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I Like This Idea For Giving Role-Plays In ELL Classes A Little More “Oomph” Cparks / Pixabay
Serena’s Blog has created several videos that could be projected on screens when English Language Learners role-play what they would say and do in those situations. She’s also written a blog post with another video that takes the idea even further – Creating Immersive Role Play Experiences. It would be pretty easy for a teacher – or student – to use AI to create any background they wanted for any role-play.         It’s That Time Again! Here Are Tons Of Tips For Starting The New School Year Right…. MemoryCatcher / Pixabay
As much as most teachers would like not to say it, summer vacation is drawing to a close (and, in some places, has probably already ended). You might find The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of School useful.  Sentences Of The Week geralt / Pixabay
I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful. Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful. And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education. I may also include my own comments or related links. This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts. Here are this week’s sentences: There is no one best way of teaching young children and youth–including graduate students. Experts know less than they like to think. Schools that persistently fall short shouldn’t be punished as they might have been under No Child Left Behind — instead, they should be given supplemental resources with strict strings attached that lead to meaningful school-level changes that will support better student learning. “You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.” Standards of excellence that work in schools are those that are set and done locally by adults and students—not imposed from the top-down. Who is ed-tech for? See The Best Posts & Articles Highlighting Why We Need To Be Very Careful Around Ed Tech This is a sort of racial stolen valor, which takes for white people of any background every accomplishment from ancient Athens to the Atlanta airport. I believe that my best teaching happens in my freshman seminar on technology and the environment, graded pass/no pass. Freed from fear for their grade-point average, students engage fiercely, collaborate and challenge me and one another. “A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms.” There is something druglike about using A.I., not because it necessarily produces pleasure, but because it removes a particular kind of pain. Just as the manosphere and its galaxy of hucksters want you to fork over your cash so you can feel better about yourself as a man, Republicans want to make you feel insecure about your masculinity so that you vote Republican. See A Beginning List For Teachers On Dealing With ‘The Manosphere” Schools in at least three states will be equipped with drones this year that can zoom through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat. After 30 minutes with the tool, does the teacher have more to notice and discuss with this student—or less? “I understand we have challenges with our public education,” she said. “But the answer is not to just eliminate human involvement that is certified.” Every move, every shot, every drill seems to have a purpose, an intention. Civic education is being taught in almost all U.S. schools, but students aren’t given the chance to volunteer, engage with their communities or have civic dialogue, according to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education. See The Best Websites For Learning About Civic Participation & Citizenship Our results highlight that alternatives to suspensions can themselves be sources of racial/ethnic inequality.
 This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):
I’m adding this post to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy:
 I’ve Created Five Free Chatbots For Teachers & Others, And Some Have Become Quite Popular – Here Links To All Of Them
I have created several free AI chatbots. Each of them draw only from a knowledge based of resources I have vetted, and I am open to hearing suggestions of others who should be added to them. All you have to do is ask them which experts are in their knowledge base, and they will also tell you how to suggest additions. Here they are: Parent Engagement In Schools Expert Companion Classroom Instruction Expert Companion Creating Change Expert Companion Education Policy & Research Expert Companion  More Recent Articles
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