Schoolytics: Embrace AI with High 5s!

Spoiler Alert: I am a talker... and thus a writer.  You're not a big reader... don't worry.  I've been teaching 22 years, I got you and your different learning styles (no matter how debunked those are, lol).  If you prefer visuals, scroll down to the bottom for video directions! 

Okay, so I know AI is the educational buzzword of the moment.  I also know that some of you probably want to run from this post screaming at the very mention of the term; but don't.  I'm not going to overwhelm or scare you.  I promise.

Instead, what I'd like to do is show you in one teeny, tiny way, how AI can make your teacher life so much easier.  Now, I'm not saying fire up ChatGPT for your next lesson; this is a baby step, folks. You're going to love this!  Promise!  

So let's get down to it. Last month I asked that you go ahead and set up your schoolytics account so that you were ready to roll with me this month.  I know.  Teaching is tough, life is hard, etc.  But you want to do this.  Stop where you're at, and go sign up.  It's fine; I'll wait right here until you're back.

You back?  Okay, awesome, so let's do this!  High 5's are just the tip of the iceberg of what my desert island site, Schoolytics, can do for you.  But it's an amazing tip, so I'm going to lead with it!  Buckle in y'all; this is good.  How many times have you wished that you had more time to really tell little Suzie what an amazing job she's doing and how incredibly proud you are.  We ALL know and value those kids in our rooms.  Unfortunately, little Suzie probably doesn't get a proportionate amount of our teacher time... because she doesn't "need" it.  As much as we may hate to admit it, it's probably the squeaky wheel in your room that gets the most oil too; am I right?

With schoolytics, you can show Suzie how amazing she is in about 1 minutes and 3 clicks.  After you log in, you're taken to your dashboard.  There, on the left hand side, the third word down is high fives.  Click that.  Click send high 5s click send to recipients. Done!

Now, you can definitely get fancy with it and filter in all sorts of ways.  I even added Christmas emojis to mine over the holidays!  But just those 3 clicks let's all those Suzie's in your room know how proud you are.  I've gotten great feedback using this.  I get responses from students thanking me every single time I use it.  It's a fantastic relationship builder.  

See high 5s in action: