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Ben Talsma

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May 26, 2023 Ending the School Year with SEL

The azaleas are in bloom right now; they will last for two more weeks. They’re wonderful flowers: big and bright and…

April 26, 2023 How to Beat ChatGPT

In 1950, the brilliant British mathematician Alan Turing proposed a test that would determine whether a machine could be considered to possess true…

Teaching Style
March 29, 2023 Who Are You? Discovering Your Teaching Style

It’s the mistake that runs the world: we assume that everyone else is more like us than they really are. That mistake creeps…

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March 22, 2023 Helping Students Ace Standardized Tests

Standardized tests are an inescapable part of education. Though they play an important role in the learning process, these tests can also generate a lot…

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December 14, 2022 3 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Your Classroom

The first time I logged onto the internet, I knew everything had changed. In an instant, I could share ideas with anyone, anywhere in the…

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November 23, 2022 Keep Kids Weird

Weirdness is one of our most precious resources; it’s weirdness, by definition, that drives all creativity and innovation. Too often, however, our educational…

October 5, 2022 Think Wiser

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" —T.S. Eliot, The…

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September 21, 2022 Thinking Outside the Walls

It’s important, every once in a while, to let your ideas fly. You get them from time to time — your…