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5 End-of-the-Year Activities

Catlin Tucker

Before you head out to enjoy some much-deserved rest, consider using one or more of the following activities to connect with your students and try to understand what worked, what didn’t work, and what might need to be modified or adjusted before the next school year. Below are 5 fun end-of-the-year activities. What was lost?

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Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out

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While the research underscores the critical role teachers play in their students futures, being an educator is perhaps as difficult as it has ever been, the report authors write. times more likely than their peers to be actively seeking a new job, the report posits.

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Turnitin Turns On AI Writing Detection Capabilities for Educators and Institutions

eSchool News

. – Starting tomorrow, Turnitin – a leading provider of academic integrity solutions globally – will activate its AI writing detection capabilities. The technology identifies the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT, with 98 percent confidence, enabling educators to analyze and review the authenticity of academic work.

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Would You Rather: Designing with Choice in Mind

Catlin Tucker

A student’s sense of autonomy and agency are enhanced when they are given a choice about how to engage with the content, learning activities, and each other. It is worth our time to prioritize student choice, even if that choice is fairly simple. Would You Rather? An Experiment.

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3 ways ChatGPT can reduce teachers’ workloads

eSchool News

Granted, ChatGPT might make writing that 11th-grade essay on symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” a whole lot easier (which, to be fair, does make grading a whole lot harder). ChatGPT Helps with Writing Lesson Plans Teachers can use ChatGPT to get a jump on lesson-planning. Let’s say I’m teaching symbolism in literature.

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5 Tips To Keep Students Learning When Extreme Weather Strikes

Catlin Tucker

” Once they had actively read the text, they had to synthesize the information in that article with our core text Fahrenheit 451. Once they submitted their writing, they were asked to provide 2 peers with thoughtful peer feedback on their writing. Yesterday Northern California was hit by massive storm.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. In case you must ‘sell’ this idea to your administration, here are three great reasons why students should use Minecraft in school: Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving. Again, think Legos.

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