Masters degree, I wrote, “Emerging Theories of Learning and the Role of Technology” as a chapter in a class eBook. In this chapter, I delved into how modern technological advancements are rede…

• ‘Too little, too late’: What’s changed (and hasn’t) after scrutiny on debunked reading method – The Hechinger Report

  This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation – even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists …

• Minecraft Education Preview Program – Minecraft Education

  Minecraft Education Preview is an evolution of the Minecraft Education Beta program. Preview is also a separate application that you can install side-by-side and use without impacting the version of Minecraft Education you currently have installed.

• The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon, the Pesach or Passover Moon

  The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon, the Pesach or Passover Moon, the Hanuman Jayanti Festival Moon, and Bak Poya. The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, April 23, 2024, appearing opposite the Sun (in …

• This Principal Has a Message for Politicians: Let Teachers Do Their Jobs

  Jared Lamb, principal of BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Charter School in Louisiana, made the rounds last year for ditching his desk for a rolling cart. He’s back in this video with a simple message, this time aimed at elected officials: Let teachers do …

• 17 Essential Lessons for Teaching the Holocaust

  Often the most important topics we teach are some of the most challenging and difficult to discuss. Because of this, teaching the Holocaust to students of any grade level is a complex task. It is also a vitally important one.

• Autism at-a-Glance: Using Technology to Increase Independence – EALA

  This Autism at-a-Glance was designed to support high school staff and family members in promoting independence in daily living skills for adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum.

• Let this astronaut show you around the International Space Station | Popular Science

  Andreas Mogensen returned to Earth in mid-March after a six-and-a-half month stint aboard the International Space Station. To mark his tenure as part of NASA’s Crew-7 mission, the Danish European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut has shared his souvenir …

• Yes, Your School Librarian Can Do That (and More) | Cult of Pedagogy

  Listen to the interview with Karina Quilantan-Garza, Lauren Mobley,K.C. Boyd, and Barbara Paciotti (transcript): I used to think librarians did three things: (1) organize and fiercely protect large collections of books, (2) check those books out to …

• The AI Teacher: A Rebel With a Cause? – Matthew Wemyss

  Let’s be honest, the whole AI revolution in education hasn’t exactly played out the way it was promised.

• AI and Relationships in Education: A delicate dance | by Andrew Marcinek | Apr, 2024 | Medium

  As we enter the AI era in education, I wanted to pause amongst the barrage of information about AI’s promise in education and focus on maintaining and building relationships among the machines.

• Frontiers | Does Playing Apart Really Bring Us Together? Investigating the Link Between Perceived Loneliness and the Use of Video Games During a Period of Social Distancing

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries implemented social distancing measures to contain virus transmission. However, these vital safety measures have the potential to impair mental health or wellbeing, for instance, from increased perceive…

• Case Study – Carrying Capacity and Rabbits

  European settlers introduced rabbits to both England and Australia. In the absence of natural predators, rabbits were able to multiply rapidly and establish large populations. Rabbits are prolific breeders, with females capable of producing several …

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• Should instructors disclose their own use of AI in teaching? (opinion)

• The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into nearly all aspects of daily life has sparked numerous debates as to the efficacy of using AI tools and whether doing so is cheating. Sports Illustrated was recently challenged for publishing AI-ge…

• Can’t Dance, Won’t Dance? Better Learn How to Dance

• Baruti Kafele, a school principal turned inspirational speaker with whom I’ve worked several times, used to love quoting an Ashanti proverb to throw cold water on teachers’ complaints about all the things allegedly standing between them and good ins…

• Why I Care About Authentic Writing : Metawriting

• Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies? | WIRED

• Just because you see something done in a movie, that doesn’t mean you should try it yourself. Take, for example, a human running on top of a moving train. For starters, you can’t be sure it’s real. In early Westerns, they used moving backdrops to ma…

• SpeechTechie- Technology, Apps and Lessons for SLPs and Teachers who like Words: Create songs on a topic

• Suno AI is a fun tool which will generate a song for you if you provide a simple prompt, such as a genre and topic. Sign in with your Google account and you can create a number of songs for free, and they are easily sharable by link.

• It’s Time to Ditch the Idea of Edtech Disruption. But What Comes Next? | EdSurge News

• COVID-19 was edtech’s big moment, and while digital tools kept learning going for many families and schools, they also faltered. A great deal of edtech purchases went unused, equity gaps widened, and teachers and students were burned out.

• Using tech to drive innovation in early care and education

• Fasten your seatbelts. The past few years in the early care and education (ECE) space have been a figurative roller coaster ride of ups and downs when it comes to the availability and distribution of public funds.

• CoSN2024: Should K-12 Leaders Make AI Education Mandatory in Schools? | EdTech Magazine

• According to Partovi, making AI a foundational part of the K–12 curriculum could help fix such issues. As an immigrant whose family fled Iran as refugees, he said he knew firsthand how learning computer science as a child can impact opportunities la…

• Professional Development Around The Toilet To In The Classroom: What Does Informal PD Look Like For You? | Living Avivaloca

• One of my jobs as a Reading Specialist is to help build capacity. I know that this is often done through more formal ways, such as professional development sessions, but I think that it can also be done in some informal ways.

• The Truth Behind The Politicized Attacks On The California Math Framework: Keep Mathematics As Currency/Status For The Privileged | by Sunil Singh | Apr, 2024 | Medium

• You know when Ted Cruz and FOX News jump in on the math wars happening in California — mostly around the almost cartoonish misrepresentations of the California Math Framework — you know the whole debate/discourse has jumped the shark.

