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How Chat GPT Took Over the Internet

How Chat GPT Took Over the Internet

The hot new topic in education, one that has everyone buzzing, is ChatGPT. We are taking time in this blog to help inform you the history of and current trends with ChatGPT and how it is disrupting the world of education. With the rapid rise in popularity, it has become one of the most popular tools with millions of people using it to chat and conduct business. Check out the humble beginnings as a text-based chat room to its current status as a leading communication platform. Chat GPT has come a long way. Be prepared, this is going to be a long one.

Music in the Classroom

Music in the Classroom

I wrote about this in 2019 but it’s as relevant as ever today. As the seasons change here in New England your favorite music in the classroom will be coming on. You know that song, “Putt, Putt, Putt, Clack, Clack Clack” created by the school heater. Once that song starts, you’ll get that warm burst of air in the classroom and if you were lucky, you would only hear that song once a day. In my case the song was…

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Part 3: Challenge-Based Learning

Part 3: Challenge-Based Learning

For the final week of this three-part series I delve into the last term. It’s important to understand the three terms we have been looking at, so we can see the differences. To start, let’s recall the definition of each of the three terms: Project-Based Learning (PBL) is the ongoing act of learning about different subjects. This is achieved by guiding students to identify, through research, a real-world problem (local to global), developing its solution using evidence to support the claim, and…

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Part 2: Problem-Based Learning

Part 2: Problem-Based Learning

As we begin this week’s post, let’s take a quick look at the three terms we are focusing on before we jump into Problem-Based Learning. Project-Based Learning Problem-Based Learning Challenge-Based Learning Project Based Learning (PBL) is the ongoing act of learning about different subjects simultaneously. This is achieved by guiding students to identify, through research, a real-world problem (local to global) developing its solution using evidence to support the claim and presenting the solution through a multimedia approach based in a…

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CSforAll

CSforAll

If you haven’t heard, The Computer Science for All (CSforAll) project in Springfield, which began in the district last year, is moving full steam ahead. We’re in our second year of implementation now and it’s continuing to grow.   As our world is changing, we want to make sure we are preparing our students for the future by strenghting thier problem solving and computational thinking skills. These skills are paramount for our students to be successful whether they are going to college…

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Flipgrid This!

Flipgrid This!

What is Flipgrid? According to Flipgrid they state “Flipgrid is simple. Engage and empower every voice in your classroom or community by recording and sharing short, awesome videos … together!” I just believe they are just awesome! In short, you as a teacher create a grid which is a meeting place and then the students go into that space and create a short video to answer that questions. Flipgrid has a great educator’s guide that you can get here. Your…

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The New School Year!

The New School Year!

What a summer it has been! While you were out recuperating, taking classes, teaching summer school, traveling, planning for this year, we have been working on improving Unified Classroom training with some great documentation, going to conferences and preparing these blogs and upcoming podcasts. It’s great to be back working with teachers and I hope that PD this week was great for you! For me, I took part in two online PD summit called #DitchSummit and CUESummit and you’ll learn…

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Wednesday Learning @ISTE 2019

Wednesday Learning @ISTE 2019

The final day of ISTE and I ran out of steam. What a whirlwind of a conference! Wednesday was a bit lighter with content because I was exhausted and did need to spend some time in the expo hall! Free Carmen Sandiego book! As a Microsoft district I found a lot of great tools that Shake Up Learning’s Kasey Bell was presenting on can be applied to our Office 365 district and I can’t wait to share all of it…

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