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Last week some Artificial Intelligence technology called ChatGPT was introduced, and it's got a lot of people freaking out. The Atlantic had a headline that asks, “Is the College Essay Dead?” A Forbes headline says, “Teachers Fear ChatGPT Will Make Cheating Easier Than Ever.” The website asks, “Could an AI bot be writing students' homework?” The reason there's a bit of alarm right now is that this technology can write for you. You can put in a prompt or ask a question and within seconds the AI will give you a response with sometimes startling accuracy. A professor at Amherst College graded an essay this program wrote, and even gave it an A. And it's not plagiarizing other people's work, it's synthesizing writing from all over the internet and composing it in an original way. You can see why this raises the hackles on this English teacher's neck. Writing can be hard work, and if you can bypass that hard work by using artificial intelligence why would you? Why wouldn't students just cheat by using this? This is going to cause a shakeup in education, but isn't that kind of the nature of education? Did you know in the 1970's when calculators started to become widespread, they were banned in most schools? And yet, in 1975, they were in 1 of 9 American homes. Meaning you can ban them all you want at school, but they were still being used at home to solve math problems. And within a decade, the College Board was mandating their use on the AP exam, and by 1990 they were being used in every school in the country. And I don't think this was just educators throwing up their hands and saying, if you can't beat ‘em, join ‘em. No, if you look at this history, you'll see it's because educators realized students can do more complex math with the use of a calculator. But educators first had to figure out how to take advantage of that technology. So a lot of the worry is that ChatGPT is just going to do all the thinking instead of students having to do it. Instead of doing the research and writing a thoughtful essay comparing the themes of Shakespeare and modern politics, students will just write that prompt into ChatGPT and it'll kick out a completely original essay on that topic. That is a legitimate fear. I know when I was in high school, and some of college, that's what I would have done. But since artificial intelligence didn't exist when I was in high school, I often BS'd essays like that. I learned quickly in my adolescent years that these types of papers were pretty formulaic. If I could just plug-in surface-level information into the 5 paragraph structure, I could get the grade I needed and move on. Now, did writing that 5 paragraph, surface-level essay make me a strong writer? Or did it confirm my ability to BS an essay? Because that's what artificial intelligence largely does. It finds the information and strings it together in a passable way. And if that's what we're asking students to do with prompts like that, what's the point? Why are we wasting their time and ours with something we know isn't producing better writers or even demonstrating understanding of the material? Because some test says we have to? We need to adjust what writing in school looks like. What AI cannot do is mimic a writer's unique voice. It can't use personal stories and anecdotes to connect with what students are learning. ChatGPT may be a good writer, but it's not a great one. Because great writers are original and do something only they can do, which is create from their unique perspective. That's what we have to teach students to do. That's what standardized testing, if we're going to keep that around, needs to be about. ChatGPT is not going to end English class, but I think it will change it. I think it will force us to examine the work we give to students. We all know that writing 5 paragraph essays is not part of the daily routine for most adults. So maybe it's time that ship sails off into the sunset. But there's lots of practical writing we do do in our lives. We write emails. We send memos. We write in journals. Some of us try to write thoughtful social media posts. And if we learn to love expressing our thoughts and ideas in written form, we write poetry, and stories, and blog posts, podcasts, and videos. So maybe writing instruction needs a practicality update, and maybe love of writing needs to be amplified more than formulaic writing. Easier said than done, but I think that's our challenge. That's our pivot. As an English teacher, I've seen many students write an essay or short answer response on a test, but not actually grow as writers or develop a love of the practice. But I've also seen students discover their voice through writing. It's beautiful. We need more writing assignments that do that. We can use Artificial Intelligence to enhance student writing. So instead of rejecting this new technology, or trying in vain to block it on school servers or hide it from students, what if we used it to inspire better writing? Check this out. Let's say you want your students to examine the impact Covid had on student learning. They could type this prompt into ChatGPT, What impact did covid have on student learning in America?and receive this response: The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on student learning in America. Many schools were closed for extended periods of time, and many students had to switch to remote learning. This disrupted the educational process for many students, and some may have fallen behind in their studies as a result. Additionally, the pandemic may have had a negative impact on students' mental health and well-being, which can also affect their ability to learn. So two things: first, this response is not very meaty, but it's got some strong key points. Which is a starting point for writers. From here, they could take the line, “Negative impact on mental health,” and type that back into the software and maybe receive a more detailed response, but if not, which I didn't when I tried it, it was lacking data and evidence, they could plug it into Google and find those details they're looking for. It's like the AI is helping them skip a step, which is true, but don't we all want to find the best route to where we're going? If this tool eliminates some time spent researching, doesn't that provide more time to dig deeper, work on craft, and enhance the writing? Second thing: if I add to this prompt What impact did covid have on student learning in America and how does this compare or contrast to your experience? All of a sudden students need to write something that artificial intelligence cannot. This personal element forces students to think critically and express their thoughts in the written form. It also might be more inspiring for students to write because it's personal and they can connect with it. And, it might be more pleasant for their teachers to read and grade because they're not reading the same paper and same responses over and over again. It doesn't abolish English class, and it actually might enhance it. But that requires some shifting of the paradigm. And there are always roadbumps when we do that. We might have to change the assignments we give to reflect this new reality. Oral exams where students have to verbally articulate their learning might need to replace some of those writing assignments, and educators will need to develop better rubrics for that. Maybe we need to emphasize class discussion and teach students how to talk to each other about what they think and what they're learning. Instead of blocking this tool from students, maybe we need to teach students how to use it. How can it be a research tool? How can it assist in sparking ideas? How can AI be used to save time in some aspects of writing so you can give more to others? Some students will still use it to cheat or BS papers, but from a former school-cheater, they were probably going to do that anyway. When the printing press was invented in 1440, educators had to pivot. When calculators started solving math problems by simply pressing buttons, educators had to pivot. When the internet was introduced, we had to pivot. I remember in high school having to use a manual to create in-text citations. Now you can go on EasyBib and it'll do it for you. You know what that meant, we probably don't need those manuals anymore. We've pivoted. There'll be some road bumps and changes that come from all of this, but educators are used to those. It's in the nature of the work. But what doesn't change in education is its primary mission, which is to help students find success. Success as writers, thinkers, problem solvers- people. So let's keep our eyes on that prize and use the tools and resources at our disposal to do so. So I'm going to keep exploring this idea because I think there's a lot to it. If you want to follow along with these discussions about AI in school, but more importantly, how we can evolve as educators to help students engage and learn more, you can go to my website at trevormuir.com/newsletter and receive my weekly emails, where I am going to keep this conversation going. You can also explore my latest videos by going to trevormuir.com/videos and of course make sure you are subscribed to the podcast.Whatever you teach or however you serve in schools, I hope you have a wonderful holiday, that you get some space to reflect and rest, and that you can be reminded why the work you do as an educator is so valuable for students and the society they live in. Take care friends and thanks for listening to this week's podcast. See you next time.

