A4) Wait, new idea. Future AI, just take my attendance for me. That's all I really need. #tlap

A4) Assuming it can't do my household chores - I'll say video again. So many times I've visualized a clip/scene to use in my lessons and I just can't find it. Lifelike, voice-synced video. Yes please. #tlap

A3) Visuals are super important to me so I'm REALLY excited about video generation. I said to a colleague last August "give it a year." And wow, yep, we're there. Now I just need the cost to come down. #tlap

A2c) And one negative surprise - that it just flat out makes up information. It seems to do it less now, but I've had it literally make up historical quotes that never happened. #tlap

A2b) The other regular surprise to me is how well it now knows me. It gets better and better at producing answers for ME specifically, unlike a generic Google search. #tlap

A2) Producing a campaign song for my mom was not something I ever expected I, and certainly not an algorithm would do, but yeah. #tlap

A1) Increasingly dependent. Literally have it open in another tab, asking questions about an escape room lesson I'm building. I'll also use it to create the graphics later. #tlap

Kevin from SoCal. Lately, chocolate chip waffles with vanilla/brownie ice cream. Made it on a whim last week and it has changed my life - well, at least my nightly snack routine. #tlap

A3) I just closed out my AVID 7 class with a "Declaration of My Identity" poem. Students said some beautiful things about themselves. (Which I then filmed and shared with parents.) #tlap

A2) I also like days where I intentionally plan too much. I let classes vote on which things we do. Always fun to have them come in the next day saying, "Why didn't we get to do X?" Well, democracy works like that. #tlap

A2) I do a Choose Your Own Adventure project every few weeks. Student pick from a huge menu of assignment options and topics. Some kids hate the freedom (at least at first) but others run with it from minute one. The key is to have genuinely unique options. #tlap

Kevin. 7th World History in SoCal and author of Teach with Magic. I don't remember the joke, but I watched Treasure Planet for the first time last week and something made me lol like an idiot in front of my students. #tlap

A3) I use learning menus with my students of all levels. Given choice, some do amazing things, even if they are struggling. #tlap

A2) Old school, hardcore skill drills. It may not be in vogue any longer, but sometimes kids just need some time to learn the basics clearly and simply. #tlap

A1) One repeated, and growing, challenge is that my students don't even know they are struggling due to grade inflation. Kids are getting As while failing every assessment. Hard to blame the kids for thinking they are doing fine. #tlap

What can educators learn from Hyperspace Mountain? The power of an overlay of course! www.mrroughton.com/blog/the-pow... #sschat #tlap #eduskychat

A1) So far so good, my kids put in great effort for Day 1 today. I am nervous though. The practice test was ROUGH. #TLAP

Kevin. 7th World and AVID in SoCal. Author of Teach with Magic. Best part? That leftover quesadilla I just had was fantastic. #tlap

A4) I plan to really push my AVID kids academically. It's hard when my district/school doesn't do it overall. I have to challenge them to be and do more than seemingly required, which is tough. #tlap

A3) I'll echo Thinking project - I've used ChatGPT as a thought-partner a ton this year. It has absolutely led to more creativity in my lessons. #tlap

A2) Keep making new stuff. I always get excited doing a new lesson or using a new tool. Just made a few new ones for my Japan unit over break and I can't wait to try them out! #tlap

A1) Greatly improved executive function. We've hit the point of the year where I start to forget they are 7th graders. It's amazing how much they grow over the year. #tlap

Kevin, 7th history in SoCal and author of Teach with Magic. I just finished Spy/Master on Max and loved it. #tlap

A1) Love how Diffit allows me to quickly relevel text for students. Lots of tools do it, but none quite as easily. #eduskychat

Kevin, teacher and author of Teach with Magic. Love EdTech and always looking for the latest! #eduskychat

Check out my latest free mini-DBQ weighing the villainy of Genghis Khan! Very excited about this one. www.mrroughton.com/World-Histor... #sschat #historyeducation

