The use of AI is rapidly increasing in the world and in our schools. We value your insights and experiences, and invite you to share them with us by filling out this brief survey: 

​​AI Awareness Survey​

​Creating engaging and effective prompts for ChatGPT/Bing Copilot can be challenging but once you figure it out you can make your job a lot easier! Here are some tips that we found recently for crafting prompts that will help you get meaningful responses from ChatGPT/Copilot:

Today’s Tech Tip is written by Shannon Hagen​ 😊

Report cards (learning updates) are coming due quickly.  Are you struggling with writing descriptive feedback that doesn’t take up too much time?  Some templates have been created that can be referred to when writing your descriptive feedback that will help you with the process.

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For more information on writing descriptive feedback, visit the learn71.ca site.  It contains some videos and additional examples as well as a document containing specific descriptive words representing the different proficiencies.

learn71.ca-> assessment and reporting -> ​K-12 Student Reporting​​ 

​Welcome back​​​​ and all the best to you all in the new year! Am I the only one​​ out there who struggles with using the touch pad on my laptop? I don’t know how many times I have accidentally used two fingers and enlarged my screen so much that I can’t read it (you can press Ctrl +0 to make it go back to 100% if you are online).  Here are some touch pad tips that might help you when you don’t have a mouse. These can also be handy for our students who often don’t have access to a mouse. Please read on for touch pad tricks and some learning opportunities for those interested in learning more about Brightspace.