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AI: The Future of Classroom Efficiency with Mary Howard

The CoolCatTeacher

Mary Howard, author of Artificial Intelligence to Streamline Your Teacher Life: The ChatGPT Guide for Educators shares some quick tips to streamline teacher productivity with ChatGPT. Mary won ISTE's 2018 “Virtual Pioneer of the Year” and was a New York State Teacher of the Year finalist in 2018 and 2020.

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The Future of EdTech

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years. Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. After you pick your PD, use the code CAT20 to save 20%.

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3 Ways K–12 Schools Can Guard Against Cryptomining

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 11/01/2018 - 08:56. Most malware is all about money, and last year’s rise in the value of cryptocurrencies created an incredible opportunity for malware authors. . Starting around the first of the year, global spam volumes dropped by nearly 50% as botnets around the world were repurposed as cryptominers. .

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Why Teacher Recruitment Needs to Change

Insight Education Group

In fact, according to researchers Hanushek and Rivken, "having three years of good teachers (85th percentile) in a row would overcome the average achievement deficit between low-income kids on free or reduced-price lunch and others.". In the last couple of years, nearly every state in the U.S. As of September 2018, the U.S.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

Elbert Hubbard As a second year teacher, I remember being very excited about leading my students to participate in a project-based learning activity. How do we best help them to understand the value of new technology and how it might benefit their students lives (rather than how might it help my fit into their classroom).

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What is Chat GPT?

The CoolCatTeacher

” and “Why does it matter?” ” I'll admit when I first went into Chat GPT earlier this year, I went in and came away not super impressed. So, for example, the Promptheaus extension or TalkBerry for Google Chrome lets you use your voice to ask Chat GPT questions. So, now the new GPT 3.5

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I hope to offer you, teachers, tools for discussions about abstaining from certain books and tools for guiding students to choose books for themselves; I hope to offer you, students, with tools for discernment as well as tools for defense of your right to read. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you.