• Microsoft Designer – Stunning designs in a flash

• Microsoft Designer – Stunning designs in a flash

• A new solution proposed for drought-stricken Panama Canal goes around it | Popular Science

• As droughts continue to deplete the Panama Canal’s water levels, the maritime trading hub’s operators are planning a workaround.

• SearchReSearch: Gemini has serious hallucinations (at least when you ask about composers!)

• Asking an LLM for facts isn’t great… The easy example is Richard Wagner. Immensely famous in his lifetime, his legacy gave rise to the adjective Wagnerian, to describe fans who are enthralled with his work.

• Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

• As a writer, eighth grade history teacher and school administrator, I’m as curious as anyone about what will happen when the robots eventually take over (more on that later).

• How to Use Bloom’s Taxonomy AI Prompts for Lesson Design – EdTechTeacher

• Of all the challenges that AI tools can help teachers address, differentiation and lesson design is at (or at least near) the top of the list!  During all of my recent AI-themed professional development workshops, teachers are impressed with how sim…

• Can you take algebra in eighth grade? In many cases, the answer is no

• This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. If you’re an eighth grader who wants to take algebra, can you even take the class?

• URGENT: deepfakes-time-to-create-policies-and-crisis-plans

• Teenage girls are struggling with having their faces put on nude bodies in deepfake nudes.

• NEPC: There Is No “Science” in the “Science of Reading” | Diane Ravitch’s blog

• The National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado posted a summary of research about the current “Science of Reading” fad, which finds that the “science” is missing.

• Researchers find a new organelle evolving | Ars Technica

• The complex cells that underlie animals and plants have a large collection of what are called organelles—compartments surrounded by membranes that perform specialized functions.

• Using AI in classrooms to support learning

• In education right now, the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a dream of the future — it’s a full reality. Educators have a chance to begin integrating AI into everyday student learning experiences, giving students access to ass…

• AI and Academic Integrity: Striking the Right Balance | by Andrew Marcinek | Apr, 2024 | Medium

• At the outset of the generative AI blitz in early 2023, one of the primary concerns within the education space focused on the ethical use of AI.

• A Map of Generative AI for Education | by Laurence Holt | Mar, 2024 | Medium

• For this major update to our map, first published in June 2023, we have added over 90 new logos and 11 new areas. Many previously gray areas (meaning we have yet to see a real-world example) are now yellow (we have).

• Minecraft as a Counselling Tool

• Minecraft has developed a strong reputation throughout the world as an imaginative, innovative, and entertaining virtual environment. At its core, Minecraft enables individuals to express themselves creatively in a digital world.

• The Art of Prompt Craft

• A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies

• When the University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium acquired a common octopus recently, they got somewhat more than they bargained for. Thinking the individual was a male, they named it Octavius and stuck “him” in a tank of his own.

• Ready or not, AI is in our schools | Popular Science

• Students worldwide are using generative AI tools to write papers and complete assignments. Teachers are using similar tools to grade tests. What exactly is going on here? Where is all of this heading? Can education return to a world before artificia…

• How AI could transform the way schools test kids – The Hechinger Report

• Imagine interacting with an avatar that dissolves into tears – and being assessed on how intelligently and empathetically you respond to its emotional display.

• Cloud Upload and Download – Minecraft Education

• Download the Minecraft Education Preview to use the new cloud storage feature. Worlds are automatically saved to OneDrive upon closing the world as a backup. When the first world is uploaded, a new folder in the user’s OneDrive is created called “Mi…

• Minecraft Education Cloud Download Preview Release – YouTube

• Download the Minecraft Education Preview version 12.20.70 to try the cloud feature.

• You can install this application side-by-side with the main Minecraft Education application. This preview version adds the ability to upload and download worlds to…

• Why do worms come out after it rains?

• “Why do worms come out after it rains?”

• Pedagogy And The AI Guest Speaker Or What Teachers Should Know About The Eliza Effect – Tom Mullaney

• One popular AI in the classroom idea is using ChatGPT or Google Gemini as an AI guest speaker with students.1 The idea is that students ask questions the teacher types into an AI Large Language Model (LLM) chatbot, asking the chatbot to answer as a …

• Teachers: Follow These Experts To Learn AI – Tom Mullaney

• Before using AI in K-12 classrooms, teachers, administrators, and district leaders should understand what AI is and is not. Implementing AI apps without a solid foundational understanding does not serve students. But who to turn to for critical anal…

• Toxic Masculinity in Schools is a Problem. Teachers Can Help.

• Note: This article contains references to suicide and mass shootings. If it’s better for you to avoid those topics right now, check out one of our other articles. I was on a walk last weekend and stopped to chat with a neighbor.

• Microsoft Designer Templates – Wakelet

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• This newly spotted massive alien planet is confusing astronomers

• Astronomers have discovered a massive exoplanet orbiting around the binary star system b Centauri. The two stars are so hot and huge that researchers previously thought that no planet could exist around them. 

• 6 tips to help educators support young readers

• In school, many kindergarten and first-grade students are asked to memorize lists of common words, which are sometimes called “sight words.” This practice skips important steps. The idea that children learn to read by memorizing whole words is a mis…

• How VR Can Be an ‘Empathy Machine’ for Education | EdSurge News

• A VR experience created by students at The New School in New York City is designed to take viewers to an almond farm in California and illustrate the effects of pesticides on bee colonies.

• 4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools

• I’m excited about this post from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew–AI Tools for reading comprehension. There are so many directions this could go!

• Control Alt Achieve: Rubric for Evaluating AI Tools for Schools

• Team Collaboration: Evaluation is most effective when conducted collaboratively.

• Teacher, I’m done… – Pdubya Tech

• From the dawn of education, teachers have always been plagued with the dreaded statement/question: “Teacher, I’m done. What do I do now?”

• Generative AI and K-12 Education: An MIT Perspective · From Novel Chemicals to Opera

• In November of 2022, a Silicon Valley company launched an invention that could complete students’ homework for them. Available only to subscribers at first, by the spring of 2023 OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 was available to millions of students.

• Engaging Parents in the AI Conversation | by Andrew Marcinek | Mar, 2024 | Medium

• Over the past year, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our daily lives has increased significantly. AI stands as a pivotal force with the potential to revolutionize various aspects of human life, including education.

• The Eureka Experience #03 – Behavioral Science & Other Shenanigans

• Ever wondered what happens in our brains when we dive into those mind-bending technical texts? Buckle up, because we’re about to take a journey into the labyrinth of comprehension and cognition!

• What a total solar eclipse looks like from space | Popular Science

• Darkness, slivers of sunshine, and crescent shadows: The 2024 total solar eclipse put on quite a show. Down here on Earth, millions of people witnessed the fascinating sight of the moon passing in front of the sun.

• Here Are What I Think Are Seven Elements You Can Find In A Great School – Where Am I Wrong Or What Am I Missing? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

• Earlier today, an old organizer friend from my previous life (I was a community organizer for nineteen years prior to becoming a high school teacher twenty-two years ago) asked me to share what I thought were urban districts doing great work.

• Integrating AI Literacy into Earth Day Celebrations – The Thinking Stick

• Imagine students grappling with AI-crafted ethical dilemmas. They’re not just learning about sustainability – they’re learning how to question, research, and discern credible information.

• Recommendations for Supporting Safe Teacher Exploration of AI and New Technologies – Digital Promise

• At the second session of our Age of AI webinar series, we asked educators, researchers, and school and district leaders to answer a question that is top of mind for all of us in education: how can we support safe teacher exploration of artificial in…

• Using AI in Universal Design for Learning | Edutopia

• Generative AI can make educational content and instruction more accessible, helping teachers meet a breadth of student needs. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an essential framework for enhancing accessibility, helps teachers design inclusive in…

• Minecraft Education Build Tips: Combining behavior and resource packs into an addon – YouTube

• Tired of having to install behavior packs and resource packs separately and wish you could install both with one click? Wish no more! In this video, I walk T…

• Combine your separate Minecraft Resource & Behaviour pack files into a single .mcaddon pack! – YouTube

• In this video, my friend from Fantasia Techcraft (@FantasiaTC) walks me through the process of combining my separate resource and behaviour pack files from m…

• 2024 eclipse photos: The sun and moon put on a spectacular show | Popular Science

• Today was one for the history books as a total solar eclipse crossed North America. The sky first darkened in Mazatlán, Mexico on the country’s Pacific Coast. Torreón, Mexico saw the longest totality at 4 minutes and 28 seconds.

• STUDENT VOICE: Breaking walls, building bridges: A call for restorative justice in school discipline – The Hechinger Report

• Imagine waking up each morning with no hope for the day ahead, navigating a minefield of potential conflicts with your body on high alert. That was my reality as a marginalized youth — misunderstood, labeled as a troublemaker and cast out without a …

• Shark skin and owl feathers could inspire quieter underwater sonar | Popular Science

• Sharks and owls are evolutionarily optimized in surprisingly similar ways. When it comes to the ocean’s apex predator, their skin’s textured patterns, known as riblets, help cut down on drag. With owls, their tiny feather ridges called serrations al…

• New Eclipse Map Claims Narrower Path of Totality – The Map Room

• CNN: “New map calculations have raised some concerns that the path of totality—where it’s possible to see the moon completely block out the sun—is slightly narrower than NASA calculated.

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The “Hail Mary” Strategy for Texas Eclipse Watchers

• The forecasts have not been favorable for the many total eclipse seekers in Texas, with considerable clouds forecast for tomorrow morning.

• A Principal’s Reflections: 11 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools to Support Effective Teaching and Leadership

• It goes without saying that AI is a hot topic of conversation in education circles and beyond. In the beginning, I was a skeptic myself, but now I use it to support my professional work, especially when I coach leaders.

• Maurice Cunningham: Reporters Should Raise These Questions With the “National Parents Union” | Diane Ravitch’s blog

• Maurice Cunningham is a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. He became expert on the subject of Dark Money in education while covering a state referendum on charter school expansion in Massachusetts in 2016.

• Play and Create Games on Rosebud — AI-Powered Game Development

• Book Creator | EduGuardians

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• Stellarator fusion reactor gets new life thanks to a creative magnet workaround | Popular Science

  The quest to harness the holy grail of clean energy is potentially moving a step in the right direction thanks to the same principles behind refrigerator magnets.

• 3D-printed robots could play doctor in space | Popular Science

  IN ONE OF HUMANITY’S many possible futures, the fearless explorers tasked with climbing cloud-splitting mountains in oxygen-poor atmospheres or charting the low, darkened craters of various alien landscapes would never perish from injuries during pe…

• SpeechTechie- Technology, Apps and Lessons for SLPs and Teachers who like Words: Tailoring and Modifying ChatGPT Results to Create Quick Content

  Last month, ASHA Leader featured a helpful article, Using ChatGPT to Create Treatment Materials (Price, Lubniewski, Du) providing great examples of prompts to ChatGPT for creation of sound-loaded paragraphs.

• What are the Three Active Strategies?

  In K-12 education, three prominent active classroom learning strategies engage students dynamically: Think-Pair-Share encourages collaboration; Hands-On Experiments immerse students in scientific inquiry, while Role-Playing and Simulations foster re…

• AI in the Classroom: Crafting Responsible Guidelines for Educators and Learners – The Thinking Stick

  This week I have had the pleasure of working with Singapore American School (SAS) in supporting educators around AI as well as starting to draft some guidance documents for the wider school community.

• Technology Tools For Interactive Learning –

  What makes traditional learning click? In-person learning.

• TIME Special Edition – Artificial Intelligence: Innovations, Big Players, Changes In The Workplace, Replacing Humans, Job Security, Health Care, How To Get Ahead, Guide To ChatGPT, Midjourney & More! – AI Advisory Boards

  TIME’s essential guide explores all the ways revolutionary technology is already transforming our daily lives in ways big and small. It’s changing how we work, affecting our personal and professional relationships and disrupting industries from heal…

• Critical Race Theory Is About You, and All of Us | The Jose Vilson

  Recently, Christina Cross, a Black woman sociologist at Harvard, found her work at the crosshairs of the same person who brought us the bastardization of critical race theory. (Yes, it was.

• Four Lessons Science Of Reading Supporters Can Learn From Common Core

  Bills mandating the “Science of Reading” have been passing left and right across the nation.

• Media-Savvy Middle School Classroom: Strategies

  The Media-Savvy Middle School Classroom: Strategies for Teaching Against Disinformation  By Susan Brooks-Young (Routledge/Eye On Education, 2021 – Learn more) Reviewed by Megan Balduf At first glance the title of Susan Brooks-Young’s text seems like…

• Building An AI-Friendly Infrastructure in Schools | Tech & Learning

  Bringing AI to the education environment will require IT leaders within the school environment to pave the way with the right kind of infrastructure. After all, any AI system is only as good as the fundamental technology that supports it. This all s…

• Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning –

  Diversity has been at the forefront of educational discussions over the last few years. When we think about having a diverse classroom we think of ethnicity, race, gender, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. It is easy for us to forget ab…

• Black students need more STEM career exposure

  Key points: Black students across the nation possess the aptitudes for in-demand STEM careers, but lack interest in pursuing them, indicating that a significant career exposure gap exists, likely due to underrepresentation in STEM careers.

• Incorporate Literacy Tools in K–12 STEM Subjects | EdTech Magazine

  At a TCEA conference session in February, CDW K–12 education strategist Victoria Thompson noted that schools often have a hard time getting science and math teachers to come to training sessions on literacy tools such as Microsoft’s Reading Progress…

• Three Easy Tips for Zero Waste Shopping — The Food Co-op

  By Siobhan A. McComb You may have seen pictures of plastic in the oceans or mountains of trash in the landfills, and wondered “How can I make a difference?” Much of the garbage we see floating in the ocean today starts at our shopping carts.

• Teacher-Assigned Tutoring: Integrating Pear Deck Tutor with Pear Assessment and GoGuardian Teacher – Blog | Pear Deck Learning

  Personalized learning has consistently been linked to increases in student achievement and content mastery. Yet, the challenge of implementing personalized learning experiences within the classroom setting can seem daunting, if not insurmountable.

• The 4Cs: How esports promotes student development

  I first started trying to get an esports program at my school in 2011. At the time, there was a lot of resistance around the misconception that violent video games make violent kids, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

• Counted Out

  Counted Out investigates the biggest crises of our time—political polarization, racial and economic inequity, a global pandemic, and climate change—through an unexpected lens: math. In our current information economy, math is everywhere.

• Students as Co-Creators: AI, Metaverse, and the End of Passive Learning

  I’ve been immersed in Stanley McChrystal’s seminal work, “Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World,” and the parallels it draws to the world of education are nothing short of striking.

• 5 Steps to Ensure Your Classroom Technology Refresh Delivers | EdSurge News

  Is your classroom technology falling short of its promise of changing the classroom dynamic? It’s a question that often lingers in the background as district leaders navigate the vast array of options available.

• NASA is designing a time zone just for the moon | Popular Science

  What time is it on the moon? Well, right now, that’s somewhat a matter of interpretation. But humanity is going to need to get a lot more specific if it intends to permanently set up shop there. In preparation, NASA is aligning its clocks in prepara…

• Is early childhood education ready for AI? – The Hechinger Report

  Interest in artificial intelligence has surged among K-12 and college educators, who are looking at ways it can be used to support both students and teachers. But in the early childhood arena, those discussions are still in the beginning stages.

• What Model CTE Looks Like in The Age of AI | Tech & Learning

  In a perfect world, CTE education would embrace AI. Educators help CTE students use AI coding assistants, AI tutors, and more. But before any of this can happen, teachers need to stop being afraid of AI, Tera Brooks says.

• 4 ways to ensure academic integrity as AI tools gain popularity

  Key points: Using AI in the classroom isn’t bad–here are some tips to make sure it’s used correctly AI: Can it think like your students do? Districts call for guidance in developing classroom AI policies For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s…

• Most Students Think History Is Boring. Here’s How We Change That. | EdSurge News

  Do you recall Mr. Lorensax from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”? Anyone? Bueller? With his monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm, he could convince anyone that history is incredibly boring. Unfortunately, this portrayal isn’t unique and reflects a broade…

• Using Data Visualizations to Boost Student Engagement in Humanities – Digital Promise

  Being able to understand and analyze different ways data can be represented is considered an essential skill in our increasingly data-saturated world.

• Pacific Education Institute: FREE Asynchronous Climate Science Course – Science for All

  I’m always on the lookout for high quality asynchronous workshops where I can do some professional learning and also get a few clock hours for maintaining my teaching certificate.

• Washington State Superintendent Updates Guidance on AI

  (TNS) — The widespread use of artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the classroom experience for students and teachers across Washington state.

