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December 1, 2024

We found 10 tech stories for you this month:

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Cut It Out Design Studio for Edutopia

Classroom Management in the Tech Era

Before considering how to integrate tech in lessons, it’s important to ensure that you have clear expectations and routines in place.

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How AI Will Impact the Future of Teaching—a Conversation With Sal Khan

The founder of Khan Academy and Khanmigo believes AI can deliver the personalized instruction students need, while freeing up teachers to do what they do best.

George Lucas Educational Foundation

AI Tool Demo: Differentiating Class Materials With Diffit

Assistant editor Daniel Leonard shares how teachers are turning to Diffit to automatically adapt texts to different reading levels.

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Ilham Ardiyansyah, studiostockart / istock

Building Problem-Solving Habits With Desmos and Fermi Problems

These strategies for developing secondary students’ math skills, including estimation, can benefit them in class and the real world.

hands building blocks made of artifacts from Scratch and OctoStudio

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Promoting Playful Learning With Technology

Mitchel Resnick—creator of Scratch and OctoStudio—shares how teachers can maximize students’ use of tech for creative purposes.

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Collage by Chelsea Beck, belterz / iStock

Fortnite as a Science Laboratory

This physics toolkit contains ready-to-use curriculum to integrate Fortnite into high school physics, showing the promise of virtual learning spaces.

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collage by Chelsea Beck, skynesher, loops7 / iStock

Increasing Cybersecurity on Your Campus

Administrators, teachers, and students all have important roles to play in protecting sensitive student and educator data.

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Drazen Zigic / iStock

An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms

To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.

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Matt Chinworth / The iSpot

Using Microsoft Copilot to Streamline Lesson Design and Win Back Time

Teachers can incorporate generative AI with tools they already use to help them enhance their work.

Martin Janecek / iStock

Teaching Computational Thinking With—and Without—Screens

This activity focuses on teaching students about the coordinate plane using two tools: a micro:bit and a good, old-fashioned game of Battleship.

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