From Larry Ferlazzo

The New York Times Learning Network shares lots of amazing stuff.

However, I think their Tiny Memoir contest is one of the best if not THE best, and most useful resource they share with teachers.

I know many teachers, including those at my school, who use it with their…

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo

The British Museum has created an experimental “interface” called The Living Museum that uses AI to allow you to explore its collection, use AI to talk with each object, and curate a collection of them.

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

September 30th, 2024 

How To Defeat Anger: 4 Secrets From The Ancients

Eric Barker

In the article "How to Defeat Anger: 4 Secrets from the Ancients," the author explores anger management strategies inspired by the wisdom of ancient philosophers, particularly Seneca, the Roman philosopher. The article emphasizes the destructive nature of anger and offers practical solutions based on Stoic…

I can write, on this site for example, about education because I am first a novelist and artist. I know that truth and beauty dance together. I know that there are better, more beautiful ways to do things, and worst ways, which is often the preference of our Education Establishment. 

I've called myself an education reformer for at least 25 years. But before…

From Larry Ferlazzo

NoteGPT summarizes YouTube videos. There are lots of free tools that do that. However, one of the great things about this tool is that it also provides a transcript of the video in a readable form. In other words, most other sites just have all the words together in one blog of text. The transcript option here is in blocks and readable.

Make Sure Your Child Can Read In First Grade.

Elementary school, that's when children must learn to read. Then everything else magically improves.

However, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, only about ONE-THIRD of elementary students in the U.S. are reading at grade level. The other two-thirds are already crippled.

The Reading Wars have been going on for 80 years. They have always been…

The EZ Way Out

4 O'Clock Faculty

Rich Czyz

September 26, 2024

In "The EZ Way Out" (September 26, 2024), R. Czyz reflects on his early teaching experience with the EZ Grader, a popular tool that quickly calculates percentages based on correct and incorrect answers on student assessments. Czyz recalls using the EZ Grader during his initial years in teaching, finding it convenient to input grades efficiently. However, he later…

Dr. Caitlin Tucker

Create a culture of constructive & caring peer feedback.

Use my #ChoiceBoard…

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