What distro would you recommend for an 8yr old laptop that had Win10 originally? Something that makes it easy to install apps on - although I think this is probably easier than when I last used this about 12-15 years ago!
I’m surprised ‘cognitive offloading’ wasn’t an option in this @teachertapp.bsky.social question today
Hit the magic number a couple of days ago! @teachertapp.bsky.social
One to celebrate!
I happened to check my @teachertapp.bsky.social stats today - turns out it’s quite a big day! (Edu geekery revealed!!)
What are the most powerful levers of learning we can use in the classroom? Download our free science of learning guide here ⬇️ htalh.com/download-tea...
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No worries, but what’s it going to do to the audience numbers ?! 😂
Is everyone ok @amymayforrester.bsky.social @adamboxer.bsky.social? No pod??! Or is it just me?
A summary of the current state of popular AI chatbots…fast moving and unhelpfully named!
About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
Recently talked to a student who admitted to using ChatGPT as a study device - by feeding it all of the class lecture slides and having it generate summaries. So now OpenAI has ownership of all the slides my co-instructor and I created from scratch…
Teachers using ChatGPT, alongside a guide to support them to use it effectively, can reduce their lesson planning time by 31 per cent.
This is according to the findings from a new trial published by @theeef.bsky.social today. 1/6
“There are also very, very few technologies that are so wildly impactful that it’s definitely worth disrupting the expert routines of some of our most effective teachers, so we need to be cautious about blanket imposition” @informededu.bsky.social
#EDUSKY Thread: Why deliberate practice and habituation might accidently lead to reduced teacher motivation.
There is a strange phenomena in teaching. In some cases new teachers join the profession and over a few years we teach them all the best ways to do things and they become amazing teachers...
If you’ve never listened to this podcast, this is an excellent one to start with - fascinating insight into a range of education issues and history from @samfr.bsky.social
New post and podcast episode on how multitasking sneaks into our classrooms and messes with learning.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/multitasking/
Tracking the Traces of Metacognition
How can we check that pupils are acting ‘metacognitively’?
researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...
Teacher/administrator/professor friends: the differences between what "AI"/large language models (like ChatGPT) do and what we humans call "thinking" seem important to me (and might be important for students to know!)
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Useful starter pack! go.bsky.app/E7SUj17
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Part of what is covered is mentioned in this article “3 Critical Problems Gen AI Poses for Learning” hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-mi...
I listened to this www.learningscientists.org/learning-sci... from @learningscientists.bsky.social yesterday. Lots to think about. Made my brain hurt and will need to listen again…maybe more slowly!
Can we do a little thread where people post blogs they read a while back and think others should read?
Mine is this by Efrat Furst. Post yours below!
sites.google.com/view/efratfu...
Argghhh I can’t answer one of today’s @teachertapp.bsky.social questions - 2 hours?! 😂😂😂
'Neuroplasticity' is everywhere, but what do we really mean when we talk about the ever-changing brain?
Let's dive deeper than the buzzword and explore the evidence with a model.
Exam Nation by @sammywright.bsky.social is currently 99p on Kindle - looks good! www.amazon.co.uk/Exam-Nation-...
