…you click on them. The creators “bait,” or trick, you into “clicking,” thus the term “clickbait.” Generally, these articles are used in an attempt to profit financially, as each click…
Picture This: The Power of Images in Student Creation
…traditional posters because all types of media can be integrated (images, video, audio, links, text, etc.). These can be informative, like an infographic, and they can also integrate pop culture…
Wrap Authentic Project-Based Learning in Inquiry
…Empowering (PBLWorks) Bringing Authenticity to the Classroom (Edutopia) PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be “Authentic”? (Edutopia) Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions (Harvard Education Letter)…
T-Mobile Project 10 Million
…provide: Proof of enrollment in the National School Lunch Program dated within the last 12 months, Your student’s school district and ID number, and Basic contact information (name, address, etc.)….
#74 – How to Welcome Your Students Back From the Holidays
…Create Community and Nurture Connections to Support Social and Emotional Learning (article collection) Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs During Remote Learning (article collection) Embrace Differences and Establish Community (article)…
FAFSA and Financial Aid FAQs
…community and junior colleges, four-year colleges and universities, technical, vocational, and trade schools, and graduate school. This application also triggers automatic consideration for many state- and school-sponsored grants, work-studies, and…
#118 – Broadening Participation in K–12 Computing, with Dr. Carol Fletcher
…& Robotics (grab-and-go lessons) Cardboard Engineering (grab-and-go lessons) Engineering Student Agency and Opportunity (podcast episode) Engage in Creative Coding with Scratch (podcast episode) The Wonder of STEM and Robotics in…
Reduce Your Workload Through a School-Wide Plan
…[optional opportunity], [urgent], [volunteer requested], [tech tip], and so on. If everything is important, nothing is important. Less is more. We’ve probably all heard these statements before because there is…
AI Meets the Science of Reading and Writing Skill Development
…Education Establishment (The New York Times) ChatGPT will fundamentally change how we teach writing; that’s a good thing (EdSource) A Conversation with Bill Gates and Jessie Woolley-Wilson (2023 ASU+GSV Summit)…
#200 – Celebrating 200 Episodes
…Pedagogy, and School Transformation (written by Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan) OneTab (Google Chrome Web Store) Pinning Tabs in Chrome (Google Chrome Help) ChatGPT (OpenAI) Bing Chat (Microsoft) Bard (Google)…
AI as a Student’s Personal Tutor
…The Khan Academy website describes this exciting new product as “a new experimental artificial intelligence (AI) guide.” It continues, “. . . Khanmigo aims to mimic one-on-one tutoring experiences by…
Educators and the AI Revolution
…Mollick (ASU+GSV 2023) Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A whole new way to work (Microsoft) The future of jobs: 2 experts explain how technology is transforming ‘almost every task’ (World Economic Forum)…
#231 – Claude 2, a New Generative AI Option
…AI. Potential Uses in Education Summarize long documents. Recap meeting notes. Summarize YouTube transcripts. Analyze data and make connections across multiple documents. Simplify longer text to produce differentiated learning materials….
Increase Digital Citizenship in Your Classroom
…identify what digital citizenship “looks like” and “sounds like” (Word Template, Google Docs Template). A Y-chart is similar but adds a third category—”feels like”—which can be very important when discussing…
#6 – Make the Most of the First Weeks of School
…have trust, students will take risks and build their confidence to overcome challenges. As teachers, we need to model a growth mindset. Share your passion, grace, perseverance, resilience, and positive…