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April 28, 2023
How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. If you're a reading teacher looking for ways to make your teaching more effective, you're in the right place. We know that every student is unique and has their own learn...
April 27, 2023
Grammarly Go Helps You Write Better Everywhere On the Web
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Does Grammarly use AI? It does now! I logged into Grammarly today and started seeing writing suggestions from the new Grammarly Go button. In fact, as I'm writing this post, the GO button is there and ready to offer suggestions.
The Grammarly GO button will offer suggestions and, according to Mashable, uses the ChatGPT Generative AI Model. I've tested it inside a blog post, email, and inside Grammarly itself. It ...
April 26, 2023
How to Create Differentiated NGSS Science Lessons using Propello
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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NGSS Science Standards lessons require a high level of excellence. Additionally, science teachers often miss out on extra support for reaching their students who learn differently. For example, support to create leveled texts or differentiated experiences with science textbooks and materials can often be limited. Propello, today’s tool of the day, allows you to reach...
April 24, 2023
Why Great Teachers Can’t Be Replaced by a Bot
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Tonight was indeed a highlight of my educational career. My student, Eric, named me his STAR Teacher. He is a fine young man, and going on this journey with him has been an honor. Such a joy!
But as I listened (and live Tweeted) the comments made by students about their STAR teachers, some common elements kept coming up about the STAR Teachers as being:
Passionate about their subjectA person who sees stud...April 22, 2023
AI Productivity: Using the AI Assistant in Todoist
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Todoist has a new AI Assistant built into the tool that you can add to the program. After I installed the Todoist AI Assistant, I opened up the task “clean out the car” and asked it to generate subtasks. It specified subtasks which I added with a click. Then, I could assign dates or even set them up for habits. We can all expect to see AI added to many of our tools and apps. From email to productivity tools, develop...
April 21, 2023
Now that ChatGPT has Gone Viral on TikTok
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Right now, I'm filming senior “memory videos” where they share their favorite memory of being at the school. As one was thinking, he looked at a friend and said, “Quick, generate three ideas of my favorite memory from here.” And as I looked at him, he said, “I'm just obsessed with ChatGPT now.”
As so are many of the creators on Tiktok. From Barry Enderwick of Sandwich...
April 20, 2023
Compare Google Bard and Chat GPT
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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For me, this eighty days of AI journey is about looking at every AI tool that might be helpful to teachers. I know too many teachers who spend too much time creating their own materials. Unfortunately, many students and parents have bought answer books and answer keys for our materials. So, as we teach with additional materials, it helps. In no way does this replace ...
April 19, 2023
How to Go from ChatGPT to Gimkit (or anything that uses a CSV)
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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What if you could create multiple choice questions inside ChatGPT and then export into Gimkit? Quizizz? Other apps? Why yes you can! In this post, I will demonstrate how I helped our science teacher create some questions in ChatGPT. Then, how we exported them and pulled them into Gimkit!
This can work for any tool that is CSV. To keep it simple, I'm using Google shee...
April 18, 2023
Useful ChatGPT Prompts for English Language Arts Teachers
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Across the hall from me is a remarkable English Language Arts teacher, Dawne. She's with me on the good and bad days and everything in between. Well, today, we sat down to see if ChatGPT could be useful for things she's doing in her classroom. And wow! We found some great ones.
Creating a Themed B...April 17, 2023
Kindergarten Experiments with ChatGPT: Letters, Syllables, Idea Creation
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Today I was experimenting with the capabilities of the Chat GPT as it relates to using only certain letters, a specified number of syllables, and using a theme. I thought if a kindergarten teacher could have words just from a letter bank and create words with only the letters that have been taught, it might create some great words that teachers could use. I started ...
