Danny Maas
@dannymaas.bsky.social
ATA Executive Staff Officer,
Professional Development. Passionate about improving teaching and learning.
Professional Development. Passionate about improving teaching and learning.
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Is anyone in K-12 using Leon Furzle’s AI Assessment Scale to set guidelines on the degree to which students can use AI, or does that cross a threshold of acceptance you’re not ready to cross yet? leonfurze.com/2024/08/28/u... #EduSkyAI #EduSky
Updating the AI Assessment Scale – Leon Furze
It's been over 12 months since the first blog post about the AI Assessment Scale, and a lot has changed, both with the technology and with our understandings of how it impacts assessments in K-12 and ...
leonfurze.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Is anyone in K-12 using Leon Furzle’s AI Assessment Scale to set guidelines on the degree to which students can use AI, or does that cross a threshold of acceptance you’re not ready to cross yet? leonfurze.com/2024/08/28/u... #EduSkyAI #EduSky
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December 4, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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This afternoon, I was delighted to discover Jacobo Priegue's MS Form Master, a CustomGPT tool that simplifies creating multiple-choice quizzes for Microsoft Forms. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to use it:
December 1, 2024 at 4:54 PM
This afternoon, I was delighted to discover Jacobo Priegue's MS Form Master, a CustomGPT tool that simplifies creating multiple-choice quizzes for Microsoft Forms. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to use it:
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MS Word and Excel is Using You to Train AI: How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents to protect your work from trillion dollars corporations. the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings
medium.com/illumination...
medium.com/illumination...
MS Word is Using You to Train AI
How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents
medium.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:46 AM
MS Word and Excel is Using You to Train AI: How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents to protect your work from trillion dollars corporations. the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings
medium.com/illumination...
medium.com/illumination...
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Last month, I received an email from Securly, the student monitoring company, informing me that I could watch my kid's actions on the district-provided iPad for "real-time peace of mind." Then I was enrolled in a weekly Securly update.
Caregivers need to fight the normalization of surveillance.
Caregivers need to fight the normalization of surveillance.
“Overall, 37 percent of teachers, principals, and district leaders say that parents have at some point remotely monitored their children's laptops in school, with 20 percent saying that it happens at least monthly…”
Parents Cause Distractions by Monitoring Student Laptops in Class
Between remotely monitoring their kids' laptops and texting and emailing them during class, some educators say that parents have become a significant source of distraction during class time.
www.govtech.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Last month, I received an email from Securly, the student monitoring company, informing me that I could watch my kid's actions on the district-provided iPad for "real-time peace of mind." Then I was enrolled in a weekly Securly update.
Caregivers need to fight the normalization of surveillance.
Caregivers need to fight the normalization of surveillance.
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I've just posted the presentation :-) Here it is again docs.google.com/presentation...
Flying Teachers Zurich
Flying Teachers 23rd November 2024 Joe Dale joedale@talk21.com @joedale Empowering English Language Teaching with AI and Digital Technologies
docs.google.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
I've just posted the presentation :-) Here it is again docs.google.com/presentation...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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OMG this makes me so happy! When Chrome moved the QR code maker deep into the 3 dots menu... it was frustrating.
Now I can choose to customize the Chrome toolbar and have QR code maker super close at hand.
Now I can choose to customize the Chrome toolbar and have QR code maker super close at hand.
November 22, 2024 at 2:57 PM
OMG this makes me so happy! When Chrome moved the QR code maker deep into the 3 dots menu... it was frustrating.
Now I can choose to customize the Chrome toolbar and have QR code maker super close at hand.
Now I can choose to customize the Chrome toolbar and have QR code maker super close at hand.
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Fascinating article by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath in Psychology Today (Aug 2024) about the psychological benefits of print books, flashcards, & Sweden's "rebalancing" of digital & print media in education. I liked it so much I bought the print magazine! www.psychologytoday.com/intl/article...
5 Ways to Help Your Brain Learn Better
5. Use flashcards. Seriously.
www.psychologytoday.com
August 8, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Fascinating article by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath in Psychology Today (Aug 2024) about the psychological benefits of print books, flashcards, & Sweden's "rebalancing" of digital & print media in education. I liked it so much I bought the print magazine! www.psychologytoday.com/intl/article...
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There's no point just telling pupils how to learn - you need to embrace mechanistic metacognition: telling them why they should learn that way. Then watch outcomes increase, says Jared Cooney Horvath
A big read, particularly good for planning revision
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
A big read, particularly good for planning revision
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
‘Mechanistic’ metacognition: the key to student agency?
If we want students to take control of their learning, we first need to implement mechanistic metacognition so that they understand how best to learn, argues Jared Cooney Horvath
www.tes.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 AM
There's no point just telling pupils how to learn - you need to embrace mechanistic metacognition: telling them why they should learn that way. Then watch outcomes increase, says Jared Cooney Horvath
A big read, particularly good for planning revision
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
A big read, particularly good for planning revision
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Shared: OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) https://buff.ly/3Zgp2zN
#WinObsWiKi
#WinObsWiKi
OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology
By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
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November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Shared: OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) https://buff.ly/3Zgp2zN
#WinObsWiKi
#WinObsWiKi
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Here's a guest blog post I wrote for Ditch That Textbook on implementing AI through the SAMR model, if anyone is interested in reading! #EduSkyAI
ditchthattextbook.com/the-samr-doz...
ditchthattextbook.com/the-samr-doz...
The SAMR dozen: 12 AI strategies for educators
This post is written by Becky Keene, an educator, author, and speaker. Becky has been advocating for modern pedagogies in public education around the
ditchthattextbook.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Here's a guest blog post I wrote for Ditch That Textbook on implementing AI through the SAMR model, if anyone is interested in reading! #EduSkyAI
ditchthattextbook.com/the-samr-doz...
ditchthattextbook.com/the-samr-doz...
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☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
November 18, 2024 at 8:59 AM
☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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New study of the representational harms of AI in education finds "large language models exhibit alarming magnitudes of bias when generating stories about learners, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes" hai.stanford.edu/news/how-har...
How Harmful Are AI’s Biases on Diverse Student Populations?
Large language models exhibit alarming magnitudes of bias when generating stories about learners, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes
hai.stanford.edu
October 29, 2024 at 10:33 AM
New study of the representational harms of AI in education finds "large language models exhibit alarming magnitudes of bias when generating stories about learners, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes" hai.stanford.edu/news/how-har...