• Building Equity Through Next Generation Science Standards | Tech & Learning

  When Maryland adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013, STEM leaders in Prince George’s County Public Schools, home to more than 130,000 diverse students, knew it would take a comprehensive effort to make sure that all learners w…

• Crafting ethical AI landscapes in K-12 education

  The summer of 2023 brought with it a declaration from our Executive Director of Technology that it would be the Summer of AI. As a digital learning team, we were assigned the responsibility of exploring the full spectrum of AI in education.

• To Help Boys, Should Schools Focus on Masculinity — or on Students’ Shared Humanity? | EdSurge News

  When she works in a classroom, Niobe Way, a professor of developmental psychology at New York University, wants to dive into the deep end. It’s a technique she’s borrowed from the young children she interviews for her research, who often ask the mos…

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Undulating Clouds

  Last evening around 6 PM I was enjoying a run with my dog around Seattle’s Magnuson Park and noticed some amazing clouds. The bottom of …

• Rethinking Information Literacy in an Age of AI – John Spencer

  Terms like “game-changing” and “disruptive” have become cliche in technology circles. As educators, we’ve seen the hype of 1:1 devices, paperless classrooms, interactive whiteboards, and a host of different education fads. However, AI feels differen…

• How to Make Your Own Coloring Book Pages with AI – Class Tech Tips

  Can you use AI to make your own coloring book pages? The quick answer is yes! If you follow along with the blog and my Dr. Faiza Jamil joins to share learnings from pandemic teaching innovations in education, like virtual tools for community engagem…

• 4 Essential Ingredients to Engage Students in the AI Age

  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! I’m so excited today. We are with one of my …

• Intuit Hour of Finance Challenge | Intuit for Education

  Join this free, national competition that introduces your students to basic financial concepts all within one hour! Intuit Prosperity Quest is an interactive web-based game in which students navigate and make choices to earn income, pay bills, take …

• Control Alt Achieve: Super Prompt – An AI Prompt to Create AI Prompts

  Recently I shared a blog post with a list of some of my favorite AI Prompt Libraries for Educators.

• The Nerdy Teacher: 6 Quick Google Tips For Teachers and Students! #EdChat #GoogleForEducation

  I’ve been posting quick tips on TikTok to help teachers get the most out of Google, so I thought I would share what I have done so far here. Feel free to follow, like, share, and bookmark for later. If you have any requests, please let me know.

• Kids And Families Podcast About Climate Solutions | We The Children – podcast

  Here, on We The Children, we will be tackling hard topics, learning about different climate phenomena, and speaking with experts and leaders in the field of global warming solutions. I may not have all the answers, or be able to solve the worlds’ pr…

• Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

  #CoSN2024 might not begin in person until next week but eSchool has already started the conversation.

• NBA & Discovery Education Partner to Present Free Virtual Field Trip for Educators & Students Nationwide | American Consortium for Equity in Education

  The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Discovery Education—the global edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital resources nurture student curiosity—invite students and teachers nationwide to participate in Game Plan for the Future: A Virtu…

• Look Who’s Talking—Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the Hype and Hope of AI in edtech

  In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. You can listen and read Mike Trucano’s thoughts further down the page.

• How Sal Khan Uses AI To Teach | Tech & Learning

  When Sal Khan first got access to an advanced AI large language model, like many edtech enthusiasts, he couldn’t get enough of it. Khan’s early use of AI encouraged him to embrace it. GPT-4 technology helps power Khanmigo, an AI tutor from his free …

• Six Ways We Can Build a Resilience-Friendly Classroom

  By Debbie Silver, Ed.D. No matter what their background or status may be, as they progress through adolescence, they will find themselves facing the fact that life is uncertain.

• William S. Becker: How to Fix the Supreme Court | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  William S. Becker is a former U.S. Department of Energy central regional director who administered energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies programs.

• 8 Awesome Ideas for Your Classroom in April

  Monday, April 8th, will be a total eclipse event, but your classroom can participate anywhere. I have a blog post going live this week about how you can teach financial literacy, and eVERFI is the sponsor of today’s podcast, but these opinions are m…

• Climate Resilience & Protecting Cultural Resources – Science for All

  As climate change ramps up, safeguarding cultural heritage is becoming imperative for communities everywhere. Our cultural treasures, which tell the story of who we are and where we’ve come from, are facing serious threats from the likes of extreme …

• OPINION: Artificial intelligence can be game-changing for students with special needs – The Hechinger Report

  Much has been made of artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize education. AI is making it increasingly possible to break down barriers so that no student is ever left behind. This potential is real, but only if we are ensuring that all l…

• Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage | Cult of Pedagogy

  We’ve been hearing about a teacher shortage for a while now, certainly since the pandemic, and multiple studies show that many states are seeing record high numbers of teacher turnovers and vacancies.

• My Research Paper is a Podcast? Rethinking writing for the real world. – NCCE Blog

  As a technology integration coach by day, I get some pretty standard tech requests from educators like “Can you make me a Nearpod?” or  “Can you come teach a Minecraft lesson?” So when Lauren Drake, a teacher at Clarksville High School in Clarksvill…

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Subtropical Jetsteam Versus the Total Eclipse

  We are now close enough to the April 8 total eclipse that the skill of our models is now appreciable. And many of these increasingly skillful forecasts indicate a real threat to good viewing over Texas and much of the Midwest, where many plan to go.

• BustED Pencils – Overview

  Listen Live: Monday – Friday 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Host: Civic Media

• Video: “Total Solar Eclipse” Is The Weather Channel’s Latest “Immersive Mixed Reality” Creation | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  The Weather Channel has produced a series of pretty cool “Immersive Mixed Reality” videos over the years, and I’ve shared many of them.

