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Using AI to Build Powerful Retrieval Practice Activities to Supercharge Student Learning Opportunities
The “testing effect,” a term championed by researchers like Roediger and Karpicke, demonstrates that every time a student actively recalls information, they strengthen the neural pathways associated with it. This effortful retrieval tells the brain that the information is important and makes it easier to access in the future. Ultimately, over time, if students are…
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Instructional Coaches Need to Know How Memory Works – And It’s Not a Muscle
I often hear memory described as a muscle—something that gets stronger the more you “work it out.” While the sentiment is well-intentioned, it’s a misleading metaphor. Our memory isn’t a single entity that we can simply beef up through brute force. It’s a complex system, and for instructional coaches, understanding its nuances is a game-changer…
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5 Ways Agentic AI Can Transform Your Teaching Workflow
What if you had a personalized assistant who knew your school’s handbook, understood your instructional philosophy, and could help you design lessons tailored to your students’ needs? This isn’t a glimpse into a far-off future; it’s the reality of what AI agents can offer teachers today.
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Thinking Systemically About EdTech Integration in Schools and Districts: A First Look at the VATT Framework
📬 Stay in the loop Join educators getting weekly insights on AI, co-teaching, and instructional leadership. Subscribe Yesterday, my friend and colleague, Dr. Drew Hinds, shared a newish framework (2023) for evaluating educational technology and integrating technology in schools with me, and it has been percolating around in my head ever since. It’s called the…
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The Heart of Co-Teaching: Moving From Partner to Partnership
📬 Stay in the loop Join educators getting weekly insights on AI, co-teaching, and instructional leadership. Subscribe Throughout my years as a special education co-teacher at the high school level, I’ve experienced the full spectrum of partnerships. I recall one year vividly, where my two co-teaching assignments offered a study in contrasts. In one classroom,…
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Boost Student Learning with Interactive Worked Examples: Thanks to Canvas in Gemini and ChatGPT, or Artifacts in Claude
Picture this: you can provide interactive, step-by-step worked examples for just about anything – math problems, ELA sentence structures, science processes, you name it. And here’s the best part: you absolutely do not need to be a coding expert to pull this off.
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Scaling Instructional Coaching: Overcoming Key Challenges
📬 Stay in the loop Join educators getting weekly insights on AI, co-teaching, and instructional leadership. Subscribe While the evidence for instructional coaching’s effectiveness is compelling, translating this potential into widespread impact presents significant challenges, particularly when attempting to scale programs across schools or districts. A primary concern, identified by Kraft et al. (2018), is…
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#WhyKnowledgeMatters Podcast Appearance for Co-Teaching Evolved: Co-Teaching Partnerships, Strategies, and EdTech & AI Integrations
📬 Stay in the loop Join educators getting weekly insights on AI, co-teaching, and instructional leadership. Subscribe You may have seen my recent social media posts about the latest #WhyKnowLedgeMatters Podcast episode, and it’s a particularly special one for me! In this installment, I had the pleasure of discussing the very concepts from Dr. Belinda…
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Aspire to Lead Podcast Appearance: Revolutionizing Collaboration in Schools Through Inclusion
📬 Stay in the loop Join educators getting weekly insights on AI, co-teaching, and instructional leadership. Subscribe About a month ago, I had the pleasure of joining the Aspire to Lead podcast to discuss co-teaching and instructional coaching. Episode Description: In this episode of Aspire to Lead, Dr. Matthew Rhoads, author of Co-Teaching Evolved and Crush It from the…
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Digital Learning Today Podcast Appearance: Episode 66 – Crush it From the Start – Top Tips for Instructional Coaches
This podcast episode emphasizes the significance of understanding cognitive science, effective coaching strategies, and the integration of technology in education. The conversation also touches on the challenges faced by coaches and the need for reflection and balance in their professional lives.