Author: Nicole Biscotti, M. Ed.
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The Influence of Culture on Education
By Nicole Biscotti, M.Ed. Luisa moved to the United States from Navolato in Sinaloa, Mexico and began attending the high school in her new neighborhood. The school promptly identified her as an English Language Learner and began providing her with English language instruction to address language, a very obvious and tangible barrier in intercultural communication.…
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ChatGTP Offers Multiple Layers of Support to Students With ADHD
Artificial Intelligence is building an impressive track record of offering learners with ADHD multiple layers of personalized assistance. Differentiation tools and strategies will continue to play a large role in education as student populations become more diverse and students with special needs are increasingly placed in general education classes. According to a Twitter survey that…
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ChatGPT for Spanish Classrooms
¿Amigo o Enemigo? By Nicole Biscotti, M. Ed. The short answer: Don’t fight progress – embrace it, learn how to better prepare kids for their future with AI AND use it to save yourself time with a few important caveats. ChatGPT is free, works in English and Spanish, and generates text on any topic in…
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10 Myths Debunked about ADHD
(Excerpt from I Can Learn When I’m Moving: Going to School With ADHD) ADHD is a neurological disorder. People are born with ADHD and have a deficiency of a neurotransmitter, norepinephrine, which is related to levels of dopamine. Neurotransmitter patterns are impaired in four different regions of the brain directly related to executive functions such…
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Surviving isn’t Thriving
One of my earliest memories is singing to Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” with my mother in the late ‘70’s. I remember how proudly my mom watched as I sang with all of my little heart into my hairbrush microphone “I will sur-bibe”. As I grew into a teenager and young woman that song and…
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