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Neal Taparia might have saved you in high school or college when you needed to quickly format the citations on your term paper. While in high school in 2001, Neal Taparia and his friend created EasyBib to make citing their sources well... easier. After gaining popularity, Taparia and his partner sold EasyBib to Chegg (another lifesaver) and stayed on to help Chegg scale their business operations and the company 10x.  Taparia then founded SOTA Partners where they incubate new businesses and invest in and advise startup teams. In this episode, Taparia and Tota discuss the challenges of growing a business through high school and college; the marketing strategies that worked; and the benefits of a CEO mentor.  Check out his latest investment endeavor Solitaired at solitaired.com. 

Most first-year Northwestern students come into their undergraduate studies with a vague idea of what they want to do post-graduation. Neal Taparia came into Northwestern with what would become a research management tool staple for his peers and students after him: EasyBib.com. Developed with a friend in high school, EasyBib—acquired by education technology Chegg-- was just the start of Neal’s entrepreneurial career. In this episode of Intersections, Neal shares the importance of hustling, the valuable advice he has gotten throughout his career, and the ways he stays connected to young entrepreneurs on campus. Neal is now exploring how classic games can help with brain and memory training with his new initiative Solitaired.

Access the full post: http://shakeuplearning.com/45 It’s NOT about Google, y’all! It’s about the LEARNING! (Part 2) Ready to move the learning in your classroom from static, one-and-done activities, to more dynamic learning—Dynamic Learning with G Suite? This 4-part podcast series will show you how you can use G Suite tools to support dynamic learning experiences for your students! Let's take a deep-dive into meaningful technology integration supported by our favorite Google tools. In part two, Kasey talks about the power of going BEYOND the tool and how we can use Google tools to do NEW things! BONUS: Get the Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit to help you find the best tool to support Dynamic Learning in your classroom. It's really NOT about Google, it's about the opportunity we have to use these tools to support Dynamic Learning experiences with our students. Shoutout Thank you to Chelsea Hurst for leaving us a question. Do you have a question or idea to share on the podcast? Leave me a message here. Quick Tip of the Week When you click on a link in your browser, hold the CONTROL key down when you click on a link to open that link in a new tab. hold CONTROL + SHIFT when you click on a link to open that link in a new window. All tips will be archived on this page. Dynamic Learning with Google Did you miss part 1? Listen to episode 44 here to make sure you don't miss anything! In part two, we are moving on to our next characteristic in the Dynamic Learning Framework, Beyond the Tool(s). We are going to talk about three classroom strategies to help you go Beyond the Tool, storytelling, research, and data. Then we will look at which Google tools can help support these strategies in the classroom. Get the FREE Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit Fill out the form here to get access to the toolkit designed to go with this podcast series. In this Google Sheet, you will see how the Dynamic Learning characteristics align with classroom strategies and a list of recommended Google tools to help you do it! Beyond the Tool(s) Think beyond using digital tools to do traditional things, like typing a paper. Use digital tools to do NEW things! Just going paperless or digital isn't enough, use tools to go further, deeper and extend the learning, and consider using tools in alternative ways--beyond their original purpose.  Reach beyond what you think a digital tool can do.  I prefer to think of technology integration like a continuum where we progress from one end to the other. Most teachers begin by using technology at the substitution level, and that’s OKAY! But we also want to find opportunities to make the most out of the opportunities that technology gives us and find ways to use digital tools to do NEW THINGS! For instance, Google Slides is one of the most versatile tools in G Suite. In fact, I like to call it the “Swiss Army Knife of G Suite” because it offers so many ways for students to create and do new things! But when we are talking about using digital tools in the classroom, remember there are two sides to this coin. One, there is the consumption side of digital tools--using tools to find information. Two is the creation side of digital tools--giving students opportunities to create original products. In order to be purposeful in this process, I don’t want to break this down by tool and risk allowing the tools to drive the learning. We will approach it by activity. Keep in mind that even though we are discussing each dynamic learning characteristic separately (the “Beyonds”), they do not have to exist in a silo. You can include as many characteristics as you like as long as it helps your students reach their learning goals. Beyond the Tool with Storytelling We all have stories to tell in the classroom. Whether it’s an original story, perhaps a narrative or expository piece of writing, or telling stories with images and video. We can retell events in our words; we can change perspectives, we can invent and create. Most of all, we need to see our students as storytellers! Stories