A2) The biggest challenge is that it doesn't fit with most school expectations. Parents have fought me wondering why "doing all his work" isn't enough to get an A. #eduskychat

A2) I've found many businesses are more than happy to send information or speakers to schools. We just have to ask. #eduskychat

A1) Or role should be to prepare students with the job skills employers really want: critical thinking, asking good questions and working collaboratively. #eduskychat

Kevin from Socal. 7th History and AVID, author of Teach with Magic. Firm believer that our job is prepare them for their job. Looking forward to sharing tonight. #eduskychat

Day 31: 10 shares all at once! Here's an example of how I do Choose Your Own Adventure learning menus with my students. 10 options for the Explorers and Mayans. (See all 31 at www.mrroughton.com/blog/lesson-...) docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat #edusky #tlap (31 of 31 - I did it!)

I do miss teaching Econ - glad I can still use this human capital lesson with my AVID kids! I love this one. Students play a game to determine their character then interview for a job as that character. Super fun! Full lesson plan included! (30/31) #sschat 🗺️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 29: Almost done with 31 days of lesson shares. Let's finish with some of my most popular lessons of all time. Today's history mystery is what happened to Roanoke? 🗺️ #edusky www.mrroughton.com/history-myst...

A2) This job is really hard. If you don't reflect, it's easy to just blame yourself and/or feel defeated. We have to dig in and see what isn't working and why. #eduskychat

A1) I started keeping a daily lesson log where I rate each of my lessons, make notes on it and suggest changes to myself for next year. It's too easy to forget otherwise. #eduskychat

Day 28: Unit in a Bag - 5 paragraph essay? No way. 5 paragraphs about modern objects? Sure, they'll write that! Great vocabulary activity, updated to work with any subject. docs.google.com/document/d/1... #eduskychat

A3) It's not easy, but it gets easier every time! #tlap

A2) It may sound odd - but other work. The parts of teaching that overwhelm me can easily be overtaken by the parts that energize me, particularly creating new things. #tlap

Kevin from SoCal. Just finished Landman and The Agency. I think it's time for run 4 of West Wing. Feelin' the itch again. #tlap

Day 27: Election Day in the Comic World! This lesson simulates all the steps of the U.S. election system in a non-partisan way as students elect the best super hero. Looove this one! docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat #tlap #edusky

Day 26 is one of my faves - Time Warp: The Explorers where students play out historical stories learning how difficult exploration was. I have students play in pairs and record their failures. It takes some effort to set up the first time, but it rocks! www.mrroughton.com/experiences/... #edusky

It's the final week of 31 days of free lessons. Today's is a simple, story-driven investigation into a mysterious Mayan temple that students always love. Easy doesn't mean bad! www.mrroughton.com/blog/lesson-... #sschat #eduskychat (25 of 31)

In part 5 of my media literacy unit, students put their newly learned skills to the test to try to detect fake news docs.google.com/presentation... This leaves 1 week to complete my 31 day challenge! #sschat #edusky (24 of 31)

In part 4 of my media literacy unit students learn and mis and disinformation plus how conspiracies are formed. docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat #medialiteracy #eduskychat

Day 22 is part 3 of my media unit. In this lesson, students examine new media and algorithms, particularly TikTok. If you haven't seen why it is so addictive, this lesson is for you! docs.google.com/presentation... #eduskychat

Day 21: Let's continue with the media literacy lessons, shall we? This one examines bias in the news media. docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat

Day 20 seems like a good day to start posting media literacy lessons, starting with "What is Truth?" docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat #medialiteracy

Day 20 seems like a good day to start posting media literacy lessons, starting with "What is Truth?" docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat #medialiteracy

Day 19: Quick one as I'm on my way out the door to Disneyland. On that note, here's an #economics lesson examine pricing and whether Disneyland is too... cheap? Is Disneyland too... Cheap? docs.google.com/presentation... #sschat

Day 18: In today's freebie students learn the characteristics of various European eras of art then place them in the proper wing of their art museum. The better they do, the higher their Yelp review at the end! docs.google.com/presentation... #eduskychat