A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Here are just a few: Accountability Morale Meetings Professional learning Stakeholders Achievement Budget Crises The act of juggling requires concentration and focus. Consider the following to help keep your eye on the ball: Honesty is the best policy. Think about what is needed in terms of time and resources. Plan accordingly.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

With these big picture stats and stories coming from the classroom, teachers need advice on helping students develop reading stamina. In episode 769 and this blog post, we're going to dig into reading stamina , why it is important, and practical ways we can help our students progress with reading stamina. They need to talk about it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

While that can be typical, we also want to consider the habits that will help us teach long-term with a high quality of life. Listen to today's show to take care of yourselves, educators, and learn the mindsets to help you enjoy teaching even when it is stressful. Are you stressed? Stream by clicking here. Oh my goodness.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2023

Click for a free teacher account Free Science Investigations for Middle School Students ResearchQuest is a free set of investigations designed for middle schoolers that allow them to examine artifacts, analyze data, and create their own conclusions. The Natural History Museum of Utah sponsored this post. All opinions are my own.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2022

We wrote about fake news earlier this week ( How to defeat fake news–one teacher’s ideas ). Here are additional resources you’ll find helpful in teaching about this topic: Fake News game — from BBC. Spot the Troll –recognize fake SM accounts. How to spot fake news — a video.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This post assumes you know a little about what ChatGPT is. Also, if you don’t know about ChatGPT Voice and how I set this up, please see Voice ChatGPT: A new Dimension in the Educators’ Toolkit ) It wasn’t intentional. See my blog post about how to create your own GPT.) Accountability. Random Questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Because it can write the code for you and also because I have specific things about my own personal setup that shouldn't be shared for protective reasons, I've summarized what I've done with it. How I Started the AI Conversation So, I began with my question for automation, and I learned so much about things I didn't know I could do!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2023

Let’s discuss how artificial intelligence is changing the education sector: Transforming Education Through Artificial Intelligence: AI is helping in personalizing education, optimizing processes, enhancing knowledge, and improving speed. These are just some of the benefits that are compelling education providers to adopt AI.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Sign up for Research Quest Easy Access to Engaging Science Projects When you sign up for a free teacher account, you'll receive a special code that allows your students to dive into these investigations without needing their own accounts. Sign up for Research Quest 2.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

A learning management system (LMS) is a powerful tool that helps you streamline teaching activities and offer students a personalized learning experience. Managing accounts, creating learning paths, games, or assessing students also rely heavily on automation. They all help you save time, customize and optimize your teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

How do you set up a Figma/ Figjam education account? Tom Mullaney and Vicki Davis explain this cool tool and talk about how they use Figjam in the Classroom. We've talked about Jamboard. When you think about Jamboard, I think of what-if questions. How Do You Set Up an Education Account on Figma and Figjam?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In addition to sharing about the tool, you should also check out their 60+ tools for Student Engagement , and I’ll share about their teacher support quiz which will help you better support teachers. Sign up for a free account today! Sign up for your free account. These resources are so helpful and easy to use.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2024

First and foremost, a pedagogical leader must be deeply knowledgeable about educational theory and practice, staying abreast of the latest research and innovations in teaching and learning. They also promote accountability in education, enabling educators and policymakers to assess the impact of their efforts and make necessary adjustments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I made DIVAA, the Digital Interactive Virtual AP Assistant to help my AP Computer Science Principles with Python and AP Content. In this post, I'll share a little about how it works. Many of these tools are just so helpful! As you Get Started, It Will Prompt You About the Steps This is designed to work with natural language.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 4, 2020

Many have praised teachers for their dedication while others feel ambivalent about remote learning. Some of this pressure can be taken off their shoulders with the right help from schools. The first step is to give parents access to your learning platform through parent accounts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2022

Step 1: Sign Up for An Museum Account at [link]. You can sign in with your Google account but just make sure that you mark it as a teacher account as students can also sign up to use the resources. Go to museumsfordigitallearning.org to sign up for a new account. Step 2: Explore collections. Don't stop there, though.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Is this a problem we need to care about or talk about?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources (9-10 grade Reading Standards–History–2) .