can be told at just about any grade level or subject area. Kindergartners can create picture books or alphabet books. P.E. students can explain health concepts, exercises, or rules of a sport. History students can retell a historical event. Language arts students can retell a story or novel from a different perspective. Science students can explain the steps in their experiment. Seriously, every classroom has the opportunity to tell stories. Using Google Docs, students can not only use docs to compose their writing, but they can make the experience more dynamic by using the explore tool to research and synthesize information online and from their Google Drive. (See all 5 Ways to Use the Explore Tool.) Students may also be using features native to Google Docs that help them through the writing process--something you won’t find on your piece of paper--like spelling and grammar check, feedback from the teacher and peers with comments and suggested edits, or saving different versions in version history. Or you can take things a step further and incorporate add-ons like Kaizena to leave voice comments. Anything that helps students better engage, create, and collaborate is going BEYOND, and therefore, part of a dynamic learning experience. Stories can also be told more visually using tools like Google Slides. Students can create eBooks, individually or collaboratively. Add some interactive links to create a Choose Your Own Adventure story! With the new addition of audio in Google Slides, students can add background music to set the tone for their stories, or narrate. I have a ton of Google Slides resources and podcast episodes that cover this very topic! How to Create Drag and Drop Activities with Google Slides 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do The Google Slides Master Class Google Slides Can Do What?!?!- GTT018 12 Google Slides Resources That Will Make Your Day 25 Ways to Use Audio in Google Slides Projects Comic strips are one of my favorite integration strategies, and these are super easy in Google Slides or Drawings. In fact, there’s a fantastic lesson from my book by Sylvia Duckworth, where she shares step-by-step how to do this. Kick things up a notch with Google Photos where you can save photos and videos taken by students, even create quick videos to tell your story. Beyond the Tool with Research I think back to the days when we had to do all of our research in the library with index cards and the good old’ Dewey Decimal System. The reality of research in the twenty-first century looks much different with information at our fingertips; it may seem easier, but completely overwhelming! Google Search is the largest search engine in the world! But are you teaching your students how to use it properly, how to filter out the junk, how to use advanced searches to find the most relevant information? Google Search Education is a great place to find free resources and to help your students become better searchers. Let’s not forget the lesser-known search engines from Google, like Google Scholar. Google Scholar is a searchable database of scholarly literature, including a variety of formats like books, journals, etc. Secondary students can use Google Scholar to find credible resources for their research projects. Google Books offers students a place to access and read books and magazines, cite sources, translate sources, and even set up alerts for specific topics. Google Books is a great companion tool for secondary student research. Of course, Google Docs is an obvious choice for writing a research paper. Still, we can make things more dynamic by taking advantage of the collaboration features, using the EasyBib add-on to create a bibliography, or using voice typing to dictate into the document.  Beyond the Tool with Data We live in a world that is now inundated with data! Data is quickly becoming an important component of every job and business. Giving students the tools to gather and analyze data is a must! Google Forms and Sheets are two apps that I like to think of as a couple! They work hand-in-hand together.  Use Google Forms to collect data, then use Google Sheets to analyze your results.  Yes, even primary teachers can give students experience with data! Data doesn’t have to be complicated. We can break it down into important, bite-size pieces.  Consider giving the little ones a teacher-assisted survey with images where they select their favorite color or food. Then use Google Sheets to create a simple chart and talk to students about what it means. These conversations will set them up for success as they grow. Secondary students should be creating their own forms and analyzing their own data. Google Forms isn’t just a teacher tool! We need students to learn this tool and how it can help them get information. How is this dynamic? Remember, dynamic learning is all about going BEYOND what was previously possible. One of the reasons that data has become so important is because it is so much easier to gather with technology. Data that used to take us years to compile and process is now available in seconds. Don’t forget the importance of analyzing data. Google Sheets it the number one feared Google tool. I promise it’s not scary. Just learning some basics like sorting, filtering, and using formulas to tally or average your numbers is a great start. Podcast Question of the Week How can you go BEYOND the tool and give your students opportunities to do new things with technology? Post your answer to your favorite social media platform using the hashtag #ShakeUpLearning, or share it in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook!

