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It is difficult to make a blanket statement about whether or not artificial intelligence (AI) is bad for students to use. The potential impact of AI on students will depend on several factors, including how it is used and the specific context in which it is used. AI in the Balance. AI can enhance students' learning experience significantly. For example, AI-powered tutoring systems can provide personalized and tailored feedback to students, allowing them to learn more effectively and efficiently. AI can also help automate tedious tasks, such as grading homework assignments, freeing teachers to focus on other aspects of teaching and learning. On the other hand, there are also potential concerns about using AI in education. For example, relying too heavily on AI-powered systems to teach and evaluate students may lead to a lack of critical thinking skills and creativity. In addition, there is the potential for AI systems to perpetuate bias, either in the data used to train them or in the way that they are designe

The actual practice of a fully funded esports program will include a curriculum for different classes, not just CTE courses. This episode will cover getting started for those with many limitations. Funding will be an essential aspect as your esports program grows. This is how we started the program in a limited environment. First, without administrative support, there is no esports program district-wide. However, any program that benefits students will ultimately benefit the school district. Thanks to one school principal who submitted a proposal for an esports budget, we have accomplished one year of competitions. District funding will be necessary for the following. Teachers are already passionate about gaming; there has to be a stipend for them. Currently, we have a yearly stipend of $1,000 at our district for Esports Coaches who do not get paid through other after-school programs. Next is the staff that will manage the program. In our case, I am the district’s Esports Coordinator. We are lucky enough to r

One common misconception is that video games are for boys. My daughters participated in a previous district tournament at 6 and 8 in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike 3v3. My eight-year-old daughter took third place in the Elementary Tier. My students took first place in the Secondary Tier, led by a female team captain who is also the club president. In that competition, we had students who were labeled 504 and SpEd. One of those students was playing with his feet. I will not explain why but look up a popular gamer known as brolly legs. Esports is the same as any other school sport, with the added benefit of being more inclusive, not just for those who play but also for those who do not. Targeting the whole population rather than some is a crucial benefit for schools for student retention. Since it is a no-pass-no-play rule, the students retained are some of the best. Recruitment needs to be done with purpose. Allow teachers to have game day and see which students, especially the quiet ones, do well in

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Before examining some studies, we need to dispel some misconceptions about esports. Moral Panic is a fear of a new cultural change that exceeds the threat posed to people—the 19th century vilified reading, specifically novels, that were once thought to corrupt the reader. Similarly, other media went through moral panic during its respective timeline, from comic books to movies and, not so recently, video games. Video Games tend to get vilified for inciting violence, corrupting the players, and causing lethargy and addiction. The reality is that video games are an easy target, just like the previous media were, because it is much more challenging to solve the root cause of the problems associated with novels, movies, or video games: trauma and mental health. Speaking with a middle school principal, he wanted a program that would include all students. This strategy would improve student achievement and retention, which has been crucial since the pandemic. His idea of Esports became a bi-monthly tournament in ou

Video Games are misunderstood but are great for education. Primary, secondary, and district administrators should understand the importance of an esports program in a school environment.

For complete Show Notes, visit: https://wke.lt/w/s/4P5KTH Chrome under attack for second time this month — here's what to do Grow with Google Discover professional certificates developed by Google and designed to connect you to over 100 top employers who are hiring for related roles. Recorder for Google Pixel instantly transforms audio into text so you can search, edit and share your favorite audio moments. And it all works offline too. Google Workspace for Education rebrand toolkit Learn to code with Grasshopper, now in Spanish More options for learning with Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals Free Basic Tools 100TB Total* (June 2022) Standard $3/student/year Advanced security, audits, rules, & BigQuery logs 100TB Total* (January 2022) Teaching and Learning UPGRADE $4/licence/year Google Meet Upgrades: 250 paricipants, 10k viewers, Q&A, Polls, Breakouts, etc. Classroom Upgrades: add-ons (coming soon), originality report, student work repository. Storage Upgreade - TBD Pl

Livestream will be available by others here:    After editing, we will air the podcast. Guest info (anything you want to share, feel free to add): High School CTE Teacher Google for Education Certified Trainer & Innovator Leader for Google Educator Group of South Texas Ambassador to WeVideo, Flipgrid, Wakelet, & DonorsChoose Social media contacts: (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Website): Twitter @eduGOOGdroid ACEd.Tech Intro: Today’s guest is Mr. G, who will be talking to us about how to create a Choose your own Adventure slide deck or form. Tell us a bit about yourself, who you are, what you do. I have a podcast called ACEd Tech. I recently graduated from the Google Innovator Academy #VIA20 I’m just generally passionate about EdTech (If you want to change any of these questions, go ahead. Please add any questions you would like us to ask.) Example: Ask me about …..my garden….. Question: How are you doing? What would you like to chat about today? There are ways to create a choose-your-o

