Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do with Fresh Content Every Weekday and post around 8:00 am Eastern US time.
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How Smart ChatGPT Actually Is, Visualized – ChatGPT sat a bunch of professional and academic exams — and it turns out, it’s pretty intelligent. @darcymiajimenez @digg
A New Way to Look at Fibonacci Numbers – Share with math teachers and students you know. @SolLeWittArt
Two High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means. At an American Mathematical Society meeting, high school students presented proof of the Pythagorean theorem that used trigonometry—an approach that some once considered impossible. @slomanleila @sciam
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
‘Loud and entitled’: How ChatGPT sees people from around the world. Although recently accused of exhibiting a “woke” ideological bias, ChatGPT is no stranger to rattling off off-color remarks. Ben Cost vis @nypost
Learning
We probably have big brains because we got lucky. Life makes mistakes. A major genetic study shows how some of those mistakes worked out well for humans. @JoSolisM @popSci
Leadership/Parenting
Six Steps to Effective Whole-Class Feedback – Ensuring that students know what they did well and where they need to improve doesn’t have to be an interminable task. @edutopia
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@Gapiongvoid
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Walking Blues (Robert Johnson) feat. Keb’ Mo’ | Playing For Change | Song Around The World – I’m not sure how they sinc the music, but this is very cool. @playing4changen #PlayingForChange
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
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
Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling: Curriculum, Teaching, and Socio-Political Realities by Kenneth Teitelbaum
Can You Learn to Be Lucky? Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Staff
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.
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