November is Career Development Month. Have students explore Xello during one of the upcoming short weeks (access using clever.com/in/hcusd3) and have 1:1 discussions about each student's interests and future plans. Learning what interests each student builds relationships and connections.

This comes from Cult of Pedagogy, which I highly recommend to any podcast listeners. We talk about differentiation and student choice a lot in education. Unfortunately, those two things are sometimes the most difficult and time-consuming to plan. Seminars, targeted mini-lessons that are student-selected, are offered during class time but are optional. Students sign up to attend the seminars that have the most significance to them. Example: I am teaching adding mixed numbers. I may host seminars on finding common denominators, simplifying fractions, converting mixed numbers to improper, adding fractions, number lines, and word problems. Once students understand the routine, you can introduce student-led seminars into your classroom to give students an opportunity to share their knowledge and teach their peers. Read (or listen) to learn more.

Is it cheating? Platforms like Moonbeam use AI to turn an outline into an original college-level essay. Check out this article from Inside Higher Ed to learn more about this developing trend and the instructional concerns that accompany it.

Did you know you can use the drag-and-drop feature in Planbook to merge two lessons together? This feature is helpful when you didn't get to something the day before or when the schedule unexpectedly changes. Simply click the arrow icon in the corner and drag to the lesson you want to merge with. When prompted, select LINK and the lesson content will be combined.