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June 8, 2024
Some Big AI Problems: The Eliza Effect and More
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Yes, everyone is talking about AI. However, how do the concerns about AI apply to our classrooms today? Tom Mullaney talks about concerns with:
The Eliza effect – where people attribute human characteristics such as trust and credibility, to text-generating computers. This can be dangerous when combined with the biases and inaccuracies inherent in large language models an...
JuiceMind: My Go-To Tool for Teaching Programming
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This year, I've been teaching AP Computer Science Principles. At the beginning of the year, we were using a tool called Replit for Teams to do group programming, debugging, and working on our code. However, in January, Replit for Teams went away for free, leaving us without any great options. So, I started investigating with other AP Computer Science Principles teachers about the tools that are out there and found an...
June 3, 2024
How Do We Really Engage Students? with Eric Sheninger
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In this show, I sit down with Eric Sheninger, CEO of Aspire Change EDU and author of “Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms.” Together, we explore the evolving landscape of student engagement in 2024. Eric and I discuss how to truly engage students. First, Eric talks about moving from compliance to engagement and how that is crucial for student learning. He shares his rel...
April 15, 2024
Excellence in Action: Practical Ways to Overcome Procrastination
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Procrastination comes to us all. And sometimes, we don't have enough time. Today, we unpack how we overcome procrastination.. However, learning to say no is also part of the equation. So is making time to get work done. We also have to be realistic and know the things we just can't do as teachers since our schedules are already so full. This show is for anyone, especially...
April 12, 2024
URGENT: 🛑 Deepfakes: Time to Create Policies and Crisis Plans
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Teenage girls are struggling with having their faces put on nude bodies in deepfake nudes. The New York Times shared “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” on how middle and high school girls are having classmates fabricate deepfake nude pictures of them and then sharing them.
The Washington Post shared “AI Hustlers Stole Women's Faces to Put on Ads. The Law Can't Help Them.” shari...
April 11, 2024
Sculpting The Future: How Women’s Unique Insights Transform Leadership
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In a world constantly demanding excellence and innovation, it is easy to overlook a fundamental truth: the way we treat each other has profound implications on our productivity, motivation, and overall well-being.
So many educators juggle dual responsibilities of nurturing young minds and meeting their own family's needs. This balance is particularly challenging for many w...
April 3, 2024
4 Essential Ingredients to Engage Students in the AI Age
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A.J. Juliani, author if the upcoming book Meaningful & Relevant: Engaging Learners in an Age of Distraction (will be posted here when it is live), talks about how this generation has changed, the hinge of history now upon us and what it means to be an excellent educator in this age with his four ingredients of what creates a meaningful learning experience.
His powerful exa...
April 2, 2024
The Essentials of Teaching Financial Literacy: Free Courses from EVERFI
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New research from EVERFI demonstrates the benefits of students taking multiple courses.Financial literacy is perhaps one of the most underrated yet essential skills that we could be teaching our students in schools. It's a skill often handed down from parents to children, significantly impacting a child's future financial success. When it comes to financial literacy, earlier education is better.
If parents ar...
April 1, 2024
8 Awesome Ideas for Your Classroom in April
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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April is a busy month. Here are some of the tools and tips for you to explore as you prepare your lessons for this month! I talk about some great books, how I'm using the Elgato teleprompter, eclipse resources anyone can use anywhere in the world, Earth Day, financial literacy month, Arbor Day, some excellent professional development resources and a webinar I'm doing on A...
March 25, 2024
How to tell if teaching is still a good fit for you
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As a teacher, it is healthy to evaluate where we are in our career. Is what I'm doing now still a good fit? Are there changes I need to make? And more.
Rob Donatelli has invented the Q.U.E.S.T. method of evaluating where.you are as a teacher and to help you determine how you should move into the future. We dive into this method in today's show to help all of us answer the...