Google News and Updates Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time How the Dynamic Learning Project is building teacher confidence Smarter sharing of files with updated Google Drive Access checker Featured Content Kaizena (voice comments) (kaizena.com) Leave voice comments for students Discuss student work in an online hub Reuse commonly use comments Track and rate student progress Highlight tool Highlight a document in different colors Pull highlighted text from a document and sort in a table at the end of the document DocSecrets Hides and reveals text in a document Use a password to reveal hidden text WriQ WriQ is a new Add-on from Texthelp that helps teachers score and keep track of students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar errors so you can focus on the things computers can’t score. WriQ auto-scores your students’ docs and tracks the following measures over time: Time spent writing Text Maturity Spelling error rate Grammar error rate Punctuation error rate Percentage error free Correct Word Sequences score The teacher dashboard gives you a clear graphical view of your students’ writing activity, and let’s you track their progress over time. Video overview Read&Write for Google Chrome Technically a Chrome extension but can use in Docs (and web) Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including: Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type Collect highlights from the text in documents or the web for summarizing and research Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting FREE for teachers Easy Bib Add-On The Bibliography Creator by EasyBib allows you to easily create a bibliography for your research paper. Automatically cite books, journal articles, and websites just by entering in the titles or URLs. Format citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and over 7K other styles. When you're finished creating your bibliography, click Generate Bibliography and we'll alphabetize your citations and add them to the end of your paper. BONUS: Equatio (chrome extension) Easily create mathematical equations, formulas, and quizzes. Intuitively type or handwrite, with no tricky math code to learn. Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag Renee Johnson (Oakhurst, CA) - ctrl+z - to add to another location in Drive … Add student work samples to PD folder for teacher training. Craig Klement (Garland, TX) - Same three questions on student forms: First name, last name, class period (drop down) … Spreadsheet: right click on awesome box, sort range (by class period, then by last name) Differentiate forms: three dots, section based on answer (if correct: to next question, if incorrect: YT vid, article, picture, do over or similar question) How to Differentiate Questions in Google Forms On The Blogs Matt - Creating a low-cost, printed school yearbook with Google Slides Kasey - Teachers Deserve #Respect [shortcode-variables slug="signature"]

Explains the basics of Easybib app and how it can be applied within HE.

