Microsoft's Mike Tholfsen unveils game-changing AI breakthroughs for educators at ISTE 2025, including Copilot Chat for teens 13+, the revolutionary Teach module that creates standards-aligned lessons in minutes, and AI-powered study guides that transform how students learn. Discover how Learning Zone on Copilot+ PCs brings AI directly to your classroom without internet, plus exciting updates to Learning Accelerators and seamless LMS integration that puts powerful AI tools right where teachers need them.

Key takeaways:

• FREE Copilot Chat now available for students 13+ with enterprise data protection
• New Teach module creates lesson plans, rubrics, and assessments aligned to standards from 35 countries
• Study guides in Copilot Notebooks generate personalized quizzes and flashcards
• Learning Zone app enables offline AI lesson creation on Copilot+ PCs
• Unified LTI integration brings Microsoft's AI tools directly into Canvas, Schoology, and other LMS platforms

Perfect for K-12 teachers ready to save time and enhance learning with responsible AI.

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Sometimes it takes a wake-up call to transform from just being "a teacher" to being "THE teacher" who makes a difference. Math teacher and tech director Josh Korb shares three game-changing strategies from his book "Be the Cause" that you can implement immediately: Curiosity Corner spaces that spark student inquiry, energizing brain breaks using his "Jumping Jack Jam" technique, and Action Teams that tackle real-world problems through design thinking. These mastery learning strategies prove you don't need high energy or expensive tools—just intentional choices that put students in control of their learning.

See the show notes for definitions of teaching terms and links: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e905

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Ready for a deep dive into the latest AI tools and education headlines? In this special extended news episode, Vicki Davis shares 15 cutting-edge AI tools including Gemini's new video parsing capabilities, Claude Opus 4's powerful features, and Perplexity Labs' research tools, plus 15 critical news stories every educator needs to know. From AI ethics and security warnings to practical classroom applications, this episode delivers real classroom tech use insights you can implement immediately.

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I'm also including vocabulary and links at the show notes. This week's show includes the vocabulary:

• smishing
• vishing
• multimodal conversational AI
• deep fake
• rage-bait cinema
• LOTS (Living off Trusted Services) attack
• Passkeys
• Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

This vocabulary and links to resources are included to help educate you and to give you a resource that you can use with students about this particular topic.

As school got out, my son got married and I had quite a few speeches here in Georgia, so I ended up with 2-3 weeks of news/tool content to share, so I just put them together on my radio show this week and for you on this longer-than-normal episode.

I appreciate the grace while I'm in the summer months and recovering and I hope you take care of yourself and recover as well. We need the rest so we can be our best! And stay tuned next week for some amazing ISTE 2025 episodes - whether you're going or not, I want you to see the cool things happening!

As always, I want you to feel included, informed, and helped to keep up in practical ways as things are changing.