Dr. Bonnie Shaver-Troup Bonnie is the founder of LEXEND and the creator of the LEXEND fonts. She has a particular interest in reading performance, typography, perception, cognition, and the visual field. ACEd Topic Visit Lexend — Change the way the world reads. The tool is Lexend fonts. The purpose is to improve an individual's reading experience, including the experience of those with dyslexia, struggling readers, early readers, multi language learners, for eye strain, aging eye readers, visually impaired readers...and just simply you and me! Visit Google Fonts Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography Where Lexend fonts are available GSuite TextHelp Helperbird Canva ...Many More ACEd App Visit Helperbird: Accessibility & Dyslexia Software Google Read, understand and navigate the content of the web easier with Helperbird. Including immersive reader

FamilyBookform is an education technology product for Social Emotional Learning Projects. Children complete story collecting projects to create books and complete curriculum aligned SEL Projects. Ambassador code is: 6KFM6P Carey created FamilyBookform as a writing & communication tool for students to easily collect personal oral stories, family histories & photos, using speech-to-text & collaboration, to create polished books for personalized PBL. The process is educational, developing Social Emotional learning & 21st century skills. Their content enriches lessons & books can be graded, included in portfolios, gifted or sold to families. The books are emotional & valuable, for everyone involved. Sunrise TV 2018 YouTube Write of Passage pilot featured on Channel 7 TV. Students interview aged care residents to help collate their life stories into personalised memoir books. Pr... Teachers signup free & can create a free Collaborative class book, automatically collect student's content

Bruce Reicher Hawthorne, NJ USA Upper Saddle River Schools/ Cavallini Middle School Technology Teacher Computer Apps Teacher (Digital Leadership, Python Coding and Video Production) Google Level 1 and 2, Ambassador for Wakelet, WeVideo, Codesters and Brainpop Board Of Education Member for the Hawthorne Board of Education Since 2013. @breicher Google The Bruce Reicher PD page is all about sharing all the resources I have from various PD sessions. My philosophy is to learn, teach, share and repeat. I'm excited that I've written a book with Paula Neidlinger and Randy Tomes that's called Scripted "An Educators Guide to Media In The Classroom". @breicher Twitter

Kim Mattina Hi, my name is Kim Mattina, and I am a Google Certified Trainer and Educator, a Gold Product Expert for the Google for Education team, and the host of my own show, The Suite Talk. I am from New Jersey and I am a middle school technology teacher in southern New Jersey. ACEd Topic Visit my website, www.thesuitetalk.com and click on the Jamboard page. You will see my Ideaboard 4 Jamboard, and my Wakelet Collection. Get on the Jamboard Train! - Wakelet Wakelet This collection will contain resources to help and support educators who are using or need inspiration about Jamboard. Jamboard Flywheelsites If you know me, you know that I LOVE Jamboard. I am so thankful that my district purchased one for me this year. Although there are a few features I still need to explore, I learn something new every time I use it, and I fall in love with it even more. Apps smash Jamboard with Google Keep, Equatio, and Screencastify. ACEd App Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Google The #1 screen recorder for Chrome.

Alfonso Mendoza Jr. Edinburg, Texas Instructional Software Specialist for Sharyland ISD. Share Captain for GEG-SOUTX ACEd Topic Stay Healthy Visit COVID-19 Tips Google Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute. Don't be afraid to discuss the coronavirus. Most children will have already heard about the virus or ... Hankerchiefs & Gloves Remote Learning Low SES No food No shelter Parents don't have the money for daycare Things to Consider No New Tech Tools Digital Divide Asynchronous Learning Difference Hangouts (all versions), & Zoom. Hangouts (old): Combination of the two new. Phased out. Hangouts Chat: Text chat platform. Hangouts Meet: Students can kick each other out Zoom for Education FERPA, not the free version? Ad Visit My EdTech Life Wakelet Visit

Kristina Holzweiss 2015 School Library Journal and Scholastic School Librarian of the Year, author of Scholastic makerspace books and co-author of Hacking School Libraries Location (Long Island, NY, USA) Syosset High School Job Title: Educational Technology Enrichment Specialist Subject or Department: Innovation Lab, Library, News Production (coming in September 2020) Blog/website/social media/etc Hacking School Libraries (and other classrooms!) Facebook group, twitter @lieberrian bunheadwithducttape.com Credentials WeVideo Ambassador Flipgrid Student Voice Board Member and Ambassador Cospaces Ambassador Genially Ambassador Buncee Ambassador Wakelet Ambassdor and Monthly Chat Moderator Bloxels Ambassador Swivl Ambassador Year In the Making Expert MackinMaker Expert 1st Edmodo Ambassador ACEd Topic WeVideo Empower student voice 2nd year using WeVideo WeVideo Ambassador Types of videos: diseases and infections, weather in Spanish, yoga postures, forensics, Hol

