AI in Schools News: Gemini Notebook, GPTs and Student Data
So many things have happened in the past week that impact schools: lots of Gemini Notebook updates, ChatGPT for Teens' harsh review from Com...
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Jam-packed with cool classrooms, cool apps, and cool teaching ideas, full-time teacher, Vicki Davis, who blogs as the Cool Cat Teacher, loves to interview awesome teachers and educators from...
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Lead with Love: Why the Principal of the Year Reads His Mistakes to His Staff
Can you lead with love and be a successful principal? Jason Johnson, principal of Orange High School in Hillsborough, North Carolina, shows...
Math Anxiety and Mental Math: Advice From the Fastest Human Calculator
Math anxiety and mental math are two topics math teachers talk about constantly. How do we engage students who are scared of math? And how i...
National Principals Month: A Message for Every Principal
Happy National Principals Month! This is the perfect time to talk about having strong relationships between principals, teachers, and studen...
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction: How to Make Words Stick
Explicit vocabulary instruction beats five words on Monday and a quiz on Friday. Students need to know vocabulary, and that old routine is n...
ChatGPT for Teachers: Skip the Prompts, Start Talking
Prompt engineering is outdated. Yes, you heard it. That is what Christie Cloud, instructional tech facilitator, and Dave Hinrichs, director...
Words of Encouragement for Struggling Students
Sometimes when we try to speak words of encouragement for struggling students it can backfire. When a teen is hurting but they won't talk, w...
Classroom Engagement Strategies for Short Attention Spans
Classroom Engagement is something all teachers can struggle with. Does it ever feel like kids can't pay attention anymore? Do you feel like...
AI in Schools, the Law, and Student Data Privacy
If an AI site promises it won't "share your data," should you believe it? Well, first of all, there's a reason I put that in quotes! Our gue...
AI for Teachers Who Have Bigger Fish to Fry
Schools are funny. The weirdest things happen. But even in the midst of all of that hurry and scurry, we still have jobs to do, and AI for t...
AI for Teachers and Gemini Notebook (Formerly NotebookLM)
I asked Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM) a dress-code question, and it gave me the answer and the page number from our handboo...
Restorative Practices and a Cell Phone Policy That Actually Works
If you're like me, you might have seen these nightmare "restorative practices" videos making the rounds on social media. I put restorative p...
Side Jobs for Teachers or a Calling? Build an Education Business
Teachers, IT coaches, and principals can get excited and present at a conference, and then it happens: side jobs for teachers come calling....
Think, Pair, Share, Show Me: Science of Learning in Action
What are the learning myths we need to abandon? What does the neuroscience say? Today's guest, Ross McGill, author of The Teacher Toolkit Gu...
Molecule Builder: How a Teen Coded a Free Chemistry App
His class didn't have the chemistry tools they needed. So, Ky'lin Spears built them. He's a student and has built a free molecule builder, p...
Reflective Teaching: How Video and AI Help Teachers Improve
Reflective teaching matters. As teachers and professionals, we need to ask ourselves: how are we reflecting and improving? The times I've vi...
Student Belonging: A Principal of the Year's Plan
When a principal and her school achieve amazing results, I find one thing stands out: the focus on helping students belong and grow. Student...
Bridge in the Classroom: A Screen-Free Math Game
Going screen-free is an emphasis right now, as is building emotional intelligence. Perhaps that is why bridge is really attractive to some k...
Screen Value, Not Screen Time: Leading Schools in the AI Age
ISTE+ASCD 2026 Board President Dr. Jeremy Owoh explains how his district runs toward AI instead of away from it. He also shares why AI can n...
Grief in the Classroom When Teachers Are Grieving Too
Sometimes we need to talk about hard things, like grief in the classroom. Because real life is hard, and real life is in our classroom every...