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

The CoolCatTeacher

Yesterday I demonstrated how to get AI feedback. I want to take those of you not using AI (yet) into what it looks like to interact with AI, both how I'm conversing with AI and how it responds. I want you to see my issues and how I proceed at each step of the process. But now I want to integrate AI feedback.

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s guest, Starr Sackstein, author of Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs , shares an overview of what is needed so that every student feels respected even as they are given the necessary feedback to improve and level up their learning.

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Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

Insight Education Group

Schools are realizing the very real presence of Secondary Trauma Stress (STS). Secondary Trauma Stress or compassion fatigue is defined by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network as the “emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. Lighten the load for educators.

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Meet Digital Promise’s New President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard

Digital Promise

Related to that, we often think of education as a narrow pathway from Pre-K through post-secondary education. You have to think tactically about how to get there—constantly correcting and adjusting along the way—but you’re not married to the plan because you generally know where to go. However, it is not happening for the masses.

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How to Promote Family Engagement During the First Weeks of School

Waterford

Learn why family engagement matters and how to encourage it in your classroom from the first day of school onward. You may meet some on the first day of school, but others might not physically visit the classroom until back to school night. How to Prepare for Back to School Night.

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How to Do Student-led Conferences

Ask a Tech Teacher

I love report card days now because this is when I get to meet parents. A student – led conference is where students between kindergarten and 12th grade meet with parents (with the teacher quietly at the side) to share the work they completed during the grading period and their progress toward overall goals.

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How to direct a districtwide tech transformation on a budget

eSchool News

Finding the funding (and partners) for a tech makeover In order to fund these exciting initiatives, we have been able to leverage state and federal funds–specifically, ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds–and have secured various grants. Some teachers also felt like we were telling them how to teach.

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