The Digital Learning Podcast

In this episode of The Digital Learning Podcast, we're discussing how to incorporate AI, specifically ChatGPT, into your classroom to change the way you think about writing. Our guest, Jill Pavich, shares practical ways to use AI to enhance the writing process and empower your students. As teachers, we're always looking for ways to make our students' learning experiences more meaningful and engaging. AI tools like ChatGPT can help us do just that. Rather than relying solely on AI-generated content, Jill encourages teachers to encourage students to add their own human touch to their writing. By leveraging their interests and passions, AI tools can stimulate ideas and save time. Jill highlights the speech-to-text feature as a valuable tool for both students and teachers. By embracing AI tools, we can work smarter and give our students more meaningful experiences. So if you're looking to incorporate AI into your classroom, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in to discover how ChatGPT can help you and your students work smarter and achieve better writing outcomes. You can connect with Jill on Instagram @JillPavich and on her website JillPavich.com. Download her free writing kickstart resource at JillPavich.com/kickstart.

In this episode, we hear from Jill Pavich, a former high school English language arts teacher who coaches teachers to develop authentic learning and writing in real contexts. Jill discusses how writing is changing in the digital age and how we can prepare students for writing in 2023 and beyond. She emphasizes the importance of valuing academic writing while also incorporating writing that is authentic and relevant to students' lives, such as social media and video. Jill also discusses the role of ChatGPT, an AI language model, in the writing process and how it can be used to help students overcome the intimidation of starting and to focus on the revision phase. Finally, Jill encourages educators to shift the conversation from "kids need to write" to "kids need to edit" and to let go of the stigma of social media as a valid form of communication. Connect with Jill at jillpavich.com

In this episode of The Digital Learning Podcast, we discuss ChatGPT - an AI language model developed by OpenAI. We talk about how teachers can still use it and copy over the responses for their students to use even though it's age-restricted. We also discuss how AI is changing the writing process and information literacy, and what will become the most important part of writing in a world of AI.

In this episode, Josh Ratliff talks about his experiences with technology addiction in schools, including his own struggle with it as a parent and an administrator. He shares that the desire for human connection is what draws students to technology and that schools should focus on integrating technology in ways that encourage collaboration and joint reasoning, rather than just individual work. He emphasizes the importance of finding the best use of technology, establishing a healthy relationship with it, and being connected to a tribe, while also establishing a relationship with a mentor who can provide accountability and demand excellence. By understanding the desire for connection, schools can help students achieve a healthy relationship with technology and thrive academically and personally. Follow Josh on Twitter at @JRatliffEDU Visit Trafera.com or check out the Trafera booth at most major EDU conferences.

Everyone seems to be talking about artificial intelligence right now -- and its impact on education. Now that ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence assistants are going mainstream, how does it affect education? We've discussed this with educators. Now let's talk to someone in the tech industry. In this episode, Matt interviews Jens Seip, co-founder and CEO of Curipod, an AI tool that will build you interactive presentation slides on any topic. He shares insight from inside the tech landscape -- plus some tips and things that teachers should keep in mind. Curipod website: https://curipod.com/ Generate a ready-to-use interactive slide deck right now: https://curipod.com/ai Follow Curipod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/curipodofficial Follow Jens on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JensSeip

Matt and Holly just attended the TCEA Conference in San Antonio, Texas. They presented on ChatGPT and AI in Education together ... but there were other things that everyone seemed to be talking about. They noticed the long lines to attend some sessions and figured out what a big topic of conversation was -- creating in the classroom! In this episode, Matt and Holly talk about the importance of classroom creation -- one of the building blocks of blended learning -- and some tools you can use to help your students create, too. We were also joined by Stevie Frank, an educator from Indiana who has helped her students to create podcasts. In this episode, we mentioned several tech tools: Book Creator (http://bookcreator.com) Microsoft Flip (http://flip.com) Apple Clips (https://www.apple.com/clips) Soundtrap (http://soundtrap.com) For more information about the Digital Learning Podcast -- and to subscribe! -- visit our website at http://digitallearningpodcast.com

Description: Matt traveled to Samsung's offices in New York and New Jersey recently and met up with a few education authors with big ideas. Hear what their books are all about and some important takeaways from those books that will get you thinking or teaching differently -- whether you buy the books or not! Guests include: Dr. Monica Burns, education consultant/author, Class Tech Tips Dr. Micah Shippee, Samsung professional development director Dee Lanier, author, speaker, and Samsugn professional development consultant

In this Ditch Summit recap, we talk about the sessions you don't want to miss to help narrow down which ones you absolutely will want to watch. Hurry access to The Ditich Summit ends Jan 6th. Get your FREE access at ditchsummit.com.

In this episode, Matt and Holly dscuss some great lesson ideas for that time before the break. This includes six sites that get students having fun and learning to think about the world around them.

In this episode, Matt and Holly dscuss six creative lesson ideas for the classroom. From a very powerful HyperDoc to Passion Projects this episode will focus on how we can give students more agency in their learning.