Category: educational technology
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AI, ChatGPT, and the Future of Teaching History
Over the last few months, I’ve had a lot of discussions with different constituents in education about the use of AI in our history classrooms. These constituents include my colleagues, Teaching History Her Way Podcast guests, students, parents, administrators, the list goes on. I’ve concluded that I’m certain that AI isn’t a “problem” to solve.…
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Bitmoji Classroom Tutorial
Check out my “Quick Bitmoji Tutorial” on my YouTube Channel “Teaching History Her Way”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duelvsgzc8s&t=2s I swear I wasn’t going to jump on the Bitmoji Classroom train… but I did. We could all use a little fun these days, and you can’t deny that these Bitmoji Classrooms are cute. At the…
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Distance Learning Resources Part 1
If your school is like mine, you are either preparing for or already are involved in distance learning for your students.
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Flipgrid & a Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson
A few weeks ago, thanks to the Twitter universe, I stumbled upon an educational tool called “Flipgrid” (@flipgrid – sidenote, their team looks like a hoot based upon their Twitter cover photo.) Flipgrid’s website touts their product as: “Flipgrid is where your students go to share ideas and learn together. It’s where students amplify and…
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My Top Nine Teacher Must-Haves
I am just finishing up my spring break and I have a wealth of ideas to bring back to my classroom based on my trip to Colonial Williamsburg in March. However, besides traveling I spent a fair amount of time in Target and as I traipsed the aisles I thought about how my classroom is…
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Thomas Jefferson Podcast
Yesterday I gave my students a survey on, well, me as a teacher. It was by far the scariest thing I’ve done as a teacher so far, but it turned out okay. One of the questions that I asked was how I could improve the class. One thing that students asked for was more group…