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I was recently facilitating a training session on the station rotation model when several educators expressed concern about the noise level of the classroom during a station rotation lesson. This helps students understand how to rotate to each station and what to do when they arrive at a new station.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In this episode, literacy expert Pam Allyn gives advice to teachers about how to help struggling readers in grades 6-12. Our students need us to help them succeed and struggling readers can have problems in many classes. Our students need us to help them succeed and struggling readers can have problems in many classes.

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Waterford

APRIL 15, 2024

Nothing about us, without us, is for us AI education tools will be leveraged to prepare students for success in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world. Utilizing diverse perspectives can help identify and address biases in the dataset collection process.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This is where content creation comes to fill in the gap, as it helps both students and teachers address the learning process in a personalized manner, which takes into account the unique and special context of each classroom. Read more: What every teacher must know about copyright for online lessons. Give credit correctly.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is helpful for so many reasons. Step 1: Using the Custom GPT Prompt Perfect to Help Me Write the Prompts So, I headed over to ChatGPT and found a new Custom GPT called “prompt perfect.” ” I thought it would help me develop the prompts I wanted for the students. As a class, divide up the sections.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2024

My norm with these sorts of solicitations (I get about a dozen a week) is give the website ten seconds to grab me or lose me. Sign up for an account by clicking “Sign Up” or “Join Now” Provide an email address and create a password. Then I got an email from the folks at Creative Fabrica.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, said about these results. Government Accountability Office, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Education. Designating NAEP proficient as the achievement benchmark for accountability systems is certainly not cautious use. That’s what the U.S.

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Waterford

JANUARY 5, 2023

Books are an excellent way to help children connect more deeply to science, technology, engineering, and math (or STEM) concepts they are learning in class. For more free downloadable and printable picture books, it’s as easy as creating a Waterford account. PreK families : create a Waterford Upstart account.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 30, 2023

With the help of social media, teachers can authentically engage with their students. This helps in creating an online presence that can be used to attract more people to the school. Additionally, it also helps in building a strong brand identity for the school, which can be beneficial in the long run.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

So how much work would it take to come up with guidelines to help educators manage the challenges of using generative AI tools for their work? Dirkin says the group wanted the document to help school districts and educators think through the use of generative AI without defaulting to either extreme of banning it or allowing unrestricted use.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2020

As schools rapidly shift instruction to a learn-from-home situation, we’re thinking about how to integrate core learning sciences principles in this new context: What do we know improves learning? Most teachers already know about this principle, which includes the familiar “think-pair-share” routine.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

And when this colleague bravely spoke up, it helped rethink how I approached keeping my people safe beyond physicality. When she opened up to share with me about how that meeting felt, I learned that she left our meeting feeling interrogated, disempowered and iced out. But, I didn’t — at least not on that day.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2024

But there isn’t a lot of help available for paying for education, she says. Accounts of the update’s execution describe a process that was rushed and botched from the outset, including a federal report that called into question the plausibility of the schedule for its rollout. An Annoyance, or Worse? It was still confusing.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2023

My colleagues at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ( CASEL ) were there to gather data on how teachers can help students thrive by focusing on the learning conditions they have the power to create within their classrooms. We’ve seen time and time again that when we provide educators the support and tools they need.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Students will not have access to it unless they are working with faculty, staff or researchers who get accounts.

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The Thinking Stick

APRIL 5, 2024

One aspect that is standing out to me in the draft document so far here at SAS is the guidance for students and teachers about both parties having responsibilities when it comes to using AI in the classroom. Understanding: You should not only use AI but also strive to understand the concepts and content it helps you create.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This month, we’re featuring Montgomery, who shares how she’d nearly given up on teaching until a babysitting gig a few years ago helped her realize why she wanted to enter the profession in the first place — and why she is uniquely qualified for it. I thought about changing my major, or going into a different career, multiple times.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2024

As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting." Consider this: In 1918, Congress passed the Sedition Act, forbidding “disloyal language” about the U.S. government.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Understanding privacy settings First and foremost, teaching our teens about Instagram’s privacy settings is essential. A private account ensures posts can only be viewed by approved followers, not by the public or unapproved users. Moreover, they should be cautious about sharing location tags.

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