I Gave Google Classroom the Side-Eye 😒 4 Apps Didn’t Survive 😱🪦💐 One minute I’m writing a blog post, the next I’m in a Meet with Google's researchers and UX team speaking in calm and upbeat tones like I'm a raccoon they’ve found rummaging through their product kitchen. What they told me: 🐾 Four of the apps? Gone. 🔨 The rest? Completely rebuilt. I didn’t know whether to take a victory lap or send condolence flowers to Mountain View. But here’s the part keeping me ...| Beta Classroom
Last week in Chicago, I had the privilege of co-hosting the AI Education Trailblazers convening alongside our powerhouse partners at...| Beta Classroom
I’ve been thinking a lot about the time during the pandemic when schools were figuring out how to reopen—no clear...| Beta Classroom
In 2013, I landed my dream job: Innovation Manager at KIPP Public Schools Northern California. My mission? Ensure every teacher...| Beta Classroom
We recently piloted Course Mojo—an AI-powered learning platform—in three different 6th-grade ELA classrooms. Course Mojo turns class texts and assignments...| Beta Classroom
We cannot assume silence is the same as wellness. How KIPP Public Schools Northern California worked with Turnaround for Children and Kelvin to create systems that proactively elevate student voices and enable teachers to respond to them.| Beta Classroom
Feeling overwhelmed by the idea of logging into zoom the next morning, I thought back to classroom observations where I'd witness students throw tantrums when asked to login at the chromebook station.| Beta Classroom
KIPP Bay Area School's Innovation team *loves* to share what we've learned. Below is a link to the mild, medium, and super picante resource page we created for our teachers last year. This page includes links to the playlist tool for 2nd-5th grade and 6th-12th grade.| Beta Classroom
Problem of Practice: How can we use interim assessment* data to better provide teachers and students with personalized learning resources? Practical Solution: At this year’s Data Champion Sum…| Beta Classroom
It’s not every day you learn your blog may have taken down four Google Classroom apps| Beta Classroom
Preface: Listen, before you dive into this post, let me clear: I love Google. I am a ride-or-die fan of Google Workspace (ask anyone who sat through my 2013 training slides when I led the integrati…| Beta Classroom