Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do with Fresh Content Every Weekday and post around 8:00 am eastern US time.
The Twitter names next to each link belong to the authors, publications, and the people who bring them to my attention.
Using Stories Beyond Word Problems to Teach Math – Stories can help students recall key math concepts and make the subject more relevant to them. @mrs_frommert @edutopia
How College Students Feel About Using AI Like ChatGPT At School, Visualized – More than half of students surveyed about the ethics of AI believe using chatbots counts as cheating — but one in five do it anyway. @darcymiajimenez @digg
If the US Bans TikTok, WeChat Might Be Next. WeChat has 19 million users in the US and is a lifeline for people across the Chinese diaspora. @Amanda_Florian @WIRED
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Apple Is Getting Into The VR Game, Here’s What We Know. Snazzy Labs concisely lays out the details of Apple’s worst-kept secret: the Reality Pro mixed AR and VR headset. @BsaGrant @SnazzyLabs
Learning
Making The Radical Case For Getting SUVs Off The Road – They are safer for the people in the SUV, but way less safe for passengers. See if your kids can figure out why. @uytaelee @aboutherevideos
Leadership/Parenting
Discover how edtech makes your teaching more effective and efficient. Edtech can support educators as they strive to create an ecosystem of actionable data, intentional feedback, and an instructional workflow for seamless differentiation. @eSN_Laura @eschoolnews
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@tim_fargo
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Larry Cuban’s Cartoons about ChatbotGPT – Hard to believe the media storm since this computer program was released less than six months ago. What is it? What can it do? @LarryCuban
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
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
Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling: Curriculum, Teaching, and Socio-Political Realities by Kenneth Teitelbaum
Can You Learn to Be Lucky? Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Staff
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
Back to School COVID Myths – by Dr Doug Green @mssackstein
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here.
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