• Apps are helping teachers communicate with families that don’t speak English

  This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Emma Gonzalez Gutierrez has struggled to communicate with the teachers of her five children for years.

• A.J. Juliani | Four A.I. Tools For Schools That Are Better Than ChatGPT

  For starters, OpenAI’s Terms of Use state that users must be 13 or older. If you’re under 18, you need your parent or guardian’s permission to create an account. Keep in mind that kids could come across content that’s not age-appropriate.

• This is the most cosmically perfect time in history | Popular Science

  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast.

• Japan’s SLIM moon lander survives a second brutal lunar night | Popular Science

  SLIM, Japan’s first successful lunar lander, isn’t going down without a fight.

• Hechinger’s school discipline project: How we did it – The Hechinger Report

  The Hechinger Report spent the last year investigating a major subset of school discipline: suspensions and expulsions for vague, subjective categories like defiance, disruption and disorderly conduct.

• Vague school rules at the root of millions of student suspensions

  A Rhode Island student smashed a ketchup packet with his fist, splattering an administrator. Another ripped up his school work. The district called it “destruction of school property.” A Washington student turned cartwheels while a PE teacher attemp…

• Richard Feynman On Knowing Versus Understanding –

  Who is Richard Feynman? Richard Feynman, born in 1918, was a theoretical physicist whose work in quantum mechanics earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

• A Look Back: An Old & Cranky Teacher’s List Of 8 Pet Peeves About The Education World | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  (I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2023. You can see them all here.) Usually, I spend a lot of time trying to figure out and write about how to make things better.

• Playing with history: how heritage and archaeology are transforming video games

  Ever since Carmen Sandiego swiped her first priceless cultural artefact in 1985—wherever in the world she happened to be—heritage has played a tempting role in video games.

• The Minecraft Women Leadership Team Interview

  With over 300 million copies sold worldwide, Minecraft has become the second-bestselling video game of all time, sliding right behind Tetris with 520 million copies. But this 2023 achievement is just the beginning.

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• Science Simplified: What Is Nanoscience?

  What Is Nanoscience? Nanoscience is the science of the incredibly small — sizes that only the most high-tech of high-tech microscopes can see. It is one of the hottest topics in all of science, touching on physics, biology, chemistry, geology, and m…

• Teaching Data Science in High School: Enhancing Opportunities and Success – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  Ensuring that all students have the mathematical experiences necessary to increase their opportunities for personal and professional success is essential. Data science is a rigorous, engaging, and practical field of study and can be a significant pa…

• Strategies for Encouraging Girls to Explore STEAM | Discovery Education Blog

  “In December, for Code.org’s Hour of Code, I led a district-wide dance party for our Hour of Code. We danced in real life (arts) before they coded the dance party on Code.org. We try to look for art in math and science.”

• Survey Results on Educational Technology Use in the Classroom | American Consortium for Equity in Education

  93 percent of educators using education technology agree that it makes teaching and learning better but need more time and training on using edtech effectively NetSupport – a classroom management solution used throughout the globe – has published th…

• Strategies for Better Protecting Student Privacy | Tech & Learning

  When it comes to selecting edtech that protects student privacy, few districts are earning high marks.

• How AI Can Address Critical Challenges Facing Higher Education | EdSurge News

  Artificial intelligence is increasingly being integrated into higher education to address challenges such as personalized learning and operational efficiency.

• Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

  The United States is arguably in the midst of its most profound shift ever over how children learn to read.

• Invention Convention 2024 is coming

  Invention Convention Worldwide is a global K-12 invention education curricular program mapped to national and state educational standards that teaches students problem-identification, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and creativity skills and build…

• The Best Teaching & Learning Resources For The April 8th Solar Eclipse | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  If you’re lucky enough to be able to see the solar eclipse on April 8th (see the map above), it will be a great teaching and learning opportunity. There are educational resources galore about using it, but here are a few of the best.

• Suno AI

  We are building a future where anyone can make great music. No instrument needed, just imagination. From your mind to music.

• Is it the school, or the students? | ScienceDaily

  Are schools that feature strong test scores highly effective, or do they mostly enroll students who are already well-prepared for success? A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ratings reflect the prep…

• Best Solar Eclipse Lessons and Activities | Tech & Learning

  Since ancient times, astronomers have observed solar eclipses, with the earliest known documented example occurring around 1223 BCE.

• This ESL teacher ensures students learn the language–and feel the love

  This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Missy Testerman has been teaching at Rogersville City School for 32 years.

• 7 steps to help you thrive while building the future of education

  Artificial Intelligence has the potential to reshape every facet of our lives. The emergence of AI challenges the traditional pillars upon which education has stood for centuries, casting shadows of doubt over established methods and goals.

• An Overly Simple, Non-techie Guide to Encourage AI Use for Learning

  Like all good IB students, my students are continually looking for ways to challenge the concepts presented by their teacher. Knowing my advocacy for sensible AI use in the classroom, I have quickly become an easy target.

• AI in Education: What Teachers Want Parents to Know

  Just reading them probably makes you glad your school days are behind you! But as a student, you learned how to understand complex topics, use your critical thinking skills and thoughtfully structure your responses so you could answer these types of…

• New electrochemical technology could de-acidify the oceans – and even remove carbon dioxide in the process

  In the effort to combat the catastrophic impacts of global warming, we must accelerate carbon emissions reduction efforts and rapidly scale strategies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and the oceans.

• The Best Value in Formative Assessment

• Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System

  Our solar system has eight planets, and five officially recognized dwarf planets. Which planet is biggest? Which is smallest? What is the order of the planets as we move out from the Sun?

