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NEWSLETTER
by Maria H. Andersen
A newsletter that explores the reality of teaching in an AI world.
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Teacher Burnout Is a Memory Problem “The question isn’t whether AI can save teachers’ time; it’s whether AI can make the job feel more manageable.” I recently saw this quote ...
The “Noise Chart” for the AI Era Can I Use AI? The New Classroom “Noise Chart” You know the chart. It’s usually laminated, slightly peeling at the corners, and stuck ...
What if the secret to better outcomes is classroom management? You know this class. The one where you spend so much energy just keeping the pot from boiling over that ...
How Schools Can Bring Parents Into AI Education Recently we’ve seen Australia ban social media accounts for children under 16 (with multiple European countries looking to follow). More than 25 ...
The Students I Was Forgetting There’s a quiet group of students in every classroom who don’t get enough attention. They’re the kids who come in, sit down, get to work, ...
The Rise in AI Schoolslop Students are using AI for everything, and it’s not their fault. Every Google search now results in a tidy AI summary at the top. And ...
Curb your Grading Procrastination with HOGA It’s a new year, and many of us consider (and quickly dismiss or fail at) resolutions for the year. Here’s a resolution that, if ...
With AI, Teachers Need to Make the Thinking Visible Sometimes I think the only reason I’m surviving this moment in education is because I taught for decades before generative AI ...
Have Devices Failed Education? Stop Giving Task Lists. Start Giving Jobs. One thing I’ve been wrestling with this year is how often students get “stuck” before they’ve even begun. I’d ...
When Behavior Escalates, Data Calms It’s never a good day when a student’s behavior escalates to the point where they need to leave the classroom. Recently, I had a student ...
‘Write Your Name’ Should NOT Take 20 Minutes. But Here We Are. An ADHD Expert Explained My Middle School Classroom I teach an elective that spans 6-8th grades, and I ...
Students Can’t Stay Seated – Lean In? Field Notes: Students can’t stay seated We promised to give you the rest of the story about classroom warning data this week and ...
What 1,000 Teacher Voices Reveal About Classrooms In The Age of AI Welcome to SoundBytes! A weekly newsletter about the realities of teaching in the AI world. SoundBytes is written ...