Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I made DIVAA, the Digital Interactive Virtual AP Assistant to help my AP Computer Science Principles with Python and AP Content. Their assignment this week is to test it (“break it” I told them) and to get back with me before going on break next week! What Is Changing in ChatGPT? Watch the keynote.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In my recent experiments with Voice ChatGPT during my daily commutes, I've discovered some fascinating insights and practical applications for educators. Blog post coming, and we’ll see what you think.) What is Voice with ChatGPT?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

What there is is a teacher not afraid to try new ways, test them out in a classroom environment, toss what doesn’t work and share the rest. Next time, use them to teach digital tools, how-to lessons (i.e., I’m including it because teachers in my school do this! Your school passed iPads out to all classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Add up test scores and see what the student earned. Here are factors I consider when I’m posting grades for my tech students: Does s/he remember skills from prior lessons as they complete current lessons? writing conventions) in tech projects? What do you use that I haven’t mentioned? Very defensible.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2024

The dearth of bilingual teachers is especially counterintuitive in Texas, where Gauna is a professor and where she conducted a qualitative research study on what she calls the “The Leaking Spanish Bilingual Education Teacher Pipeline.” Gauna was given a warning: Bilingual education wouldn’t be a viable career option in the long term.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Everyone nods their heads, agrees this is a revolutionary idea, and moves on as Earth Day passes. Really, though: Why not?

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Outline of How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies Podcast Episode Thank you Propello for sponsoring this episode Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Jennifer Seravallo's Bio Podcast Transcript What is in the Reading Strategies 2.0 So what are you waiting for? book that is new? book that is new?

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

So, what we have doesn't seem to be working. So, what can we do to improve teachers' professional development? This post was originally written on July 20, 2017, but it was updated on December 19, 2023, because this topic is so important, and I wanted to add what I've learned in the last six years in my classroom. ?Vicki

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But when you're sick, it can be hard to write great lesson plans. Here are my tips on how to use AI to help you write your plans. Learning moves forward in my classroom and students get so much done. Even when I am sick, my classroom can still learn and be a healthy place for progress. But when I'm sick, I'm sick!

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, I'll share six apps fo r digital note-taking and my experiences with each. I'll also give you a peek at my first testing of Google NotebookLM. I'll also give you tips on creating a workflow that works for you.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. Some of my most gratifying moments are when I accomplish the impossible, unravel a Mobius Strip-like problem, or force myself to do what I’ve never before done. Long list of websites by grade. 10 Unusual Projects. I happen to agree.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2024

While there was still discussion around attracting new teachers, there was an increase in talk about keeping teachers, too — including from teachers speaking frankly about what would make them stay or why they left. Here are the most popular K-12 stories from 2023. My Students Deserve a Classroom. Where Has This Worked?

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

After 13 years of teaching, I’ve had just over 1,700 students walk in and out of my classroom. Paula was in my Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. Victoria was in my U.S. This is her second year in the profession, and the Illinois State Board of Education recently recognized her as the 2023 Outstanding Teacher of the Year !

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors and students press pause for winter break, journalists at EdSurge are likewise taking some time away from writing and editing during the last week of 2023. But the experience wrought upon 13-year-olds today makes me downright grateful for my first year as a teenager. Friends and interests are changing.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Now a senior at New York University, Olasunkanmi helps high school seniors navigate applying to college, a process she personally recalls being dominated by concern about finances and a general sense of anxiety because no one in her family did it in the United States before her. But barriers to completion predate the pandemic.

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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What’s more, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report in 2007 that emphasized the importance of K-12 STEM learning as a critical factor for enhancing the nation’s competitiveness and prosperity ( Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future ).

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The Science Penguin

AUGUST 29, 2023

We are getting feedback on the resources to ensure they are in optimal shape for next year. You’ll be ready next year. The 2023 Science Penguin Planning Guide reflects the current TEKS. What does this look like ? I (Ari) am here to answer them for you. Why release them early? It is optional.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Using adsorbents to help society Published: You will likely have heard of absorption before, but have you heard of adsorption? At the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, Dr Yamil Colón is a chemical and biomolecular engineer studying this important chemical process. Why is adsorption important?

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Cool Cat Teacher

JULY 27, 2023

All opinions are my own. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial intelligence is the top conversation among educators everywhere. It was truly a thrill for me, as a classroom teacher, for Lydia Smyers, the Vice President of US Education for Microsoft, to sit down with me at ISTE.

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Teachers are Terrific

MARCH 22, 2024

“ Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver This book was on my Top Ten list for 2023 and I reread it this month for a Book Club. “ Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver This book was on my Top Ten list for 2023 and I reread it this month for a Book Club. Amazing, beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful. Oh, so good!

