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Classroom AI 101: Create guided notes for videos with AI

Ditch That Textbook

Over the years, YouTube has grown and become a more common part of the classroom. So have student video assignments.Sometimes, students watch the videos all together in the classroom.Sometimes, they watch them individually.Pretty much all the time, we want to know that students paid attention and remember something from the video.How? Guided notes.Recently, a subscriber […] The post Classroom AI 101: Create guided notes for videos with AI appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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OPINION: A hopeful note for early childhood education in 2024 — Some states are stepping up investment

The Hechinger Report

Millions of families may now face a lack of child care following the recent expiration of pandemic-era federal funding. The child care “stabilization” funds included in the American Rescue Plan Act were just that — emergency funding to stabilize the sector amid a pandemic. As vital as that funding was, it was insufficient to address the many systemic problems impacting early childhood education and its workforce, including inequitable wages.

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10 common problems and layered strategies for supporting dysregulated students

The Cornerstone for Teachers

It’s 8:28 am and you’re trying to make sure that the four chair bouncy bands around chairs are still with the correct four desks for those students who need to bounce their feet. Sandra comes into the classroom before you can step outside to greet her, and she immediately starts telling you all about her weekend as she hangs up her backpack. Jordan, who you wish would talk to you a little, walks in sullenly and sulks at their desk with their backpack still on.

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The Year I Figured Out Student Self Assessment

MiddleWeb

It took Stephanie Farley 21 years to solve the student self-assessment equation. The solution? Teaching students to explain their thinking as they revise and improve. The result was transformational; they gained confidence in their work and were far less anxious about grades. The post The Year I Figured Out Student Self Assessment first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Issue 27: January/February 2024

American Consortium for Equity in Education

SUBSCRIBE FOR FREEFill out this super-quick form and you’ll receive every new issue in your inbox! First Name(Required) Last Name(Required) School/District/Organization(Required) Title Email(Required) CAPTCHA Read past issues | Download an accessible PDF | Join our mailing list IN THIS ISSUE: Keep Reading Issue 27: January/February 2024 The post Issue 27: January/February 2024 appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline

The Hechinger Report

This is an adapted excerpt from “School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics and the Battle for Public Education” by Laura Pappano. Copyright 2024. Excerpted with permission by Beacon Press. Across the country, state legislatures have passed bills to ban “age-inappropriate” books from schools, in many cases subjecting teachers and school librarians to criminal charges for possession of such books.

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