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Ed Tech Digest
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources. Here are this week’s choices: This seems a little odd, but maybe useful: PDF Link turns your PDFs into url links. Geowordle has a lot of geography games. I’m adding it to The Best Online Geography Games. Timdle is a game where you have to put historical events into chronological order, sort of like a less well-designed Flashback (a NY Times game).
I’m adding this next post to New Studies Suggest That Cellphones Make Students Learn Less & Make Them Feel Worse Mentally. Is That True &, If So, What Do We Do?:
Internet Infrastructure Map is pretty interesting. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet. Woman With Attitude has great historical stories about women adventurers. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Women’s History.      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): 
Pay teachers more, 311 for parents, move district boundaries: How Mamdani could improve NYC schools is from Chalkbeat. Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about declining test scores is by Matt Barnum. Who Are the Nation’s Top Education Scholars? is from Ed Week.
 Is college worth it? This quiz shows the reality. is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career. How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best is from The NY Times. Schools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists is from The NY Times.
 Excellent Summary Of Research On AI & Learning, But Recommendations Are Pretty Weak
Brookings just came out with a very long report titled A NEW DIRECTION FOR STUDENTS IN AN AI WORLD: PROSPER, PREPARE, PROTECT. NPR published a good summary at The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says. You won’t find a better round-up on the available quality research (there’s a lot of junk out there) on AI in education. And most of these well-done studies don’t have much good to say about AI in schools. That said, I was less-than-impressed with their recommendations of how educators should respond. It talks about teachers needing to create engaging lessons that don’t require AI (agreed – see A REALLY BAD THING ABOUT AI IS THAT IT FORCES US TEACHERS TO SPEND A TON OF TIME RETHINKING OUR LESSONS. I GUESS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING ABOUT IT, TOO), having teachers help create AI tools (with all their free available free time!), and a bunch of other really good sounding ideas that clearly indicate that they, like the people behind many education studies, didn’t talk to teachers in the classroom. But the research is valuable and, if I was still in the classroom, I’d use the NPR article in my unit on AI, which you can find, along with other resources, at A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Teaching About Artificial Intelligence. Personally, I think teachers:
You might want to check out 40 “Best” lists I’ve compiled around AI in education.  I Love This Idea Of “Espresso Dialogues” For English Language Learners Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay
If you’ve been around the world of ELL education for awhile, you’ve probably heard of Lana (Svetlana) Kandybovich and her blog, ELTcation. Svetlana has been sharing excellent ideas about teaching for many years, and has, more recently, created great AI tools that educators can use with students. She created a model of conversation to use with ELL students she calls Espresso Dialogues. I’m not going to go into a lengthy explanation of them here since you can read her extensive post about them. There are many versions of them, but they are basically dialogues that can begin (and sometimes end) with one word lines. But that’s not all. She also created an AI tool to help teachers create them! You can read about, and find it, here. I’m adding this info to The Best Sites For Developing English Conversational Skills.  Infographic: “E-Books Still No Match for Printed Books” Hermann / Pixabay
This is interesting, but not surprising:
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