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30 Of The Most Popular Trends In Education – Deciding what’s ‘trending’ is an important part of digital publishing and social media interaction.How many are happening in your school? @TeachThought
Microschool in a Box: Programs Enabling the Microschool Movement – Funding and operations can be difficult within a microschool model. Programs and other organizations can support planning, design and implementation. @Getting_Smart
Google Maps is getting an AI-fueled makeover — here are 5 new features to try. Google Maps is revving up for the rollout of significant, artificial intelligence-fueled improvements in the weeks and months to come. @SteinbergBrooke @nypost
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Google unveils new AI weather forecaster — and it may be better than your old app. Google DeepMind, the search engine’s AI-focused lab, has introduced a game-changing weather forecasting model that is said to deliver 10-day predictions in less than a minute — “at unprecedented accuracy.” @AMitchReporting @nypost
Learning
A Reporter Visited Over 120 EV Chargers: Three Reasons Why So Many Were Broken. One columnist’s Los Angeles power struggle featured out-of-order signs, payment errors and connection problems. @JoannaStern @WSJ
Leadership/Parenting
Shake Up Learning Professional Development Courses 50% Off. I post valuable resources from this site often. If you need to do some PD, look no farther. @ShakeUpLearning
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@Gapingvoid
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Cartoons of Teachers, Parents, and Students Dealing with School Report Cards – Thank you Larry Cuban for another fine collection. @LarryCuban
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini@RobertCialdini
Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrongby Eric Barker
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting from Tots to Teens by Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Observations by Dr. Doug Green Times 10 Publications
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
Listen to Dr. Doug on the “Cup of Joe” podcast. I recorded it last week. On it, I talk about the many good things I have seen in schools doing hybrid teaching. @PodcastCupOfJoe @DrDougGreen @BrainAwakes
Back to School COVID Myths – by Dr Doug Green @mssackstein
This is my podcast on the Jabbedu Network. Please consider listening and buying my book Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex. Here’s a free executive summary. @jabbedu @DrDougGreen
Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here.
