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In the end, after you graduate from school, no one cares what grades you got. All they care about is what you know, what you can do, and how well you do it. Agree or disagree?
edutopia.org Edutopia @edutopia.org · Jun 26
Teachers see it all the time: students (and parents) who are obsessed with grades. Here are 4 strategies that can shift the focus from “What grade did I get?’ to “What did I learn?” 🌟 💯

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How to Get Students to Focus on Learning—Not Grades
With a few shifts in the classroom, teachers can encourage students to pay more attention to the skills they are building than to a number or letter score.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Heard Island, the island inhabited only by penguins, is subject to tariffs. 😒 The penguins have banded together and are now selling digital pebbles with all proceeds going to WWF Australia. Search Heard Island Pebbles to read more of this good news story. I first read it in the www.goodgoodgood.com
Penguins cartoon with Heard Island Pebbles
April 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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👀 Students acknowledge the importance of the First Amendment in American democracy & a free press to an informed public.

This is the primary news literacy standard that we're focusing on today as part of National #NewsLiteracyWeek.

🔗 newsliteracyweek.org

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Background photo (faded) is of three people (unclear) and an American flag. Five circles with graphics overlay the top part of the photo with a freedom below them. 1 FREEDOM OF RELIGION (church icon) 2 FREEDOM OF SPEECH (chat box icon) 3 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS (newspaper icon) 4 FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE (protest sign icon with “NOW!”) 5 FREEDOM TO PETITION (clipboard icon with pen) Large title below: “The First Amendment” next to a quill pen Smaller text below: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Does using an AI bot vaporize student learning after the fact? Here's an interesting and revealing video about a small study done with high school math students. Https://youtube.com/watch?v=n2W_fhaBiL0&si=NxTWUutbfOuxvkVZ
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February 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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👀 During National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we're focusing on the 5 primary standards for teaching news literacy.

🤔 Standard 1: Students are able to distinguish news from other types of info & can recognize both traditional & nontraditional ads.

👉🏾 Learn more: newsliteracyweek.org

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Purple background with "infozones" title in middle surrounded by 5 white boxes. Box 1: "Propaganda is information that provokes you often by using false or distorted information to manipulate your emotions." Box 2: "Raw information is information that is unprocessed, meaning that it has not been analyzed, checked, edited, explained or placed in any context." Box 3: "Opinion is information that gives a particular perspective and persuades you, ideally through the use of fact-based evidence, to adopt a specific point of view about an issue or event." Box 4: "News is information that informs you, through fair and accurate reporting, about local, national and international events, issues and people of significance or interest." Box 5: "Advertising is information that is designed to sell a product or service." Box 6: "Entertainment is information that is created to amuse, please, relax or distract people."
February 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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💡 How can you avoid falling for common tricks of context? This poster provides debunking tips ⤵️

📌 Tune back in starting Monday as we share resources, lessons & videos each day of National #NewsLiteracyWeek

🔗 Download the infographic: bit.ly/TricksOfCont...
DETECTING TRICKS OF CONTEXT. People who create misinformation designed to go viral on social media have an array of tools and tactics at their disposal. Simple tricks of context are one of the most common, mostly because they are effective and relatively easy to produce. For example, removing an authentic visual from its original context and presenting it with a false claim is a low-effort, effective tactic to mislead people. Visuals paired with text can feel like compelling evidence – even when they’re not. Watch out for these four common tricks of context and use these tips to avoid being fooled.● False context: Presenting genuine media in an entirely new, false context. ● Misrepresentation: Presenting accurate facts or genuine visuals in a misleading fashion. ● Stolen satire: Presenting satirical content as if it were accurate information from a reliable source.● Selective edits: Removing essential context from a piece of media to create a false understanding of an issue or event
January 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Fishing for compliments? gty.art/43yxlpJ
January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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📢 Educators: Join @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social for a FREE workshop Feb. 11!

💡 Learn how to help your students gain vital online research & reasoning skills in the age of AI.

🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/KQEDFeb11

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A graphic shows a screen with words coming out of it - ChatGPT, Social Media, AI, oh my! Header text: Fact-Check the Chatbot Subhead: Spotting Misinformation and Hallucinations in GenAI Free online workshop February 11 4-5pm PT / 7-8pm ET KQED TEACH
January 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM