Magnifying Metacognition: Reclaiming the “Messy Middle” in Math Instruction

In today’s fast-paced age of technology, students often prioritize finding immediate answers rather than focusing on thinking to grow their understanding. With ever-growing access to AI, students can turn to chatbots as personal assistants who can even give them the “work” their teacher requested to support their answers. But math teachers will tell you that … read more »

Experience the Magic: Canva AI for Educators

Are you ready to transform your teaching materials? Canva’s Magic AI can help you create, transform, and edit documents, images, and presentations that magically save you time and engage your students.  Many of Canva’s AI Magic tools are only available in pro accounts, but you can access them for free by creating an educator account. … read more »

Partners in Progress: Educators and AI Planning Lessons Together

As an edtech coach, I know technology doesn’t replace teacher magic but can certainly amplify it. Like many other educators, over the last few years, I’ve been exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can become a powerful ally in our classrooms—especially in language arts instruction. Let’s be honest: AI can feel intimidating. But what if we … read more »

Classroom Gardening and the Sustainable Development Goals

April is National Garden Month, an opportunity to celebrate gardening’s physical and mental health benefits. It also provides educators with several opportunities to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages. One recent report shows that school gardens lead to significant increases … read more »

Differentiate Your Iditarod Lessons with These Free AI Tools

The Iditarod, known as the Last Great Race, is an annual reconstruction of the 1925 sled dog relay to get diphtheria medicine from Nenana, Alaska, to Nome during hazardous blizzard conditions. It took five and a half days for twenty teams and approximately 150 dogs to travel 674 miles with the valuable package containing diphtheria … read more »