Getting my students' vision statements on the wall. New favorite classroom item, clothespins that are also tacks!

Vision Slides Lesson: http://www.litandtech.com/2022/06/student-created-vision-stetements.html

Push Pin Clips: https://amzn.to/3Rg2yLA

New post on my Waste Less blog: The one where I make my own yogurt.
Really, it is much easier than you might think.
https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-one-where-i-make-my-own-yogurt.html
#ZeroWaste #plasticfree #recipe

I stumbled on a great way to convince my students that I could always tell if they turned in writing done by AI. It was pretty clever and it worked well. Here's how I did it and you can do it too: http://www.litandtech.com/2023/06/how-i-convinced-my-students-that-i.html

Gearing up for a summer road trip? 🚘

I wrote about some ways to #MakeLessTrash while traveling.

https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-one-where-i-travel-by-car.html

#zerowaste

New blog post about a particularly effective strategy for getting students writing, collaboratively written scenes. And then they record them on Flip.

http://www.litandtech.com/2023/06/collaboratively-written-scenes-dialogs.html #teachers

Last year I did this time capsule water bottle project with my graduating seniors. They loved it. Here are all the digital parts and directions: http://www.litandtech.com/2022/06/time-capsules-in-water-bottles.html
#graduation #classof23

New post on my 'Waste Less' blog.
The one with less recycling in the blue bin
https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-one-with-less-recycling-in-blue-bin.html

Plus, lemonade in glass is so much classier than lemonade in plastic. Recipe included.
#zerowaste #plasticfree

I wrote a post about the lesson I used to introduce ChatGPT to my 9th graders. I wanted to show them some responsible and useful options.

http://www.litandtech.com/2023/04/introducing-9th-graders-to-chatgpt.html

#aiineducation #chatgpt #edtech

The next time you need to buy dental floss consider a biodegradable version that is also #zerowaste. I love this stuff. #plasticfree

My new blog post about dental floss. Yes, I said dental floss. #adulting

https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-one-with-dental-floss.html

New post on my Waste Less blog:

The one where I bring my own leftovers box.

https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-one-where-i-bring-my-own-leftovers.html

#zerowaste #restaurants #bringyourownbox

New post on my Waste Less Blog: This one is about changes to my grocery shopping habits. (Includes images of chocolate) https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/
#ZeroWaste #SustainableLiving #BulkShopping #GoGreen

I want to make less trash and I've started blogging about the changes I'm making to reduce the garbage I produce.

Check out https://jenswasteless.blogspot.com/ to follow my progress and maybe get inspired to make less trash yourself.

#wasteless #zerowaste #Sustainability

Today I learned that a high school senior will do a lot of classwork if it means getting a chance to play with a small bowl of lego for ten minutes at the end of class.

So, my husband built a voice interface to ChatGPT into his Twitch stream using voice attack. Oh, and ChatGPT wrote the code to make it work.
#ChatGPT #aivoice #aitwitch #twitch

https://youtu.be/we112J6cGS4

@MrsDi I love the videos interspersed. Thank you for sharing this presentation! The resource collection I'm working on with the Writing Across the Curriculum Collaborative is at https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/ai-text-generators-and-teaching-writing-starting-points-for-inquiry/ if you have any suggestions for that...

@wfryer I’ve given the bot the prompts my students have been writing to for the past month, and the best it did would have scored a D on one essay. On most others it totally failed. But I LOVE the conversations this has started with my colleagues about how/why we teach writing.

@scerruti @DavidKnuffke @aus_teach @edutooters Counseling people out of the teaching pipeline when they clearly don't like working with children is hard to do, and you are absolutely right. Most programs will just keep taking their money and not tell folks they should consider an alternate career.

@DavidKnuffke Valid, but let's also acknowledge that teaching is a challenging, and can be stressful for many. If a test is too stressful, then what happens when that person gets observed/critiqued by a supervisor, challenged by a parent, confronted by a disruptive student. I don't think you have to have superpowers to teach, but you need to be able to deal with tough situations, often daily.

@DavidKnuffke Agreed, but there is still a very detailed credential portfolio that candidates in Cali need to submit to earn a credential, on top of course requirements, student teaching etc.

The vibe in my classroom today is collaborative vocabulary discussions as we start a new unit.