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Creating a podcast with NotebookLM

3 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Google recently launched the NotebookLM. This was motivation enough for me to update my notes on the strategy use of the comma for my students. I uploaded my notes onto this allegedly revolutionary tool. You got to set aside some time when expe...

Chapter 1: The Insightful Human Teacher

2 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Caleb put on the finishing touches on his lesson plan and pressed “Send”1. Sporting a wide grin, he was confident that his client - also a teacher - would be pleasantly surprised by his work. After all, he had observed her interactions on the forum -...

Levelling up my students’ English

2 Oct 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

I teach a pull-out class of 8 students. Their literacy levels are not up to par, hence the extra attention and coaching. Even then, a huge disparity exists among them. While some students are still struggling to spell *how are you?”, their better-pe...

Book Review | “The Self-Motivated Kid”

30 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Actually I told myself that I wasn’t going to do a book review for this one. Just type the key learning points and recycle it. My learning mechanism renewed my appreciation for “The Self-Motivated Kid”. If “Peak” is the book I enjoyed reading the mo...

Managing Type 1 diabetes

29 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

My knowledge of Type 1 diabetes exploded overnight. I have a student with Type 1 diabetes. I naively thought that it is as simple as taking an insulin shot every day. It wasn’t until today when my student vomited and I sent out an alert to the Leve...

Moving beyond 38 referrals

28 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Usually my referrals die off after a while, catapulting me to square one, but it seems that some peeps amidst my 38 referrals are still posting and commenting strong on Stacker News. In fact, my referral rewards have surpassed the ones I earn from my...

Using Twee to generate collocations from a text

26 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Previously, I wrote about how Twee has a 4 Opinions feature that allows you to generate four different opinions from the lens of 4 different people. This could assist us in setting Opinion Matching questions for our assessments.  Today, I harness its...

Generating mind maps

25 Sep 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

I am having a difficult time to get my students to remember the baseline rules of Subject-verb agreement. Note that I didn’t write finer rules. They can’t even tell me the 7 personal pronouns in the English language, let alone answer confidently abou...

My son invented a claw machine

24 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

See that turtle Pokemon? 🐢 My son wants it. Now, I think claw machines are a waste of money, but my son has an excellent way of framing the situation. “Daddy, I want to challenge myself. I don’t need your help.” he stated. Okay kiddo, just take m...

Book Review | “Peak”

24 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

“Peak” has been lying dormant for the longest time. It digs deep into the Science of Expertise, something that appeals to me, but the conditions were never right for reading. I have two kids; I just want to snatch my social life back from the clutche...