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. This again demonstrates that to attempt to block AI is pretty much impossible.

Classroom 360

Classroom Microsoft Policies Tools 360

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 19, 2021

Despite decades of research consistently showing positive correlations between high-quality programs and achievement, patterns suggest, for today’s children and for children to come, a school library-rich future is, or potentially will not be, evenly distributed. Interactive digital tools will allow us to easily make comparisons.

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Data Tools Libraries Future Ready 123

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Let’s put her in the library.

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Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 17, 2016

News Explorer presents and connects 300,00 articles a day from 70,000 sources including newspapers, radio and Twitter–visualizing this vast textual content into entities and concepts. National tabs allows for comparisons of coverage across countries.

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Comparison Trends Company Libraries 40

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Other than libraries and news outlets, students were dependent on the educator to provide them with information. Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 Possible networks, many with corresponding apps, include: Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, Instagram, Blogging sites, Youtube, and other social networks.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I’ve written about Pearson’s efficacy work in the past, and Ray Henderson’s twitter post this morning has prompted me to ponder and write a bit more. When students without friends in class or time to get to the library try to get by without using textbooks at all, they’re receiving no dose whatsoever. Postscript.

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Pearson OER Comparison Case Study 60

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. That was certainly the case in our experience. You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60