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Canva AI Elements Better Than Ever
Canva Droptober showcased several exciting new releases and updates to some of their AI elements including Dream Lab (Magic Media), Magic Write, and the addition of some new ones like captions for videos, and AI summary for whiteboards. Dream Lab Dream Lab provides more extensive text-to-image creation and is only available to teachers. It is ...
Tackling AI with Socratic Seminar
In the past few years, educators have continually been challenged with the great distractors to education. First, COVID-19 and now Artificial Intelligence (AI). While we have overcome many of the setbacks and COVID-19 has become a part of the norm, AI feels like it presents a different set of challenges. One way to address these ...
Lateral Reading and Critical Thinking A Digital Learning Experience Feature
In August our Ed Tech Digital Learning Experience kicked off for the 2023-2024 school year with more emphasis on teacher choice. One choice available to all of our high schools and several middle schools is the Explore topic which emphasizes facilitating meaningful discussion and inviting intellectual curiosity in digital spaces. At Liberty High School, Lora Gillingham ...
23-24 ISD STEM Explorations Canvas Course
Interested in STEM hours for your certificate renewal? During the 23-24 school year, ISD is offering an asynchronous STEM Canvas course that can be completed at your own pace outside of contract time. Registration will be through Frontline PD and will be detailed in the course information in Canvas. You can enroll now in the ...
Welcome Back (Secondary Tech Edition)
At Bits & Pieces we are excited to start another year supporting all of your educational technology needs. To help you navigate both The BNP and the bigger waters of educational technology, we’ve put together this handy guide to all things Bits and Pieces Using Bits & Pieces If this is your first time to ...
ISD STEM Explorations Canvas Course (6-12 Focus)
Interested in STEM hours for your certificate renewal? Interested in additional options to use your remaining Ed Tech pay over the summer? ISD has created an asynchronous STEM Canvas course that can be completed at your own pace outside of contract time. Register via True North here. Course is 100% asynchronous and completed through ISD's Canvas ...
Come Play with AI Tools and Explore the Possibilities
In November of 2022, a company called OpenAI released version 3.0 of its Chatbot called ChatGPT. Within days, claims of seismic change were being declared by thought leaders and TikTokers. There were also cries of alarm about the impact on careers, education, and society. Since that time Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and 1000s of other ...
Coming Soon: AI Playground
UPDATE We have zeroed in on the week of May 22 for our first round of AI Playground. Exact dates, locations and times coming later this week. Interested in exploring more around Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and recent trends? Please join us at the AI Playground in May. We will offer a few AI Playground ...
Search Coach in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft recently rolled out a new app in Teams that will help both students and teachers be more effectve and careful in their online queries. When using Search Coach students will get a tip at the top of their results based on the type of query and the information they are seeking. Search Coach also ...
Create Templates in Canva for Students to Use on Assignments in Canvas
Thanks to our recently added Canva integration with Canvas, teachers can now create templates for students to use and then grade those creations through Speed Grader. Similar to how files you create in Office can be used as a template/starter for students, this integration allows you to create something, and then distribute a copy to ...