SLS 3/28/25 - O²CM Bookish Byte

Article: Inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day Set For April 3

Blog: AI Tutors Can Work—With the Right Guardrails

Blog: Supporting Middle School Students in Their Writing

Article: Middle Grade Authors for School Library Month

Blog: ChatGPT's Image Generation Just Got Smarter — Here’s What Educators Need to Know

Blog: 5 Listening Skills That Will Improve All of Your Relationships

Blog: How to Provide Action-Oriented Feedback

Article: New and Experienced Teachers Can All Benefit From Mentors. How That Looks

Article: If Literacy Is a Priority, Why Do We Cling to the Wrong Practices?

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In Person Professional Learning

• April 4 - Building Ethical AI Education with Ken Shelton: Systems, Analysis, Critique, and Care
• Apr 29 - Bots and Plots: Tackling AI in Student Writing
• May 2 - Pawns and Play: Boards Games in Elementary EDU
• May 9 - The Power of Play: Transforming Secondary Education with Board Games
• June 6 - Learn with Jennifer LaGarde
• June 9 - EduProtocols: Student Engagement Made Easy
• June 10 - Game-Changing Gamification in the Classroom

Virtual Professional Learning

• Apr 7 - Elevating Educational Design with AI
• Apr 7-Jun 9 - Unleashing the Power of Canva (Group 4)
• May 6 - Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic Novels

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