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Five New Digital Math Tools for PreKinder and Kinder

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Five New Digital Math Tools for PreKinder and Kinder

In today’s classroom, digital math tools can make first contact with mathematical concepts a supported first step for learners. In this blog, I share some math resources for PreKinder and Kinder that you may not be familiar with.

The Prompt Library

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The Prompt Library

This blog post shares Miguel's The Prompt Library, a collection of (at last count) 305 prompts across a variety of areas. It specifically highlights the Data Display Patterns, which allow easy graph and chart creation.

AI: A Mixed Blessing

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AI: A Mixed Blessing

Every time I turn around, I read an article on cognitive offloading , or how Gen AI is wiping out swaths of entry level and other jobs. I oppose blanket bans on Gen AI in K 16, but I do think students need some time to w

KPFT Radio Guest: AI, Critical Thinking, and More

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KPFT Radio Guest: AI, Critical Thinking, and More

This morning, I'll be spending some time chatting with the hosts of Children at Risk KPFT radio program about some important questions. They were kind enough to share some of the questions ahead of time. Listen in.

MyNotes: Cognitive Surrender

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MyNotes: Cognitive Surrender

Reading this KQED post on "'Cognitive Surrender': Faster Solutions, Lower Test Scores Show How AI is Eroding Math Skills,") , I was not surprised to see this assertion: Many students appear to be completing assignments f

Eliminating E-rate: Slide Back to the Stone Age

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Eliminating E-rate: Slide Back to the Stone Age

What a shocker to imagine Internet access in schools without E rate to offset the costs. I still remember days before E rate, and after. It has been one of those blessings schools couldn't do without. Tearing It Down It

Remembering Thingamablog and a New Start for ATC

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Remembering Thingamablog and a New Start for ATC

It's like an eternity ago that I first started blogging. I remember starting with a simple website, HTML based, not a real blog with a database behind. I relied on Thingamablog for 7,000 blog entries before switching to

Age Verification Has Arrived in Texas

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Age Verification Has Arrived in Texas

Miguel describes a first hand age verification experience in Texas and raises privacy concerns about collecting sensitive identity data for online access.

A Reverse Poem Worth Reflecting On

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A Reverse Poem Worth Reflecting On

I ran across this on Facebook and thought how apt it was...it is a reverse poem, which means, read it from the top for one perspective then read it from bottom up for another. Whic

MyNotes: Texas Parks and Wildlife Data Breach

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MyNotes: Texas Parks and Wildlife Data Breach

TPWD says a vendor breach exposed data for about three million Texans, including people with state issued hunting and fishing licenses. Stolen information may include driver’s lice

Partnership is Key

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Partnership is Key

Larry Cuban shares this perspective... In short, I learned that any successful district reform was as much building political coalitions within the system while mobilizing public