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4 Summer Teaching Goals I’ll Actually Meet

By Erik Ofgang published

Over the last few years, I’ve learned that by setting fewer less ambitious teaching goals, I actually accomplish more over the summer.

Google Vids

Lights, Camera, and 7 Actionable Ways to Use Google Vids

By Lisa Nielsen published

Google Vids empowers educators to communicate ideas with clarity, creativity, and confidence.

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Optimizing Teacher PD with AI

By Michael Gaskell published

How utilizing the best AI tools, including NotebookLM, can improve teacher performance.

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How AI Can Help With Executive Coaching

By Michael Millington published

AI programs can work wonders with teachers and menial school tasks, but it can also help to expand executive coaching within the educational space.

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10 Free AI Trainings and Certifications for Educators

By Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. published

These free ai trainings can help build your professional learning and improve your approach to using AI for instruction and assessment

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6 Top Free Edtech Credentials

By Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. published

These six free edtech credentials provide useful professional learning with a credential for teachers in all academic areas and grade level

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I Took OpenAI and Common Sense Media’s Free Course For Teachers

By Erik Ofgang published

The one-hour free course from OpenAI and Common Sense provides lots of good prompt writing advice and an overview of using AI as a teacher

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Leveraging Technology to Support Lesson Creation and Instruction

By Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. published

Intentional use of technology is important to ensure that we do not get lost in the options and lose focus on why we are incorporating it in the first place

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3 Tips for Veteran Teachers To Get Comfortable with Classroom Technology

By Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. published

Veteran teachers can develop their tech fluency and understanding of how to use new teaching tools without formal instruction or PD.

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Michael Millington

Creating Curriculum “Bundles” To Help Teachers Become More Flexible in the Classroom

By Michael Millington published

Creating self-contained online teaching templates, or “bundles,” can help streamline curriculum preparation.

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