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ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education

Ditch That Textbook

AI just stormed into the classroom with the emergence of ChatGPT. How do we teach now that it exists? How can we use it? Here are some ideas. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot. Drawing on tons and tons of data and massive processing power, it uses GPT3 technology to let users talk to the […]. The post ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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5 Major K-12 Education Predictions for 2023

Education Elements

I don’t know about you, but I definitely feel a shift in how we live in this world. Day-to-day life feels a bit slower. Receiving Amazon deliveries the next day seems the norm, and whether or not your favorite restaurant will be closed due to staffing or delivery limitations is increasingly common. It’s not rare for apps on your phone to be buggy with the latest release, or for the remodeling of your home to take twice as long or cost twice as much as it did pre-pandemic.

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Why Computer Science Counts in Middle School

MiddleWeb

Even if middle school students have no idea what careers they want to pursue, computer science helps them acquire skills they’ll need to be successful. Learn how 7th and 8th grade CS teacher Crystal Kistler uses coding and project learning to broaden their knowledge base. The post Why Computer Science Counts in Middle School first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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How Students in India Are Designing for Inclusivity and Accessibility

Digital Promise

The post How Students in India Are Designing for Inclusivity and Accessibility appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Make Tuition Agreements Work Smarter—for Your School and Families

A well-crafted tuition agreement is more than paperwork—it’s a powerful tool for protecting your school and building family confidence. This guide helps private and independent K–12 schools reduce legal risk, improve collections, and foster long-term trust with families. Learn best practices for drafting enforceable agreements, communicating clear expectations, and navigating challenges like payment disputes, custody conflicts, and continuous enrollment.

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9 Tech-Friendly Hobby Ideas for High School Students That’ll Help Their Career Prospects

EmergingEdTech

Hobbies and interests are great additions to your resume. They provide potential employers with a fair idea about your personality and help them understand whether you’re the right fit for the position you are applying for. . Hobbies increase your chances of employability by demonstrating your passion and dedication. They help you become more adaptable and reduce stress thereby influencing your performance at school. .

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Top Posts of 2022

A Principal's Reflections

With each passing year, I am always amazed that I continue to blog with consistency. It has become much more challenging, which is why I made the decision to move to a bi-monthly writing schedule. In a recent post , I shared my rationale. Basically, I am running out of unique topics and angles to explore so I don’t want to run the risk of becoming redundant.

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Choosing an Esports PC: What to Look for in a Gaming Computer

ViewSonic Education

Your choice of esports PC can have a significant bearing on both enjoyment and success, so it is important to make the right decision. In particular, you will need to decide between a laptop or a desktop gaming computer, but you will also need to factor in a number of other considerations too, such as ensuring you have sufficient RAM and making sure you select the right operating system for your needs.

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The Room Where it Happens: 5 Reasons Leaders Make Decisions Behind Closed Doors

Education Elements

“I want to be in the room where it happens.”. There are so many powerful scenes in the award-winning musical, Hamilton. The moment Aaron Burr laments being left out of the decision-making process is not only a turning point in the story but a great depiction of how many feel when it comes to the all-important “rooms” where decisions that affect their lives are made.

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How Spending Downtime With My Students Has Dramatically Reshaped My Teaching

Edsurge

One of the most rewarding aspects of being a teacher is building relationships. Getting to know my students beyond their academic capabilities and seeing them develop into well-rounded humans is a gift. I grew up surrounded by educators, and I always knew there was a special bond that develops between teachers and students. My grandmother was an elementary teacher for over 30 years (shameless brag—she taught Jay-Z who credited her in a documentary).

