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MESD Digital Learning News

June 2023

MESD Digital Learning News June 2023

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Welcome to the MESD Digital Learning Newsletter! This monthly newsletter includes resources and information to support digital learning in the classroom to empower students to become active critical thinkers, creators and responsible digital citizens.


This month's newsletter includes:

  • Pride Month Books
  • Summer Virtual Field Trip Resources
  • Summer PD Bingo
  • ODE Tribal History/Shared History Curriculum Feedback
  • AI Resources
  • Highlighted Tech Tool: YouTube Transcript
  • Upcoming ODE Digital Learning & EdTech Events


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Celebrate Pride Month: Book Lists from Mult Co Library Celebrate Pride Month: Book Lists from Mult Co Library

Real Pride: LGBTQ+ nonfiction from Multcolib Kids - Multnomah County Library

Real Pride: LGBTQ+ nonfiction from Multcolib Kids - Multnomah County Library

Real Pride: LGBTQ+ nonfiction from Multcolib Kids by multcolib_kids - a staff-created list : Nonfiction books for preschoolers to middle schoolers about and including LGTBQ+ individuals. Titles are arranged from younger to older readers.

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Rainbow Pride for early elementary from Multcolib Kids - Multnomah County Library

Rainbow Pride for early elementary from Multcolib Kids - Multnomah County Library

Rainbow Pride for early elementary from Multcolib Kids by multcolib_kids - a staff-created list : Gender diversity and LGBTQ+ inclusive books for ages 5-8.

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LGBTQIAPD Allies from Multcolib Teens - Multnomah County Library

LGBTQIAPD Allies from Multcolib Teens - Multnomah County Library

LGBTQIAPD Allies from Multcolib Teens by multcolib_teens - a staff-created list : An ally is someone who stands up for, supports and encourage the people around them. These books can help you become more comfortable with gender identities and sexual orientation, and learn about LGBTQIAPD history and issues.

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Virtual Field Trip Resources Virtual Field Trip Resources

12 Websites for Summer Virtual Field Trips - Class Tech Tips

12 Websites for Summer Virtual Field Trips - Class Tech Tips

As a classroom teacher, I loved taking students on field trips. These were fantastic experiences for students. Just this month I was recounting the story of taking my fifth-grade students to the Museum of Modern Art - a trip that feels like yesterday but was almost a decade ago.

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Explore the World with Google Arts & Culture

Explore the World with Google Arts & Culture

These lessons help you learn digital skills while exploring art, historic events, and iconic figures with Google Arts & Culture. Students can join your class with a class code Students can see these lessons and start working Use these lessons to learn how to make pixel art, craft an adventure story, create a crossword puzzle, and more all while exploring art and history.

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Summer PD Bingo Summer PD Bingo

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ODE Tribal History/Shared History Feedback ODE Tribal History/Shared History Feedback

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The Oregon Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education has been working with the Region 16 Comprehensive Center to conduct research on the implementation of SB13, or the Tribal History/Shared History Initiative. We are conducting a survey to gather information that will help identify and inform the development of additional supports and resources that educators and administrators can leverage to improve implementation of the initiative. Your input and perspective are critical to this process.

Educator Survey

Administrator Survey

AI Resources AI Resources

Navigating AI bias in the classroom: Tips and experiences

Navigating AI bias in the classroom: Tips and experiences

Something was amiss. Middle school librarian Jean Darnell was disappointed. She wasn't surprised, but she was disappointed. Everyone had been buzzing about ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence assistant by Open AI. Darnell likes to keep her students on the cutting edge, trying new technology in her classes.

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Learn ChatGPT with Codecademy

AI's potential to change how we live and work is huge - it can automate repetitive tasks, have conversations with humans that sound totally natural, and even help us write this description! In our new course Intro to ChatGPT, you'll learn how the popular AI language model works, what you can use it for, and the ethics, risks, and limitations of generative AI.

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Google Bard Overview for Educators

Google Bard Overview for Educators

Resource Document - Feel free to also reference my resource document " AI Tools in Education" which is a perpetual work in progress as I continue to explore AI. 🔑 Accessing Google Bard You can access Google Bard at the website https://bard.google.com/ As of this writing, Bard is still in beta so you will need to sign up with your Google account to use it.

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Monthly Tech Highlight: YouTube Transcript Monthly Tech Highlight: YouTube Transcript

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YouTube Transcript

  • Free and easy to use site to get a transcript from any YouTube video.
  • Simply paste in the web address for the YouTube video.
  • The video will show on the left and the transcript will display on the right.
  • Clicking on any text in the transcript will jump you to that part of the video.
  • Text from the transcript can be copied and pasted elsewhere.
  • Great for putting the transcript into ChatGPT or Bard to generate video study guides, questions, summaries, and more.

Upcoming ODE Events Upcoming ODE Events

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Teaching & Tech: AI in K-12 Classrooms

Join ODE and educators from around the state for the next Teaching and Tech Session on Thursday, June 1, from 4-5 p.m. Click here to register. This session will focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 classrooms. Given the influx of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Bard, the majority of the conversation will focus specifically on generative AI. During the session, there will be opportunities to share promising practices, questions, and concerns regarding the use of generative AI in K-12 classrooms. Additionally, there will be space to share ideas and feedback with ODE staff specific to resources and professional learning opportunities that would be helpful in supporting the use of these technologies during the 2023-24 school year.

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