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Ideas For University Counselors Re: ChatGPT
Georgia Tech Admissions - 8/9/23

“I absolutely think you should experiment with AI as you write your recommendation letters this fall. The same advice applies to these letters as I provided for seniors writing essays. This is not a simple cut and paste, but instead a great tool for getting started, rephrasing, or discovering different ways to frame the content you are attempting to incorporate. Having done this personally for a few colleagues this summer, and after hearing from several college professors endorse the practice, I think you will find entering a few of your ideas or student provided details and specifics and then revising or “regenerating” in ChatGPT could save you precious time.”
The Surgeon General’s Full Report On Loneliness: What Schools Can Do (p. 60)
Health & Human Services - 8/1/23

“School administrators and leaders, boards of education, boards of trustees, teachers, parent teacher associations, state departments of education, and online learning platforms can all play a role. Develop a strategic plan for school connectedness and social skills with benchmark tracking… Build social connection into health curricula… Implement socially based educational techniques… Create a supportive school environment that fosters belonging…”

admissions

Post-Affirmative Action: What Do The New College Essay Prompts Look Like?
New York Times - 8/14/23

adolescence

Case Study: When Social Media, Adolescence And Schools Go Terribly Wrong
New York Times - 8/17/23

“By early afternoon, somewhere between 300 and 700 students were out of class. The bulk were at the sit-in, but a sizable number were milling around in groups, intoxicated by the intense emotions of the day and the sudden absence of restrictions. Outside, the news vans were lined up in front of the school. A news helicopter circled overhead.”
“Teens Need To Start School Later. No More Excuses, Experts Say”
EdWeek - 8/15/23

assessment

On The Difference Between Assessment And Grading
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 5/19/23

““Grading is evaluation, putting a value on something,” says Denise Pope, Ed.M.’89, a senior lecturer at Stanford who runs a project called Challenge Success. Pope stresses, however, that grades are not the same as assessment, and to really talk about grading, we have to make the distinction between the two terms.”

athena

Embed, Don’t Outsource, For Lean Dev Teams
EdTechInsiders - 8/15/23

athletics

E-Sports Keep Growing
WABE - 8/11/23

character

Saying “Hello!” To People Correlates With Greater Well Being
Gallup - 8/15/23
Does Research Support SEL Curricula? It’s Still Unclear.
Hechinger Report - 8/14/23

“An updated meta-analysis was published in July 2023 in the peer-reviewed journal Child Development. It was conducted by 14 researchers, the majority from Yale University, and it also found good results for SEL interventions in schools while simultaneously broadening the category of “social and emotional learning” to encompass even more non-academic skills. However, this latest research synthesis doesn’t really settle the debate over whether the evidence for SEL is strong or guide schools to which SEL interventions are most effective.”

health

“A Guide To Fall Vaccine Options” (Including Infographic)
Your Local Epidemiologist - 8/17/23
What Do We Know About COVID Reinfections Now?
New York Times - 8/17/23
3 College Presidents Share Their Well-Being/Fitness Routines
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/11/23
Everything You Wanted To Know About: Vision Health
New York Times - 5/15/23

“Reading a book or looking at an electronic device up close is bad for your eyes. True. Our eyes are not meant to focus on objects close to our face for long periods of time.”

higher ed

West Virginia University Cuts World Languages And Creative Writing
New York Times - 8/18/23

humanities

Some First Day Of School Activities For Social Studies
History Tech - 8/14/23

professional development

How Good PD Programs Can Help Prevent Teacher Burnout
SmartBrief - 8/14/23

pedagogy

On Using Memes As A Teaching Tool
Learning Scientists - 8/17/23

reading/writing

“10 Maxims: What We’ve Learned So Far About How Children Learn To Read”
Reading Universe - 8/19/23

“Over the last 50 years, there's been a vast outpouring of research about reading development, drawing on insights from neuroscientists, psychologists, linguists, speech pathologists, educators and other experts. I'm sometimes asked to summarize, in plain language, what we've learned so far. These ten maxims represent my best attempt at doing that.”
Willingham Summarizes What We Know About Reading (2018)
Daniel Willingham - 10/29/18

stem

Would Graphic Novels Help College Level Math And Physics?
The Conversation - 8/17/23

sustainability

Considering Climate Impact Is A Constitutional Necessity Now
New York Times - 8/16/23

“A group of young people in Montana won a landmark lawsuit on Monday when a judge ruled that the state’s failure to consider climate change when approving fossil fuel projects was unconstitutional.”

tech

US DOE Four Tiers Of Ed Tech Efficacy
US DOE Dept of Educational Technology - 8/1/23

tech/ai

How Do We See Shulman’s Seven Areas Of Teacher Expertise With A.I.?
The Academic DJ - 8/18/23
A.I. 101 For Teachers (From Code.Org, ISTE, And Khan Academy)
code.org - 8/15/23
How Might A.I. Classroom Observations Support Teachers?
EdWeek - 8/14/23
Hattie Et Al: A Deep Dive Into The Future Of A.I. In Education
EdArXiv - 8/9/23

“To discuss these issues we think it is helpful to begin with a short explanation of how the Large Language Models… work; what they are capable of; how they are similar/different to human brains; and what the implications might be for human learning and motivations to learn. This is the focus of Part One of the paper. In Part Two, we explore four different scenarios for humanity and in particular, what each of these scenarios might mean for the future of learning and education. Finally, in Part Three, we present 13 recommendations that we think will help to ensure that AI becomes our greatest success, rather than a tangled mess.”
“AI Adoption Roadmap for Education Institutions”
AI for Education - 8/1/23

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Five Maxims For Understanding A.I. And Plagiarism
LinkedIn - 8/1/23
Should I Use A.I.? An Infographic Guide For Students
AI for Education - 7/31/23

workplace

“Are Dress Codes Fair? How One Middle School Transformed Its Rules”
KQED - 8/15/23
Microschools Continue To Grow
Christian Science Monitor - 8/14/23

other

“Critical Role” - In A Digital Age Dungeons & Dragons Keeps Growing
Slate - 8/13/23
Super Minimalist Movie Posters
Michal Krasnopolski - 8/1/12

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