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Samsung and CDW Connect Golf and Technology for Detroit Youth

EdTech Magazine

CDW and Samsung are working together with First Tee — Greater Detroit, a youth organization, to show young players the connection between technology and golf. While the organization’s primary focus is to help youth participants build character, they are also learning that technology can improve their understanding of the game. “First Tee — Greater Detroit is a youth development organization that uses golf to teach kids important life lessons and traits, such as hard work, perseverance, self-conf

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The Case for Game Design as an Innovative STEAM Teaching Tool

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Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

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Creating a Sense of Belonging with Virtual Worlds

ViewSonic Education

With zoom fatigue and limited social interactions having plagued students around the world, a virtual solution that helps create a sense of belonging is key for the future of eLearning. The metaverse, a simulated digital environment, is one option that can allow for meaningful social interactions to take place within a virtual world. In addition, these virtual worlds also have the potential to boost accessibility, deliver greater freedom of expression, and encourage students with social anxietie

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The Future of the Metaverse in Education

EdNews Daily

By Chris Klein The global metaverse market size was valued at $22.79 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow. Analysts predict the metaverse will dominate the EdTech sector by 2030. The Brookings Institution predicts “Soon it will be as omnipresent as TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.” So, what exactly is the metaverse? And what role does it – or will it—play in K-12 education?

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Is College Worth It? A Father and Son Disagree on Whether to Finish Their Degrees

Edsurge

Finishing a college degree is hard. It’s an endurance race: It takes determination to keep going, and a belief that it will all be worth it in the end. But what if the current generation of students is just less sold on needing a college degree than their parents are? That’s the case for one family outside of Detroit. The father, Paul Carr, is 47, and he’s pushing to finish a college degree he started right after high school but stopped pursuing when he found out his then-girlfriend was pregnant

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SC30 Partners with Samsung and Others to Bring Equitable Opportunities to K–12 Students

EdTech Magazine

Through initiatives with organizations such as CDW, Samsung and Intel, nonprofit SC30 is working to provide new opportunities for K–12 students. These initiatives include golf tournaments and esports labs that aim to refine student players’ leadership skills. On the green, students learn life lessons such as perseverance, dedication and integrity, says Karl Schulz, CDW vice president of product and partner management.

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Enhancing Higher Education with Generative AI: A Responsible Guide

Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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Best Live New Year's Countdown Tools and Apps

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2023 is just around the corner: a new year, a new beginning, as the saying goes. If you are like me super excited and can’t wait for the start of a new year, you will probably be counting the remaining days and hours until the day the fireworks ring in 2023. But you don’t have to do it the traditional way! There are several online tools and calendars to use for live countdowns to the new year.

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How to identify student anxiety in the classroom

eSchool News

Issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to pop up as educators devote more time to student anxiety issues in the classroom. Frustrations mount as they attempt to manage both instructional requirements and a decrease in achievement from at-risk students. In particular, teachers report escalating anxiety symptoms since the pandemic lockdowns, and data is now available to support their conclusions.

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On a Mission With Game-Based Learning

Edsurge

Veteran technology teacher Ben Kelly is thankful that, after 18 years of teaching, his students still run into the room when it’s time for his class. But he cautions not to give too much credit to the technology itself. His 250 middle and high school students in the rural Caledonia Regional School in Moncton, New Brunswick, are using computers that are older than the students themselves.

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Edtech Has Changed Forever — And Not Just By COVID

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Edtech was evolving at a strong rate even before the pandemic.

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Enhancing School Device Management for Improved Learning

Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.

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Vocabulary Practice to Make Your Head Spin

Learning in Hand

I've been substitute teaching, and it's been WHEELY fun to put my own spin on the lessons. Last week third graders had already been introduced to a list of vocabulary words that would show up in a short story they were about to read. To review the vocabulary words, I entered them on wheels at SpinnerWheel.com. I spun the wheels and invited students to come up with sentences that use both words.

