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5 Ways to Improve Relevance in Our Classrooms Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. He travels across the country delivering keynotes, full-day workshops, and small group professional development to teachers and administrators.

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The School Hall Pass Is Going Digital. Is That a Good Thing?

Edsurge

“One concern I have is, once we start tracking kids throughout their day, is there already in place specific guidelines for what is considered worthy of disciplinary action and what is not?” asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights. We were always writing passes for kids.

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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. He created the #ObserveMe movement, wrote the book Open Middle Math is president of Grassroots Workshops and co-founder of the website [link].

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Savvas Learning Company Launches Culturally Responsive Learning Initiative

eSchool News

We want our curriculum to be a tool to inspire that student voice in an authentic way, and to create opportunities for students to share their rich, cultural backgrounds,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. “As ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY. Simply writing a check is not enough,” Forsa said. “We

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. They solve this by offering PD days, which tend to be long days filled with workshops. Schools should follow the example of companies, and offer teachers more opportunities for PD. PD never ends.

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Leading the Integration of AI in a School System

edWeb.net

The disadvantages start with their being “only as smart as the data they were trained on,” so they may provide misinformation and disinformation, include biases derived from their training, and deliver content that is obsolete, inappropriate, and not aligned with state or district guidelines.

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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

Edsurge

Imagine you’re an edtech company with thousands of students on your platform. That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. Did you simply practice the same type of A/B testing that’s common throughout the tech sphere?

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