STEM Summit 2020 In this episode, I attended the STEM Summit hosted by ESC Region One. This allowed me to have some fun conversations with some who attended. This is what they had to say: Conversations I'm going to start first with Gus Perez and would like to introduce yourself. Sure. So, my name is Gustavo Perez. I am a stem specialist for the original one education service center. I've been there about almost 11 years. Yeah. Do you have a Twitter handle? Yes, I do at. Gus underscore stem.And would you like to tell me how this stem summit got started. Okay, well how it got started was actually reaching one education center was awarded a nice little grant for seed money to support the locals to academies that we be supported throughout the state here regional we had about a good first we had three 2008 grew to about 10 or eight and currently we have about 19 centavities. So to support this schools and not just these academies, but all any school wanted to develop a student program, we thought that we needed

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Stadia - Games, without a console or downloads - Google Store Google Play Stadia with Premiere Edition. Get access to Stadia at launch, three free months of Stadia Pro and play in up to 4K on your TV with Chromecast Ultra. Visit Stadia - One place for all the ways we play Google 1 Code needed to access Stadia will be sent upon shipment of your Premiere Edition. Codes must be redeemed within one year of shipment to redeem three month trial of Stadia Pro. Offer only available to new subscribers upon initial sign up. 2 Stadia Controller and Google Chromecast Ultra are required for play on TVs. Visit ACEd Tech Anchor FM Inc. Episode 26 http://aced.tech/26Talking with Attendees How to leave a recorded lesson Aaron AlvaradoCTE Instructor SHARYLAND ISD MOS in Word, Google Level 1 https://sphs.sharylandisd.org/faculty/AaronAlvarado Notes Using Screencastify 3PR: Pause, Perform, Play, Review Using Podcasts Equipment for podcasting Don't Ditch That Tech Matt Miller Author Ditch That Textbook GEI, MIE Expert, Skype V

Episode 26 http://aced.tech/26Talking with Attendees How to leave a recorded lesson Aaron AlvaradoCTE Instructor SHARYLAND ISD MOS in Word, Google Level 1 https://sphs.sharylandisd.org/faculty/AaronAlvarado Notes Using Screencastify 3PR: Pause, Perform, Play, Review Using Podcasts Equipment for podcasting Don't Ditch That Tech Matt Miller Author Ditch That Textbook GEI, MIE Expert, Skype Master Teacher ditchthattextbook.com @jmattmiller Notes Differentiating Instruction Change approach with technology Classroom management Adjusting instructions Students give peer feedback Google Applications in the Library Jason Galvan Librarian Vela Middle School Google Level 2 http://velaeagleslibrary.weebly.com @jasgalvan Notes Using Google Classroom in the Library Book Club Google Forms Signing Sheet Personalized Blended Learning Julie Kelly Instructional Technology Strategist Weslaco ISD Google Certified Trainer, Blended Learning Live! facilitator @JulieKeefeKelly Notes Student Control Teacher provides the

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates The first major announcement. Google Stadia will be available November 19th. $130 pre order Founder’s Edition 3 mo Stadio Pro + 3 mo buddy pass Chromecast Ultra Night Blue exclusive controller Founder’s badge Sold Out $130 Premiere Edition No buddy pass Non-exclusive controller (Clearly White) No mention of a badge. $10 / mo Pro Up to 4K 5.1 Surround sound Destiny 2: The Collection - with additional free games. Deals & savings Free Basic Up to 1080p Stereo No additional free games. No savings Both 60fps Great titles Only have free titles during Pro not free. Just dance? Motion or Cam? The pixel phone series will be th

Guest Star Jennifer Scott Bakersfield, California Compton Jr. High, Bakersfield City School District Classroom teacher English, history, yearbook Slidesyearbook.com, @JenTechnology Jennifer@SlidesYearbook.com Google Innovator with #MEX16, Google Innovator Coach #MEX18, and Google Innovator Mentor with #BRZ17, #MEX18 #LON19. Jennifer is competing the 59 Days of Code Project. Wish her luck! Luis Pertuz Barranquilla, COlombia Colegio Marymount Technology Integrator twitter.com/pertuzluisfer Credentials Google Certified Teacher (1&2) Google Certified Trainer Google Certified Innovator #NYC19 Federico Centeno Barranquilla, Colombia Credentials Google Certified Teacher (both levels) Google Certified Trainer Google Certified Innovator #MEX16 Dr. Mark Wagner Ph.D. Educational Technology CEO EdTechTeam twitter.com/markwagner ACEd Topic History Chris Walsh from WestEd in connection with CUE & Mike Lawrence Rai