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Choosing an Informed, Thoughtful, and effective Approach to Reading Instruction is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show.

I’m joined by Jeremiah Short, Raquel McGee, and Alice Mercer, who have also contributed to my Classroom Q&A blog at Ed Week.

I’m adding it to I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions.

     

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).

You can also see my all-time favorites here. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too.

Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):

THIS PAPER ABOUT WHAT MAKES SOMETHING INTERESTING IS…VERY INTERESTING!

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON HOW DISTRICTS ARE/ARE NOT SUPPORTING TEACHERS OF COLOR

I FINALLY FOUND AN UNBLOCKED SITE WHERE MY ELL NEWCOMER STUDENTS CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES AS PART OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE LESSONS!

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE TODAY, BUT THE “INTERACTIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE, ACTIVE, PASSIVE (ICAP) THEORY OF STUDENT COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT” COULD BE USEFUL

AN ELL STUDENT’S MEMOIR – HOW MANY MORE HAVE SIMILAR STORIES?

VIDEO: THIS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKETCH WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVER & USABLE IN CLASSES

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY

MY THREE VERY POPULAR GRATITUDE LESSONS – ONE FOR NEWCOMERS, ONE FOR INTERMEDIATE ELLS, ANOTHER FOR MORE ENGLISH-PROFICIENT STUDENTS

THE PIKTO CHART “AI-POWERED INFOGRAPHIC GENERATOR” WILL RIGHTFULLY BE A POPULAR TOOL

“WHAT DOES ANTI-BIAS LITERACY INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM?”

“MY LENS” IS A FREE TOOL USING AI TO CREATE HISTORICAL TIMELINES

VIDEO: “HOW STORIES SHAPE OUR MINDS”

“THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY. SCHOOLS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT”

“WHAT STUDENTS SAY THEY LIKE ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS”

“WHAT DOES DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM?”

“HOW TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AFFLICTED BY TRAUMA”

“QUICK, REGULAR CHECK-INS PROMOTE STUDENT LEARNING”

“18 GAMES TO PLAY IN THE CLASSROOM FOR LEARNING AND FUN”

“STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES”

     

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December 12th is a Mexican National Holiday, and an important day for many Mexican-Americans — The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe.

You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning & Teaching About The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe.

     

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At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM.

Here are the latest:

Use Stylize is yet another AI-powered photo-editing tool. They’re a dime a dozen these days, so I’m not adding it to The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects.

Gist is a Chrome extension that summarizes just about anything.

Magic Slides converts videos to PowerPoint.

3 Simple Ways to Get Started Using A.I. In Your Classroom is by A.J. Juliani. I’m adding it to THE “BEST” IDEAS FOR USING CHATGPT, BARD, & OTHER FORMS OF AI WITH STUDENTS.

As AI Chatbots Rise, More Educators Look to Oral Exams — With High-Tech Twist is an interesting article from EdSurge about a tool called Sherpa. I’m tentatively adding it to the same list, but I’m still on the fence about it.

8 free AI-powered tools that can save teachers time and enhance instruction is from KQED. I’m adding it to NOT NECESSARILY THE “BEST,” BUT A LIST OF AI TEACHER PREP SITES.

I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING WITH AI ART GENERATION TOOLS:

Best Free AI Image Generators https://t.co/7T8MMYSJo3 #edtech #AI

— Anabel Gonzalez (@amgonza) October 2, 2023

     

This series used to be called “The Most Popular Posts Of The Week.”

However, Google has changed their analytics program and, for the life of me, I can’t seem to figure out how to transition to it.

And, since the popularity of posts has never affected what I post in the least, I figure now I’ll just list my choices for the best posts that have appeared here in the past week.

You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS and 2023’s Best Posts From This Blog – So Far! 

Here are my choices for the past week:

“MY LENS” IS A FREE TOOL USING AI TO CREATE HISTORICAL TIMELINES

VIDEO: “HOW STORIES SHAPE OUR MINDS”

“THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY. SCHOOLS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT”

“WHAT STUDENTS SAY THEY LIKE ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS”

“WHAT DOES DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM?”