Faster than you’ll be sprinting toward that parking lot on the last day of classes (well, okay maybe not quite that fast as this isn’t an indistinguishable blur), here are this week’s best articles from Tech & Learning.
Priorities, first: This week’s stop on the Connecticut summer ice cream tour is one of the state’s best, Rich Farm in Oxford, with a satellite shop in Middlefield.
Inspired by this sugar rush, let's gooo!
- Lifelong Learning: Modeling for Students and Faculty - “Continuing to learn and develop new ways to improve my quality of life is an approach I can model with my learning community," writes educator and author Michael Gaskell. I say, “If you ain’t learning, you ain’t living!” although fortunately, Mike provides some actual useful advice.
- Solar-Powered Schools: What You Need to Know - Summer seems like a perfect time to think about solar power. (What, an earworm from the past decade? Unpossible!) The annual amount of sunshine your district gets should not be a factor in going solar, says Tish Tablan, Senior Program Director at Generation180, who adds, “I say, 'Your attitude is more important than your latitude.'” Which vaguely sounds like a tagline for a summery cocktail. And since we’re all adults here, I’ll allow it.
- The Importance of AI Acceptance in Education - Getting your school community on board with AI can be a challenge, but like AI itself, educators Kerry Gallagher and Kelley Papa have done the work for you by developing, testing, and now sharing an AI integration cycle designed for school communities.
- AllHere Ed: How to Use It to Teach - What, you want more education-related AI content? (-1 point to me for referring to an article as “content.” Blech.) AllHere Ed is an AI-powered app designed to create personalized learning journeys for students. The always-here Luke Edwards provides the overview.
- IXL Lesson Plan - IXL is a great site to include for students to target specific skills that are personalized to their development, particularly math and reading. This lesson plan from Dr. Stephanie Smith Budhai focuses on algebra, although can be adapted for other subjects.
- Best Printers for Schools - Despite the digital tools that have inundated schools over the past few years, limitless paper in a paperless world still exists. Here’s where to start your printer search.
- Designing an AI Roadmap Framework: Creating and Communicating AI Guidelines and Policies - “AI is not going anywhere and we should embrace it,” says educator, author, and podcast host Alana Winnick. “It is our job as educators to prepare students for their future.” So here’s how to get started.
- Edtech Show & Tell: June 2024 - This month’s showcase features all sorts of new useful edtech tools, devices, and platforms, although we’d certainly welcome such gems as the portable hat radio, necomimi brain-activated cat ears, and the dynasphere, a two-person vehicle in the shape a single giant rolling wheel. Let’s see AI top that! (Or not, given the horrors of AI hallucinations)
Alright, let's roll into the weekend. Enjoy!