The Minimal Pair: Episode 006Show Notes: The Minimal Pair Title: “You don't know what you don't know…”Episode no: 006Date recorded: 4/14/14Topics in Language LearningTaking care of ourselves as teachers…Thursday's TESOL presentation (that we regrettably were unable to attend): “Keeping ESL Teachers from Becoming Their Own Worst Enemies,” George Plautz, Korrin Ebira, Naomi LeeStack of Marking (Balance), by Thomas Starkey http://stackofmarking.wordpress.com5 tips for finding balance/what we do now and what we're going to do… 5. Exercise4. Quiet time3. Set boundaries w/ students2. Let it go!1. Sacred Time[PAUSE][19:05]MethodologyPlagiarism, Paraphrasing, and Citation Why is it important?Academic IntegrityCulturalism Reading comprehension How do we teach it?The “why” and the “when”Resources: Purdue OWL, EasybibModeling paraphrasing w/o looking & paraphrasing vs. “translating”[PAUSE][35:31]“Culturally speaking…”Introducing our new segment (to alternate w/ “Adjunct Antics”)“You don't know what you don't know…”How are you a student?Classroom dynamicGroup workQuestioning authorityAsking questionsStudent-teacher relationshipsAddressing each otherInvitations for outside interactionGiving/receiving presentsSHOUT OUTS: Brad Bawtinheimer @BradELT and Allison Roba (thanks for listening!)Keep it minimal!

This episode marks a return, both for special guest Selena Deckelmann, and our special hand-made artisan podcasting. Know that this episode was made with locally-sourced bytes, harvested with care and respect for the Earth. We talk with Selena about working at Mozilla, her switch to Linux on the desktop, and how marketing is weightier than merit in determining a product’s success. This episode’s super-special sponsor is EasyBib! They are looking for junior and senior PHP devs to work on their awesome academic web app. Check out the job description and email stuff to till+php@imagineeasy.com. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 33.2MB, 1:14:08) Links and Notes Selena Deckelmann XHGui Ed’s old gig at Purdue Homebrew MacPorts Fink Vagrant Standards, Soapboxes, and Shamans Bitkeeper Wikipedia page with history of usage on Linux kernel dev The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications Deadwood’s Favorite Word How Big Corporations Play The Open Source Game Henrik Ingo on Twitter Actual Facebook Graph Searches Yii Framework Selena’s curry recipe

The first episode of 2013 find Chris and Ed talking about the tragedy of Aaron Swartzs' suicide, both in the context of governmental power and mental illness. We also talk about Ed’s favorite (and only tolerable) Apple-related podcast ending. Finally, Ed rambles about SASS, a superset of CSS3 that makes writing CSS less painful. We have a new sponsor! EasyBib is looking for junior and senior PHP devs to work on their awesome academic web app. Check out the job description and email stuff to till+php@imagineeasy.com. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 29MB, 1:02:33) Links and Notes Lincoln Park Chicago Appl store Linkin Park’s Mysterious Cyberstalker Aaron Swartz How to Get a Job Like Mine. “I followed these rules. And here I am today, with a dozen projects on my plate and my stress level through the roof once again.” Jacob Applebaum (IOError) Centre for Addiction and Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness Hypercritical podcast Mike Wilner SASS SMACSS – Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

Classroom 2.0 LIVE show on Saturday, November 5, 2011. EasyBib with special guests, Darshan Somashekar and Neal Taparia, EasyBib co-developers. Darshan and Neal demonstrated the great features of EasyBib for annotating and citing sources for bibliographies, with extensive resources for teaching students many aspects of writing research papers and validating sources.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE show on Saturday, November 5, 2011. EasyBib with special guests, Darshan Somashekar and Neal Taparia, EasyBib co-developers. Darshan and Neal demonstrated the great features of EasyBib for annotating and citing sources for bibliographies, with extensive resources for teaching students many aspects of writing research papers and validating sources.