Faster than summer has slipped away (this weekend is the official first day of fall already–how? Witchcraft, obviously), here are the week’s best articles from Tech & Learning.
- Hot School Days Are Negatively Impacting Student Achievement. Here’s What You Can Do - On the subject of summer–they say get out of the kitchen if you can’t take the heat, but teachers and students don’t always have this option. In lieu of flying around the earth at super speed to reverse history (and climate change), here are a few steps that can help mitigate heat damage.
- Character.AI: What Teachers Need To Know - When my third-grade teacher Mrs. Reut told my mother that I was “quite a character,” Character.AI was not quite what she had in mind. Even though the AI platform allows users to “chat” with historical figures and fictional characters, it has a way to go before it can be used safely in classrooms.
- Top Free Sites for Creating Digital Art - Speaking of back when I was a kid, we used to say, “Ars longa, vita brevis.” (You know, because it was ancient times and everything was in black and white.) Let these resources help your art endure.
- Tech & Learning Announces Winners of Best for Back to School 2024 - The winners of our 2024 “Best Tools for Back to School” features products and solutions that will support educators in any learning environment.
- How Rhymes with Reason is Educating Students Through Song - “Roses are red; cheating is wrong; here’s how to engage kids; by using song.” * snaps, snaps *?
- Photomath: How to Use It to Teach - Photomath is a smartphone-based app and software extension from Google that helps with math problems–essentially, it’s point, click, and help solve, you know, which defies Mrs. Reut who used to assure us that we wouldn't have calculators in our pocket all the time.
- Deck.Toys: How to Use It to Teach - Rather than what your kids play with around the pool, Deck.Toys is a website that offers lesson planning, building, and tracking options for educators. And there's nothing to stop you from using it while sitting on a big wood deck.
Okay, ready to get rowdy for the weekend. Enjoy!
