As the new school year approaches, Ottawa Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches has shared an important letter to all parents about respiratory illness prevention. Ottawa Public Health #ocsbBeWell #BackToSchool 🔗Learn more: ocsb.ca/2024/08/28/let…

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Can AI ease educator workload ... k12dive.com/news/AI-teache… #ocsb #ocsbAI #ocsbNTIP #NTIP

Spend 7 minutes to see how you can use AI this year to quickly create Slides templates for any grade and subject using AI - Diffit and free templates ... Amazing! (thanks @jmattMiller) youtube.com/watch?v=Q5PXR2… #ocsb #ocsbAI #Diffit #eduAI #NTIP #ocsbNTIP

Ice Breakers - looking for class ice-breakers for the first days of school - try a chatbot (space) from SchoolAI designed to save educators time and customized to your class/grade  app.schoolai.com/spaces/clyus9t… #ocsb #ocsbAI #schoolAI #eduAI

🎉 Welcome back! We're thrilled for #ocsbFirstDay next week! Check out the latest updates: 🔗Back-to-School message from Director of Education Tom D'Amico: ocsb.ca/2024/08/29/wel… 🎬️Watch this video to see how we're balancing AI advancements at the #OCSB: youtu.be/MJrZMWyjv6E

5 ways Gemini can help students study smarter (currently 18+ but soon to be 13+)  blog.google/products/gemin… #ocsb #ocsbAI #Gemini #Google #eduAI

Parents/caregivers: the transition #BackToSchool can be exciting, but sometimes it can also be stressful. Check out this resource designed to help your child have a mentally healthy return to school. smho-smso.ca/online-resourc… #MyMHTools

Parents, there’s still time to pick up a book this long weekend that could help ease your child’s first-day-of-kindergarten jitters. Take a look at these recommended reads!

🕯️Let’s take a moment this Sunday to #PrayTogether. God our Father, bless our students, teachers, and staff as they open the doors for a new school year. May they grow in wisdom, love, and faith each day. Amen. #ocsbFirstDay #ocsbFaith #ocsbBeCommunity @ocsbRE

Happy #LabourDay! Today, we honour the incredible efforts of all workers. A special #ocsbMerci to the staff, contractors, and volunteers who’ve worked hard to build our 2 new #OCSB schools—St. Gianna and St. Veronica. Your dedication ensures we’re ready for #ocsbFirstDay🙏🔨

Welcome back to all staff and students! Excited to Open our Doors to an exciting year of learning and community. Thank you to all #ocsb staff for the work that was done over the summer to prepare for 2024-2025! Ottawa Catholic School Board Ottawa CSPA #ocsbFirstDay

Want a twist on the “get to know you” activity? #ocsb we all have this amazing tool! Check out top row of staff portal #LTforLife

Should we avoid using AI because of the risk of cheating? ... Podcast with Molly Klodor and Jake Miller discuss this and other AI topics on "Educational Duct Tape" eduducttape.libsyn.com/edt108-molly-k… #ocsb #ocsbAI #EduAI Jake Miller

AI and mental health crisis fuel renewed anti-homework movement - What is the right balance for homework when considering student well-being in 2024? axios.com/2024/09/02/sch… #ocsb #homework

Does A.I. Really Encourage Cheating in Schools? by Jay Caspian Kang - The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/fault-lin… #ocsb #ocsbAI #plagiarism

Enhance Math Learning with Free Math AI Tools  via TCEA blog.tcea.org/enhance-math-l… #ocsb #ocsbAI #ocsbMath

Classroom Boclips - access over 200,000 videos (1.7 million video clips) curated for educators - FREE  app.boclips.com/classroom/regi… #ocsb #videos