• NASA’s Artemis IV: Building First Lunar Space Station – NASA

  NASA and its partners are developing the foundational systems needed for long-term exploration at the Moon for the benefit of all with NASA’s Artemis campaign.

• Vivi for Teachers – Vivi

  Let’s face it. Getting students to participate can be difficult. Students might be nervous about sharing their work, anxious about presenting in front of their peers, or just having a bad day.

• The Sciences of Learning and the Practice of Teaching

  There is no single agreed ‘science of learning’: that’s why senior academics in the field like myself are typically styled Professors of the Learning Sciences plural.

• “Science of” Movement Repeating Mistakes of Education Reform Cycles | dr. p.l. (paul) thomas

  Many years ago, I was unusually excited to hear the keynote speaker at the annual SCCTE conference on Kiawah Island, SC—Harvey Smokey Daniels.

• Cliff Mass Weather Blog: First Look at the Weather for the April 8 Solar Eclipse

  I have gotten a lot of inquiries about the weather on April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse of the sun over the eastern half of the U.S. Our operational forecast models reach that far in time and have for a few days.

• Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up | EdSurge News

  As school boards prepare to approve their budgets for the fall, many are grappling with how to make up for the yawning chasm left by the loss of federal pandemic-relief dollars. In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming.

• We Need More Math Teachers. Here’s How to Prepare Them for Life in the Classroom. | EdSurge News

  During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and Californ…

• Websites that add sparkle (and learning) to Spring

  Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculu…

• Closing Digital Divides in K–12 | Lessons from NETP | EdTech Magazine

  What Is the Digital Use Divide? The digital use divide is the “inequitable implementation of instructional tasks supported by technology,” according to the NETP. This addresses the inconsistent ways that students are taught to use technology.

• Paradox Europa IV Universalis Educator Guide is Out (and Free) | Gaming the Past

  I’m very pleased to share Paradox’s Educator’s Guide for Europa Universalis IV (that I wrote) is now available for all.

• Ask a scientist: Are human-derived hormones like estrogen harming fish in Puget Sound? – Puget Sound Institute

  Thousands of different chemicals are flushed into Puget Sound every day through wastewater treatment plants, but some of these chemicals may cause more harm than others.

• Edge U Badges – Forward Edge

  I was in the test group for Skycrest Christian School and I returned for the training today.

• Stanford CRAFT

• AI, VR, And The Future Of Assessment In Schools

  Can assessment in schools be interesting to students, useful to educators, and instructive for strengthening systems? And it’s starting to happen right now in classrooms and school buildings in the U.S. and abroad.

• Autonomous robots help farmers prepare for world’s largest tulip bloom | Popular Science

  Starting in early March, dozens of large, futuristic-looking white machines started slowly trolling through farmland in The Netherlands. At first glance, the machines look like a cross between a tractor and World War I-era track-based tank, albeit w…

• 60 Best Tricky Questions for Kids [With Answers]

  Trick questions, often seen as simple puzzles or riddles, carry a surprising depth that goes beyond their amusing nature. Especially when tailored for younger audiences, these tricky questions for kids can transform a moment of learning into an enga…

• Elicit: How To Use It To Teach | Tech & Learning

  Elicit aims to make research quicker and easier by using artificial intelligence to speed up the process. The idea is to give educators all the information only in a far quicker way. AI tools are cropping up all over with lots focused on education.

• Elicit – Analyze research papers at superhuman speed

  “A meta-analysis of 30 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials concluded that fish oil consumption can significantly reduce heart rate (Mozaffarian 2005).

• How Teacher Notebooks Can Help Student Writers and Readers

  Dr. Laura Robb is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on methods to effectively teach reading and literacy. Her practical approaches and expertise with middle grades students shine through in this master-class article on using t…

• Could AI Give Civics Education a Boost? | EdSurge News

  When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for th…

• Retaining Teachers Requires a Belonging Strategy – Education Elements

  Post-pandemic data shows that teachers are leaving the profession in higher numbers than they were before the pandemic and for reasons other than retirement or inadequate performance.

• 6 ways Google can help you travel smarter this summer

  Attention travelers: Summer is right around the corner — which means summer vacation is, too. So today we’re sharing six ways Google tools can help you prepare for and make the most of your next trip. Exploring a new place is one of the best parts o…

• How Generative AI Will Change The Jobs Of Teachers

  No job is more important than educating young minds, and no AI will ever replace a great teacher. However, educators are already using generative AI to help with creative tasks or automate routine aspects of their work.

• Up in the Air-Educators Juggling the Potential of Generative AI with Detection, Discipline, and Distrust (Center for Democracy and Technology) – AI Advisory Boards

  The report is important for educators because it sheds light on the challenges and risks associated with the use of generative AI in the classroom. It highlights the need for clear policies, guidance, and training to ensure responsible and safe use …

• Josh Cowen Warns Pennsylvania: Beware the Voucher Hoax! | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  Josh Cowen of Michigan State University is a veteran voucher scholar. He has been doing voucher research for nearly two decades. For years, he was hopeful about the outcomes for students. He recently realized that the results were appalling.

• 5 ways to combat tech fatigue and support student success

  Ask anyone involved in public education right now and you’ll hear a familiar refrain: “Too many technology tools.” Almost every K-12 district brought on new technology solutions during the pandemic, accelerating an already fast pace of tool adoption.

• Great Teachers Are Interested More Than They’re Interesting

  Po-Shen Loh, the renowned coach of the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team, has recognized that online learning is frequently dull and wants to fix it.

• Solar Eclipse Explore Board

  Find out where to be and what to do for the eclipse experience of a lifetime. What can you see during a total Solar Eclipse?

