Giving meaningful feedback shouldn’t come at the cost of your evenings (or your sanity). In this episode of Schoolwide Download, Dave and Robin explore how technology can help teachers deliver faster, more effective, and more human feedback — without burning out.

They unpack research from John Hattie’s Visible Learning showing that feedback has one of the highest impacts on student achievement — when it’s timely, specific, and actionable. Then, they share tools and strategies to make it happen in real classrooms:

🗣️ Use Mote to leave quick, personalized audio comments students can replay anytime.
🤖 Try AI tools like ChatGPT or Writable to generate first-draft feedback (and save time on repetitive comments).
📋 Build comment banks to streamline grading while keeping your tone consistent and positive.

Plus, this episode’s “Try This Tomorrow” challenge helps you test out audio or AI feedback right away — so you can see how much time you actually save while keeping that personal touch.

🎧 Listen now to learn how to make feedback faster, more personal, and more impactful.

Let’s be honest — even the best digital lessons can fall apart when half the class is toggling between YouTube, Spotify, and TikTok. In this episode of Schoolwide Download, Dave and Robin tackle one of the biggest classroom challenges of 2025: keeping students focused when every device is a distraction machine.

They unpack how digital self-regulation is a skill, not a given, and share simple, high-impact strategies you can start using tomorrow — from the Two-Tab Rule to building focus routines that work.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Teach digital self-regulation without policing devices
✅ Build purposeful tech use that promotes focus
✅ Shift from “no phones” battles to “digital balance” habits
✅ Model the same focus strategies you expect from students

Try This Tomorrow: Start your “Digital Focus Routine” — post one clear slide, remind students of the Two-Tab Rule, and run a three-minute focus sprint before questions.

Because tech isn’t the enemy — it’s the environment. Let’s teach students how to thrive in it.

Resources & Links:
🌐 Learn more → bcesc.org/schoolwidedownload
📅 Register for the Schoolwide AI Conference → bcesc.org/schoolwideai

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AI isn’t just the elephant in the room anymore—it’s in your students’ backpacks, browsers, and late-night essay drafts. So how do we shift from “catching cheaters” to preparing students for real learning in an AI-driven world?

In this episode of Schoolwide Download, Dave Clark and Robin Szary reframe the “perfect essay” as a design problem for 2025 and share simple, practical moves you can use right away.

You’ll hear:
✅ Why detection tools aren’t enough—and what to focus on instead
✅ How to draw clear, equitable lines for AI use in the classroom
✅ Ways to redesign tasks so student thinking is visible
✅ Practical strategies like adding a one-line disclosure, swapping one homework for process evidence, and running a “Check the Bot” routine with your students

💡 Try This Tomorrow: Use one quick AI move—add a disclosure line to your next assignment or invite students to run their draft through a “Check the Bot” reflection.

Leave with three anchors for your AI-ready classroom:

1. Make thinking visible

2. Teach disclosure

3. Design tasks for the AI era

Resources & Links:
🌐 Learn more → bcesc.org/schoolwidedownload
📅 Register for the Schoolwide AI Conference → bcesc.org/schoolwideai