Dec 24
Since my last post sharing AI tools that teachers of students under 13 years of age can use with their students, I’ve found some more tools that we can use with our students! Once you’ve established a class AI policy then kids are ready to go and begin practicing. After finding out about CodeBreaker’s Byte …
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Dec 24
Here’s what I’ve been sharing: A summary of AI in Teaching and Learning from the Office of Educational Technology. Ideas on areas to consider when developing an AI policy. AI Principles to Practical Strategies: How Schools Can Apply the National AI Framework Writing school AI policies? Use these 10+ resources How to develop AI policies …
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Nov 12
I teach 5th and 6th grade Math and Science in an elementary school. My teaching partner and I have two classes one class with 22 6th graders and the other class with 23 students, 13 5th graders and 10 6th graders. My partner teaches both classes ELA and Social Studies while I see both classes …
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Aug 29
I put together a few resources to help educators get started with some AI tools that I’ve tried out this summer that also are vetted by other educators. I’ve been reading what other teachers are doing on X (formerly Twitter) and I’ve joined a few Facebook groups for some of the tools I’ve been hearing …
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Jul 10
It’s safe to say that I’ve been obsessed with AI this summer. Going into my fifth week of summer break when I’m not out hiking or eating with my wife or hanging out with our daughter and her boyfriend I’ve been reading and taking online courses. While not all my summer learning has been AI …
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Jun 25
The end of the year was fast approaching and it was time for me to help my kids conclude our Environmental Stewardship Project. I have been doing this project in one form or another since 1997 when I started working at my current school and saw that our town creek ran right by the campus, …
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Jun 24
As a kid I was a huge fan of science fiction. I remember going to the theater to watch Star Wars A New Hope when it first came out and at home I watched Star Trek The Original Series (TOS) and Battlestar Galactica (1978 version) and thoroughly enjoyed envisioning what the future could be. Of …
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Mar 26
The Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) puts on the best EdTech conference in the Pacific Northwest! The amazing sessions, workshops, and speakers are as high quality as the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)! Educators from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and all over come to Washington state to attend NCCE’s annual conferences. I’ve been …
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Feb 19
My 5th and 6th grade STEM classes have been working on robotics using the Lego Mindstorm EV3 kits since December. Students built their first robot then took the Lego Mindstorms programming lesson tutorials before we began some activities and challenges. We still have two major challenges left in this unit before we transition to our …
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Dec 29
I used Chat GPT to write a blog post so I thought I’d play around with it some more and try it out to help me lesson plan. I asked Chat GPT some questions about the unit we’re working on in my STEM classes to see what it knew. It surprised me because I didn’t …
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