• Don’t miss your chance to see the cryovolcanic ‘devil comet’ | Popular Science

  Skygazers have the chance to view more than just a bright planet Mercury or April’s total solar eclipse over the next few days.

• How to Differentiate the Teaching, Not the Math Tasks

  Do you have a range of needs in your classroom? Are your students at different levels? How do you plan for differentiation to meet the various student needs in your math class?

• Tools and Apps to Bring Augmented Reality into Your Classroom | Tech & Learning

  Augmented reality (AR) is gaining traction in many fields and, in general, the cost of such tools is dropping. Teachers can harness some of these AR tools to improve how students learn and are engaged in bringing digital content into the physical cl…

• PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

  The STEM pipeline –  a metaphor for the development of future scientists, engineers and other high tech workers –  likely starts with a narrower funnel in the post-pandemic era. Credit: CSA Images via Getty Images Universities, philanthropies, and e…

• Revolutionizing Learning: Integrating Movement, Differentiation & Thematic Units for Academic Success | American Consortium for Equity in Education

  As educational leaders, it’s important that we continuously reassess and reflect upon the structures within our schools to optimize the learning experiences for our students. One area of focus for transformation is looking at the traditional school …

• Living With Ludic Purpose: More Than Just A Game – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert

  Recently I have spoken a lot about Ludic Spirit and of course my most recent re-obsession “Perfection in Simplicity” It will come as no surprise then that these two philosophies can be linked together into one over arching philosophy.

• Interesting New Study Compares AI & Human Feedback To Student Writing, But Misses Two Critical Points | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  Comparing the quality of human and ChatGPT feedback of students’ writing is a new study that seems very well done (plus, it’s not behind a paywall). They found – to no one’s surprise – that human feedback to student writing was more accurate than AI…

• Transactional use of AI sucks, here’s how to 10X your output.

  Large language models like ChatGPT, Copilot and Google Gemini are powerful tools, but how we use them significantly impacts the quality of the response we receive. Here’s why going beyond simple transactions and fostering a conversation unlocks thei…

• OpenAI Sora’s first short film – “Air Head,” created by shy kids. – YouTube

  Be the first to experience Sora, join the waitlist for

• Education Today – Understand AI and Teach It

  AI will eventually affect everything we do and a new ACARA online resource for teachers to help students develop their understanding of how AI works, the elements that comprise it, and its responsible and ethical use is now available.

• National AI Literacy Day

  This event will offer valuable lessons for classrooms and after-school programs, plus professional development opportunities for educators. With events hosted in local communities and national spotlight events, our mission is to promote AI literacy …

• Putting criticality first in the age of AI – Teaching Digital Writing

  Last December I presented with Dr Pennie White at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) conference at the University of Melbourne. Our presentation was titled Critical, cultural, operational: Revisiting Bill Green’s Literacy in…

• Carl Sagan in 1986: ‘Voyager has become a new kind of intelligent being—part robot, part human’ | Popular Science

  One of the worries that kept legendary astronomer Carl Sagan up at night was whether aliens would understand us. In the mid-1970s, Sagan led a committee formed by NASA to assemble a collection of images, recorded greetings, and music to represent Ea…

• An alarming number of educators are jumping ship

  While finding their work meaningful, a majority of education professionals experience burnout above the national average, according to a recent study. In fact, more than 20 percent plan to switch to a related field and more than 30 percent look to c…

• Google Street View launches in Kazakhstan

  Starting today, you can immerse yourself in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan through Street View — from snow-capped mountains to the Caspian Sea and the futuristic skyline of Astana.

• 3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model – Dr. Catlin Tucker

  Let’s start with a quick review of the playlist, or individual rotation, model for those who have not heard of it. A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result.

• How About AI Lesson Plans? – by Peter Greene

  Superintendent Janice Ross explains it this way. “Teachers spend hours creating lesson plans. They should not be doing that anymore.”

• The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge sets engineering records | Popular Science

  On a good day, commuters traveling between the city of Lapseki on Turkey’s Asian side and the city of Sütlüce on its European side could expect a ferry ride that takes at least an hour and half across the Dardanelles Strait to reach their final dest…

• Control Alt Achieve: Recorded Webinar – “The ABC’s of AI”

  I recently had the privilege to do a webinar in conjunction with Fobizz on the topic of “The ABCs of AI – What Educators Need to Know”. If you missed the live webinar, no worries! The recording of the session is now available on the Fobizz website.

• A Principal’s Reflections: AI in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Toolkit for Transformation

  The landscape of education is constantly evolving, and artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool for educators.

• Control Alt Achieve: AI Prompt Libraries for Educators

  AI chatbots are powerful tools to assist teachers and students. But as the name “chatbot” suggests, it is a two-way conversation, and what you say to them has a big impact on the quality of the response you get back. Prompts are important. But good …

• An Example Of Rigor-Based Differentiation –

  contributed by Barbara R. Blackburn Differentiation is a popular concept in today’s schools. After all, it makes sense. We’d all love to provide instruction tailored to every student’s needs. However, intentionally or accidentally, many teachers sim…

• Today’s Top Data Stories – Realtime

  Gas Prices Updated U.S. average gas price climbs to $3.288 per gallon Gas prices rise over 4% in the past week and 8% in the past month amid concerns over rising vehicle expenses. U.S. average gas price $3.288 ▲0.6% D ▲4.6% W ▲8.2% M ▲6.

• Cloud Cover Risk During the 2024 Solar Eclipse – The Map Room

  Eclipses aren’t any fun if you travel to go see one and it’s cloudy.

• How Museums Are Using Minecraft to Gamify Learning Experiences

  If a museum is about anything, then it is about providing an engaging learning experience.

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