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Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes

Edsurge

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. And Google declined to provide any details, including when the sale had taken place. But an email about the deal sent by Google to a school district in early May, obtained by EdSurge, cites May 17th as the expected date of the transaction.

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Current Research and 4 Trauma-Informed Principles to Help Students Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Eric Rossen from NASP shares From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Current Research and 4 Trauma-Informed Principles to Help Students Now with Dr Eric Rossen Students experiencing the coronavirus crisis are experiencing trauma. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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6 Tips to Close Out the School Year in Google Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Google Classroom has been the tool of choice for many schools. Check the blog post for more links to Kasey’s material on this important best practice for Google Classroom. Right now, Kasey is offering her Google classroom master class 50% off.

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Compare Google Bard and Chat GPT

The CoolCatTeacher

So, today, I'm spending time in Google Bard , which is actually significantly improved from just a few weeks ago when I first had a conversation with it. I focused on ELA two days ago, so today, I'd feed the similar prompts I used for ChatGPT into Google Bard to compare the difference. ChatGPT keeps the prompts and the answers.

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3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1 If so, could that create bias?

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Leading AI Company Launches Classroom Assistant Built on First Large Language Model Designed Uniquely for Education

eSchool News

NEW YORK PRNewswire/ — Today, Merlyn Mind, an AI company focused on building domain-specific AI platforms and solutions for improving human productivity, announced the launch of its AI-powered classroom solution, Merlyn Origin. For more information, visit merlynmind.ai Our first solution is Merlyn, the AI assistant for education.

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Communicating in the Information Age

A Principal's Reflections

Now don''t get me wrong, this service is great, but like anything in life it is not full-proof or the preferred way to receive the information. To some this might seem a bit redundant, but in reality I am covering all of my bases to ensure that my stakeholders get the information. In my opinion the "Information Age" demands this now.