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An OER curriculum brings my students’ lives into our classroom

eSchool News

When I was growing up, I assumed that my teachers knew everything, including all of the “right answers.” Now that I’ve been a teacher for 15 years, I know this simply isn’t true. In fact, some of the most powerful learning in my middle school science classroom has happened when I’ve pretended to NOT know the “right answer.” That’s when students take the lead and start to offer up their own ideas, share their experiences, and make powerful connections—sometimes amazing ones that I would never hav

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How Inflation Is Squeezing Early Childhood Educators

Edsurge

In Montana, Sheryl Hutzenbiler has noticed the price of eggs skyrocketing. Just a few weeks ago, she could buy five dozen for $11. This month, she paid $23 for the same amount. For Winifred Smith-Jenkins, in New Jersey, it’s those 5-ounce disposable cups that she buys for the kids in her early childhood center. Where she lives, they’ve increased from $19 to $30 for a 1,000-pack, which her staff and kids burn through quickly.

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Are Educators Leaving Twitter?

techlearning

Leaving Twitter or staying has become a complex decision for many educators, as has picking potential replacements.

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Meeting the Evolving Financial Needs of K-12 Private Schools

Private and independent schools rely on tuition to provide excellent learning experiences for all students, so it’s important to have a tuition and billing management solution that fits the unique needs of your school and families. Learn how the right technology provides the following benefits: Automated invoicing and PCI-compliant payment processing Integrations into financial aid solutions and student information systems Reporting and analytics to provide up-to-date financial insights Read thi

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What Does an Assistant Principal Do Again?

MiddleWeb

To make sure that kids, teachers, and families have what they need to be successful and joyful, Stephanie Farley details how assistant principals can show up, listen deeply, and chill out. To start, spend time with students during lunch and find ways to do some teaching. The post What Does an Assistant Principal Do Again? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Holiday Advice to get through the Holiday almost Stress-Free

EdNews Daily

By Tamara Fyke Holidays can be stressful no matter your family. But what about families that don’t always get along? Whether it’s past tensions, differing opinions, or general annoyance of bringing the whole family together, holidays aren’t always perfect and peaceful. When it comes to parenting, how do you model positive relationships when/if your family doesn’t really get along?

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How to be proactive in your cybersecurity strategy

eSchool News

Keeping K-12 schools safe from cyberattacks has become a growing concern for educational institutions, especially as these attacks increase in sophistication and frequency nationwide. This past September, a school district in Detroit was hit with a cyberattack that closed its schools for two days. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the country, was also subject to an attack over Labor Day weekend , which shut off access to email and crippled the distri

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40+ New Year Wishes to Ring in 2023

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The new year, 2023, is only a few days away. Now is the perfect time to get your new year wishes ready to send to friends and loved ones. This time, though, you don't have to do the work alone. I trawled the web and came up with the list below featuring a wide variety of new year wishes. Use these expressions and phrases to craft your own wishes and enrich your greetings vocabulary.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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How One Edtech Leader Supports Equity

techlearning

James Batson says his district’s approach to edtech equity has been successful because of the intentionality behind it more than any one initiative.

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K-12 Institutions of Learning: at Risk

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen A widening cultural chasm has ensnared schools, and it is clear that institutions of learning are at risk. “Going back to normal” hasn’t been exactly working for most schools, post-pandemic. Millions of families experienced the juxtaposition of being online from home for nearly two years, fraught with difficulties as that was, and are still actively comparing it to being back with humans and strict schedules.

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Intelitek Opens the First of 20 STEAM centers in the Republic of Ghana

eSchool News

DERRY, N.H. – In partnership with the Ghanaian Ministry of Education and Israeli government, Intelitek and its parent company, Robogroup T.E.K. Ltd., have opened the first of 20 planned STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Mathematics) centers in the Republic of Ghana. Located at the Accra High Senior High School, the new center is part of the ministry’s initiative to increase student interest and instructional quality around STEAM.

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8 Best Countdown Apps

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The purpose of this post is to share with you this handpicked collection featuring some of the best countdown timers apps out there. Countdown apps can help you keep tabs on important events, deadlines, promises, goals, meetings, among others. The apps below will enable you to create unlimited countdown events, add notes and reminders to your events, and share your countdowns with others.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.