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101. The Transformative Power of AI

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Folks, let’s face it. Our classrooms are going to look a little different this year. AI, specifically ChatGPT, is going to change the way we design learning experiences and assess student mastery. I’ll be honest, when I first explored the ChatGPT platform I was terrified. As I have dug deeper into the technology and its capabilities, I realized that while it does pose significant challenges — it also presents us with some pretty amazing opportunities. In this series, we will explore what AI is capable of, its implications in the classroom, and how it can benefit both teachers and students. Let’s start by examining where we have been, where we are currently, and looking forward to where we are going. Whether this is a trip you wanted to go on or not, the AI train has left the station and it is time for all of us to jump on board. From Card Catalogs to Artificial Intelligence I belong to the micro-generation called Xennial. Xennials are considered to be a “bridge” between Generation X a
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#75: Student Well-Being: Power Up Your Teaching

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This is PART 7 in a series on student well-being. Throughout this series, I will explore what recent research has revealed about ways to create an environment in which all students can thrive. In my last post , I outlined some of what we know about how people learn. In this post, I will identify concrete ways students and teachers can leverage what we know about how we learn to make learning more effective and efficient. In the book Powerful Teaching , cognitive psychologist Pooja Agarwal and classroom teacher Patrice Bain team up to translate learning theory into classroom practice. They distill the educational research into four evidence-based recommendations that will increase student learning: (1) retrieval practice, (2) spaced practice, (3) interleaving, and (4) feedback-driven metacognition. 1. Retrieval Practice: This strategy focuses on pulling information OUT of students' heads rather than focusing on putting information INTO their heads . I teach AP Psychology and when
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#74: Student Well-Being: The Science of Learning

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This is PART 6 in a series on student well-being. Throughout this series, I will explore what recent research has revealed about ways to create an environment in which all students can thrive. For this series, I will be diving into my file of half-written articles and dust-covered books to learn more about topics like mastery learning , youth mental health, culturally responsive teaching and learning , culturally proficient SEL , the use of praise , the science of learning, equity in grading, and universal design of learning. In my last post, I introduced the term academic tenacity . Academic Tenacity consists of the mindset and skills that allow students to focus on long-term or higher order goals. It's about working hard, working smart , and working for a long time . These skills are one piece of the achievement puzzle. There are several other cognitive factors that influence student achievement. Let's take a closer look at what the research says about how people learn
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