TeachersFirst Summer Book Club

 Looking to grow this summer?  How about a free book club from TeachersFirst.  You can apply by June 19. This summer they are reading Personalized Reading and you can apply here.

Chat GPT Ideas

Frustrated when using ChatGPT?  Maybe this article from TECA will give you some suggestions for your prompts.  I really think prompt engineering is key to using these AI resources.

Be Mr Jensen

This video has been out for a while but I just saw it recently and thought I would share it.  Maybe it will be an inspiration as we start the last month of school!

So how well does Chat GPT grade?

Deborah Cleveland shared this blog post.  Read as she “trains” Chat GPT to grade (and comment) on a sample student paragraph.  Do you think this would work for you?

Digitial projects for June

Matt Miller suggests in this post to end the year with a variety of digital projects.  From websites to infographics to student-created quizzes or curated sites- you will find something for your students.

Can you guess the place(or animal) in 5 clues?

Matt Miller (in his end-of-the-year Thrive suggestions) share 5 Clues- this would be a great class activity.  And I bet your students could generate their own ideas?  I’ve shared one of the locations ones here.

 

Everything you want to know about Bard

 

There has been lots of news of Chat GPT- but maybe you should take a look at Google’s Bard.  Here is a great webinar from Eric Curts ( my go-to expert for everything Google) as well as a resource site. The resource site contains many examples of academic usage.

AI Bias

Matt Miller shared this post about Jean Darnell and her experience with AI and a Black History Month report.  The post also includes a video interview with Jean and she shares some of her resources.

Acceptable Use Meets AI

I’m sure many districts are struggling with how AI (especially Chat GPT) into their acceptable use policy.  Alice Keeler shares her thoughts here for an ELA classroom. I really liked the sample appropriate (and inappropriate) prompts.

Forcing Checkboxes on Google Forms

Ever want to require folks to make at least 2 (or 3 or ?) or more choices when using checkboxes on a Google Form?  See this post from Alice Keeler on how response validation will make it work!