💡 Tech Tip of the Week:
It's easy to copy and paste AI responses, but it's important to take a moment to fact-check first.
Make sure to:
💻 Verify facts with reliable sources.
🔗 Check links, statistics, and quoted information.
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🍎 Elementary Educators
🔍 Turn Your Students into Digital Detectives!
Teaching research skills this year? Add cybersecurity in just a few minutes! Help students learn how to identify trustworthy websites, protect personal information, and create strong passwords while they're already exploring science, social studies, and reading topics.
Try the free CYBER.ORG Keys to Cybersecurity activities and help students build safe digital habits from day one. [cyber.org]
📚 Resource: cyber.org/cyber-keys
The people who support educators need time to recharge and refresh their skills!
Our team recently gathered in Fort Worth for a team training summit. That time together allows us to continue bringing meaningful learning experiences to educators and districts.
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AI is moving from tools that help teachers to tools that teach students.
Districts are starting to license AI tutors. The ask before scaling is evidence, not a demo.
aibusiness.com/generative-ai…
Add a little magic to your read-alouds. ✨
This is not sponsored; we just love Novel Effect!
The app brings stories to life with music and sound effects that respond as you read, creating a fun, engaging experience for students.
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🔐 Think Before You Click.
Cybersecurity is an important part of creating safe, digital learning environments and protecting the data schools and districts rely on every day.
This month is a great reminder to review your digital practices and keep learning about ways to protect your data online.
Learn about cybersecurity best practices at cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurit….
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Researchers watched 20 AI tools across 16 school systems. Same product, very different results. Teacher routines drove the gap. What have you seen?
the74million.org/article/to-…
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ALT An open laptop with its screen off sits on a white classroom desk with a pencil and glasses, student desks behind.
Middle school students are online every day. Do they know how to recognize a scam?
The free Don't Feed the Phish lesson builds that skill in one class period.
commonsense.org/education/di…
ALT Middle school student reviewing a suspicious email on a laptop, with hook, warning, shield, and lock icons
Districts are doing federal-scale work with district-scale teams.
More than four in five teens have used AI. Schools govern it with almost no federal guidance.
the74million.org/article/for…
ALT The US Capitol's colonnade and arched entrance, seen from below on a clear day
New York moved state tests online this spring. Now most of NYC's Council wants paper for grades 3-8.
Their case: the mandate pushes screen time the city just cut.
chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/1…
ALT A bubble answer sheet and test page on a white classroom desk with teal chairs behind
Detectors keep losing the arms race. The assignment is the better fix.
One worksheet scored 1.3 out of 10. A real audience and student choice make the task hard to fake.
techlearning.com/technology/…
ALT Three painted hands reaching in over a colorful handmade poster on a wooden floor
Hand students a project with a real outcome, then get out of the way.
The yearbook is the classic case. Three moves that make it work: shift responsibility, build clear systems, check in on a schedule.
edutopia.org/article/student…
ALT Four students bent over a shared table of notes and paper, bookshelves behind them
New Mexico's AI reading screener flagged 1 in 6 first graders for dyslexia signs. The test it replaced flagged nearly half.
Same label, different jobs. A tool that listens to a child read is not ChatGPT.
edsurge.com/news/will-kids-p…
ALT A tablet with its screen off resting on an open book beside a stack of books on a classroom table
💡Tech Tip of the Week:
Upload last year's lesson plans into an AI tool like Chat GPT or Google Gemini, and have it create an at-a-glance overview.
This helps you see unit names, key dates, and topics without digging through each individual lesson.
One AI prompt can make planning this year a whole lot easier!
Learn more at NCCE.org.
AI use shifts by grade level. Stanford SCALE tracked 87,000 power users: elementary leans on family emails and admin work, secondary on feedback and assessment. scale.stanford.edu/research-…
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AI now handles almost any written assignment. MIT's fix: alternative grading, more in-person learning. 73% of faculty have faced AI integrity issues. insidehighered.com/news/tech…
Polished homework. Pencil-and-paper assessments told a different story. A 13-year NYC English teacher on the real question AI raises: whose thinking is being measured? Her classroom practice, in her words: edsurge.com/news/protecting-…
