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📺 FREE ONLINE SUMMIT -- The ScreenPal Innovative Learning Summit features three days of practical ideas and inspiration about learning in today’s classrooms.  Dates: July 28-30 Location: Online Cost: FREE Link: ditch.link/screenpal26 I’m presenting this session on July 30 -- Make screen time count: Purposeful AI and technology for meaningful K-12 learning @ScreenPalApp #ScreenPalSummit #ScreenPal #AIinEducation #EdTech #AIforTeachers

Technology isn’t the goal—better teaching and healthier educators are. In our Balancing Tech & Wellness: Five Pillars for the Digital Age session, we shared a framework that helps educators make intentional decisions about the tools they use instead of chasing every new app. 💡

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Important ScreenPal Summit announcement: Kris is still #NotMattMiller However, both Matt Miller and EdTech Nerds will be presenting on July 30, so honestly this feels like a very educational bald-with-glasses double feature. Matt’s session, Make Screen Time Count: Purposeful AI

NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook Go to notebook.google.com Notice you can remove the LM from the URL #googleEDU #TeacherTech

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Miles to go, ideas to share, and educators to meet! 🚗💙 We’re officially on the road to Tech Connect Conference in Robstown, Texas, and that means laptops are charged, presentation bags are packed, and yes… a Buc-ee’s stop was absolutely part of the itinerary. 🤠 We can’t wait

Teaching is busy, stressful, and often nonstop—but sometimes the best reset is also the simplest. This is Take Five Breathing, one of our favorite mindfulness strategies because you always have what you need with you: your hand. Trace each finger as you slowly inhale up one side

That random object ruining the perfect image? Gone. 🪄 Canva’s Magic Eraser lets you quickly remove unwanted people, objects, clutter, cords, signs, or distractions from your photos without opening another editing program. Teachers can use it to: ✨ Clean up classroom photos 📚

Google Docs is doing more than translating the text. 🌎🔊 Kris starts with docs.new, uses Gemini to create a sample passage, translates the entire document into French, and then adds audio so the translated text can be read aloud. That means one resource can

@McWisdom4Edu I never thought about that aspect. 🙃 good point.

@EdTechDestiny Yes!! This strategy has a been a game changer for me- except when I scheduled something and ended up calling in sick and an email goes out like I'm in the office 😬

That email does not need to live rent-free in your brain all night. 😅 Gmail’s Schedule Send feature is one of those tiny teacher tech tricks that can make a big difference. You can write the email when you remember it, get it off your mental to-do list, and schedule it to send

Teachers, this is your reminder that your inbox does not have to be your second lesson plan, sticky note pile, and stress tracker all at once. 😅 Gmail Snooze lets you move an email out of sight until the exact time you actually need it again. Field trip reminder? Snooze it.

That’s a wrap on ISTE, and our feet may never be the same. 😅 We walked, learned, ribbon-hunted, explored the expo hall, collected the swag, took the selfies, had the hallway conversations, and came home with full brains and tired bodies. Conferences can be a LOT, but they’re

We’re headed to CFISD’s Digital Learning Conference! 🎉 This FREE virtual conference is open to all educators, and we’re presenting two sessions on July 21: 💻 Five Pillars for Teaching in the Digital Age 🎥 From Cringe to Captivating: Instructional Videos If you’re looking for

ISTE find: Edge•U Badges 👀 This one caught our teacher-PD-loving hearts because it takes professional learning and makes it more flexible, personalized, and practical. Instead of every educator sitting through the exact same training, Edge•U Badges lets teachers work through

ISTE find: Snorkl 👀 Kris heard about Snorkl in a session with Gabriel Carrillo from EdTech Bites, and then I went to the booth to learn more from one of the cofounders. This one caught our attention because students don’t just turn in an answer — they explain their thinking

Nerd Notes from ISTE/ASCD 🤓 Today’s debrief is short, practical, and exactly the kind of thing we love bringing back from a conference: tools and tips that help teachers actually do the thing without making it harder. Kris’s tip: check out . It’s a great starting place when you

Nerd Notes from ISTE/ASCD: Day 1-ish edition. 🤓✏️ We’re keeping a running list of the tools, ideas, and conference moments that make us stop and say, “Okay, but would this actually help teachers?” Today’s quick takeaways: 1. Kris is thinking about TeachShare’s year plan feature

Join us at the @K12Insight Booth (#2944) today Monday, June 29 at 10:30 AM for a special author meet-and-greet and FREE book giveaway! Meet the incredible educators behind these new titles, connect with fellow attendees, and leave with inspiration (and a free book!).