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Missing the one day means I missed the goal of a daily practice so why keep it up… My friend Julie is good at helping me reframe things. So as I am writing here I am thinking about things I do daily that I sometimes miss, and attempting to reframe my thinking. Here is what I thought. I brush my teeth every day.

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Stephen Wolfram

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Transcript of a talk at TED AI on October 17, 2023, in San Francisco Human language. And today I want to tell you some of what that’s led to. There’s a lot to talk about—so I’m going to go quickly… sometimes with just a sentence summarizing what I’ve written a whole book about. Mathematics. And, yes, it’s computational.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Next came innovation.” Plant polymers as plastic alternatives Published: Plastics are cheap and versatile but have a long-lasting environmental impact, and the race is on to roll out effective alternatives. They are focusing on one application in particular – the use of plastic coatings within food packaging.

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Teachers are Terrific

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

There are definitely themes for my best books each month. This month has been almost all romance books… I did not plan to read only chick-lit books this month, but somehow those were on my next-read lists and next-listen lists. or lose my place in line) I did enjoy most of the books, however. Who will win?

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STEM Next

JANUARY 30, 2023

Mentoring 2023: Access Your Superpower and Make the Million Girls Moonshot a Reality By: Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew We love starting the new year with a spotlight on mentoring. With the Million Girls Moonshot, STEM Next Opportunity Fund is re-imagining who can engineer, who can build, who can invent. We share our personal stories.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This post originally appeared at Grading For Growth on December 4, 2023. What does your ideal classroom meeting look like? We definitely don't end up with what we'd envisioned. It's been slightly edited and I have included some additional thoughts at the end. Take a moment to visualize it.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Cyber security for the AI age Published: As the digital world grows in power and complexity, so do the threats it faces. There is a constant arms race between cyber security and cyber criminals, both rushing to outcompete the other in sophistication. Burcu studies cyber security, but not in the way that involves delving deep into computer code.

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Futurum

JUNE 20, 2023

In April 2023, AI was used to create a counterfeit pop song that simulated the voices of Drake and The Weeknd, sparking a huge debate around AI and copyright laws. What is in-home monitoring? What is in-home monitoring? In-home monitoring devices are used to detect the symptoms of heart disease from within a patient’s own home.

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CoderZ

AUGUST 30, 2021

Check out our FREE GRANT APPLICATION TEMPLATE for the Iowa Computer Science and PD Grant opportunity ! Welcome to Iowa, the land of corn and opportunity! The newest opportunity: Funding for computer science in Iowa. Starting in 2021 high schools, middle schools, AND elementary schools must all offer computer science opportunities for their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2023

On my blog, in educator forums, and in the virtual meetings I moderate, there’s lots of confusion about what can be grabbed for free from online sites and what must be cited with a linkback, credit, author’s name, public domain reference, or even as little as an email from the creator giving you permission.

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Stephen Wolfram

JUNE 28, 2023

The Leading Edge of 2023 Technology … and Beyond Today we’re launching Version 13.3 of Mathematica (and what’s now Wolfram Language). of Mathematica (and what’s now Wolfram Language). And when it comes to what’s now Wolfram Language, there’s a wonderful timelessness to it.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2024

To us it’s profoundly satisfying to see what has been done over the past three decades with everything we’ve built so far. Version 14.0 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica is available immediately both on the desktop and in the cloud. See also more detailed information on Version 13.1 , Version 13.2 and Version 13.3. there are 6602.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ungrading will likely continue this upward trajectory in 2023 as higher education comes to grips with new realities, and especially as the community behind it continues to grow. Although I am not currently using ungrading in my classes ( for reasons described here ), I have a great respect for the ungrading community.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 9, 2023

I've been going to more meetings than usual ever since I started working in the president's office, and this plus the lull is giving me some perspective on meetings and how, in my infinite wisdom, I think they ought to be run. Ask yourself: What is the purpose of this meeting I am thinking about calling? (If

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2023

What Is Canva? 5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Can Use Canva for Learning and Fun Explore how your homeschoolers can use Canva to enhance their learning, graphic design, and tech skills to level up their assignments. Are you like me and always looking for creative ways to add technology to your lessons? Well, have you heard of Canva?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Being transparent about what's working, what isn't working, and how you're adapting will clarify ideas in your mind and demystify them for everyone else. Today, I'll describe my process for thinking about the context of the course and what role this plays, and how I determined the learning objectives for the course.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Those, if you remember, centered around this spoof video created by my colleagues John Golden and Dave Coffey. My own contribution to those debates remains the single most viewed post I’ve ever published in nearly ten years of blogging. I picked this one today for a reason; go to the end to find out. comments multiple times.

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