I post content as I find it with the date of the top post in the headline. These are free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do. Be sure to check out my book summaries too.
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How to Change Your Curriculum In The AI Age – Part 3 of our Changing Practices in the AI Age series focuses on the five ways we can adapt our curriculum for today’s world. @ajjuliani
AI Vision Video from West Islip, NY. Does your school have this kind of vision spelled out somewhere? My favorite part of the video is at the end, when students say, “At West Islip, we are not just preparing for the future, we are creating it.” @RomanelliPaul #WIproud @gcouros
A 5-Step Plan for Encouraging Teachers to Implement Technology in Lessons – Making sure teachers are involved in implementing new technology can help them feel more comfortable with using it. @edutopia @VictoriaTheTech
A Simple Way to Get Elementary Students Writing Every Day – With this easy-to-adapt quick-write strategy, students steadily build their writing skills, a little at a time. @edutopia @SustainTeaching
Bring history to life with a free virtual field trip to the Norman Rockwell Museum. Looking for a meaningful way to connect students with history, art, and storytelling? There’s a brand-new virtual resource designed just for classrooms that might be exactly what you need. @ClassTechTips
Leading with Humor – “We have had decades to figure out that comedy is vitally important – it can change the world because it connects human beings – it is authentic, it gets to the truth and it cuts through the noise. It recognizes our shared pain and that we are all fallible and we are all human. This is something we know businesses need.” @LeslieBlodgett @davidhornik @KLsecondcity @AnneLibera1 @SecondCity @AugustCapital @BareEscentuals
How To Change Your Writing Instruction In The AI Age – Human beings learn better through stories than anything else. If you want people to learn from your writing (however big or small the piece) it needs to be a great story. @ajjuliani
How To Find Your Life’s Purpose – Here is nine minutes from Daniel Pink that your kids need to see. There are seven great questions here. @DanielPink
How to Change Your Assessments In the AI Age – The best assessments give us a snapshot into a learners knowledge acquisition and understanding. @ajjuliani
The Power of We: Why Group Work and Collaboration Belong in Every Classroom – You have to give atudents space to wrestle with ideas together, to listen and lead, to make mistakes and recover — all within the safety of a group. @10publications
How to Keep Violent Porn Out of Your Home and Away From Your Kids – Parents often really underestimate the extent to which their own children are likely to have seen pornography, How about you? @FoodieScience @MindShiftKQED
What School of Rock Got Right about Education – One of the very best ways to motivate kids to learn is through the pursuit of their interests and development of their talents. Teachers must see this movie. @s_n_farley @middleweb
AI Detection: Falsely Accused of Using ChatGPT for Academic Writing – I know people who have been falsely charged of using AI. This will help. @IvyPanda3
5 tips to improve your critical thinking – Samantha Agoos – Share with students who may not know what critical thinking is. @Pockless
The Science Behind Long Walks and Longevity – I walk a lot and am never sick. How about you? @HealthyLivingON
Elon Musk’s Incredible Speech on the Education System | Eye Opening Video on Education. All teachers and students should watch this. @elonmusk
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning by Peter Liljedahl
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini@RobertCialdini
Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College by Becky Munsterer Sabky
Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrongby Eric Barker
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting from Tots to Teens by Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Observations by Dr. Doug Green Times 10 Publications
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
Listen to Dr. Doug on the “Cup of Joe” podcast. I recorded it last week. On it, I talk about the many good things I have seen in schools doing hybrid teaching. @PodcastCupOfJoe @DrDougGreen @BrainAwakes
This is my podcast on the Jabbedu Network. Please consider listening and buying my book Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex. Here’s a free executive summary. @jabbedu @DrDougGreen
Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
