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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school.

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The Problem with AI Prompt Feedback (and How to Solve It)

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter My students are writing a collaborative writing document following the principles I share in my book Reinventing Writing. Yesterday I demonstrated how to get AI feedback. I want you to see my issues and how I proceed at each step of the process.

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How to Have Deeper Learning and Better Schools

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Jal Mehta from the Harvard School of Education Shares How From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He is co-editor of the Learning Deeply blog at Education Week , and in 2014 was the top-ranked junior faculty scholar in the Rick Hess Education Week rankings. Sponsor: Pear Deck.

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How to Use AI to Help You Make Substitute Teacher Lesson Plans in a Snap

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Substitute teachers, like teachers, are heroes. Here are my tips on how to use AI to help you write your plans. I could make a customGPT with this, but for this blog post, I'm demonstrating with the free version of AI.

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

Ask a Tech Teacher

To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options. Compare-contrast is an organic skill that will become part of their life skills toolkit, once they understand how to use it. The better adults are at this, the more they thrive.

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What to Know About SQL and How to Try it Out

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If you want a job coding, you have to know how to get around a database, and that means SQL. One of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew has suggestions on how to test it out and what are the most important elements to learn: How High School Students Can Try Out SQL and 4 Things They Should Learn About It . How to Manipulate Data.

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How to Know You Make a Difference #LoveTeaching

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this heartwarming episode, Christie shares one of the stories of how she knows she is making a difference. Blog: [link] Twitter: [link] Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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