🌟 Announcing SchoolAI Champions: Empowering Educators Around the World! #EdTech #withSchoolAI

We’re thrilled to introduce SchoolAI Champions, our exciting new program designed to celebrate, support, and reward educators who are making a difference in their classrooms and communities through the power of AI!

🎉 What Is SchoolAI Champions?

SchoolAI Champions is an evolution of our beloved Insiders program—reimagined to offer more opportunities, more recognition, and yes, more fun! This new initiative is all about uplifting the amazing work educators are doing globally and giving back through epic prizes, a supportive community, and meaningful challenges.

We’ve listened to your feedback and crafted something that truly stands apart in the EdTech world. This isn’t just another ambassador program—it’s a celebration of your brilliance, creativity, and impact.

🗓 Season 1 Launches August 5 – Be There!

Mark your calendars: Season 1 officially kicks off on August 5. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this groundbreaking journey from the very start.

Each season will bring fresh opportunities to earn swag, share how you're using SchoolAI, complete creative challenges, and rack up points that unlock incredible rewards.

✅ Ready to get started? Fill out the Champions form below and secure your spot in the program.

🌐 Join the Champions Community Space

Community is at the heart of SchoolAI Champions. When you join, you’ll gain access to our Champions Community Space—a vibrant hub where educators connect, collaborate, and celebrate each other’s success.

👉 Join the Champions Community Space now

This is where you'll find exclusive announcements, seasonal updates, behind-the-scenes fun, and the camaraderie of like-minded innovators.

🧭 Seasonal Challenges, Real Rewards

Every season brings new ways to participate and shine. Whether it’s creating resources, sharing your classroom wins, attending events, or inviting new educators to explore SchoolAI—every action earns you points that can lead to real prizes and exclusive swag.

You’ll get to:

• Complete fun, themed challenges

• Earn swag and limited-edition merch

• Be featured as a Champion spotlight

• Win big in seasonal giveaways

🤔 Want to Learn More?

If you’re curious about all the amazing updates coming to the Champions Community, we’ve got you covered. Click the link below to watch a short video explaining everything you need to know:

🎥 Watch the update video

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🚀 Let’s Have Some Fun, Together

The SchoolAI Champions program is unlike anything else in EdTech. It’s about recognizing the real heroes in education—you. Together, we’re going to build something incredible. So come along, bring your energy, your passion, and your creativity.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you. 🎊

👉 Sign up for SchoolAI Champions today!

Building Learning Communities #withSchoolAI #AIinEdu

 

Finding a Community that allowed me to explore and grow is one of the most important things I did as an educator. I was able to connect with other educators that has the same ideas and questions about education. We might now always agree on the correct answers to those questions, but it was awesome to be able to hear about the different approaches amazing teachers were taking to address these issues. This Professional Learning Community was something that I have held near and dear to my heart.

I have connected with educators all over the world and these connections have led me to wonderful adventures in learning and growth. Over time, these digital friends became my friends. Community is key for teachers because the job can sometimes feel very lonely. Especially if you are an early adopter or an advocate for less popular pedagogical approaches. I get it. I've been there. Many of us have been there and have come out the other end a little worse for wear, but stronger and better in other ways. It was the Community that always lifted us up and made me excited about the next thing.

Social media has changed drastically since these early Communities formed. Free flowing exchange of ideas is not the same as it once was and Communities are tougher to find and people are hesitant to share because of the fear of backlash. It is tough for educators who are trying desperately to connect and grow. I've been very lucky to be able to connect through other Communities over the years. Google, Adobe, and Raspberry Pi are just a few that have made a lasting impact with me. They did this by making sure that the teachers are at the center of the Community. It is something that is really key to a successful Community. 

As I have worked for SchoolAI for a little over 6 months now, I have taken on the task of building and growing the Community. Part of that has been taking over the digital events each month and engaging with the online Community on our Circle Platform. I have been working on some really fun Community updates that will be rolling out in the coming weeks and I want to invite all of your to join me in the Community. You do not have to be expert user of AI or have even used AI at all. I want this Community to be filled with educators excited to share and try new things and push back on ideas to help all of us grow and learn. It is a free platform that I manage and want to make THE place to be when it comes to talking and sharing about education. 

If you feel like you are looking for a place to have these conversations and ask questions, please take a moment and join the Community and share with the thousands of teachers already there looking to make a difference. 

It would be awesome if you shared this in educational spaces for others to see. 

If you ever have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me at nicholas@schoolai.com. I'm the Community Nerd! 

Hugs and High Fives, 

Nick

Don't Cancel Reflection Time #EdChat #PBLChat

One of the things that is so easy to cut when crunched for minutes is the time and space for reflection. We do this for ourselves as educators and we do this for students as well. Sometimes we ask students to reflect at home, knowing that many of them will not do this. Reflection is an important part of the learning process and it should be the last thing that is cut when completing work. As teachers, we need to build in reflection time for ourselves and for our students. 

The other part that can make reflection kind of tough is remembering what you thought about a lesson the next school year. You try to leave notes for yourself, but sometimes cannot make heads or tails of what you meant when you wrote, "Think bigger and smaller at the same time!" (Note: I actually found a note like that once to myself a year later and have no idea what I was trying to tell myself.) Reflection is not always about preparing for the next year. Sometimes it is about processing in the moment to better understand how a lesson went and using that information the next class to debrief with students. 

I built a couple of SchoolAI Spaces that teachers can use for themselves and with their students to help the reflection process. What is nice about using these Spaces is that they will remember the thread you have been using to reflect and can help you make connections over the course of the entire year. Imagine having all of your reflections available to you when you need them to compare how lessons went from the start of the year to the end of the year. 

Teacher Reflection Space

Student Reflection Space

Now imagine students having access to that powerful AI Space so they can reflect and see their growth over the year and the teacher gets the insights to explore on the backend. That would be a game changer for the teacher and for the student. Being able to connect and see the reflections taking place in real time or having a digital space where students can reflect where and when they have time. 

I just had this idea, but Admin could use a Space to share with teachers after evaluations that could help them walk through the lesson that was observed and reflect in a way that allows the admin to see their thinking in a clearer way. 

No matter the reason, reflection is a key part of the learning process and there is Science to back it up. Take the time to reflect on your work and let students do the same. I guarantee you will see benefits for everyone involved.  

Hugs and High Fives, 

NP

New Webinar Series! Connecting the Dots #EdChat

Hello everyone! I am excited to announce that I will be starting a new webinar series with SchoolAI called Connecting the Dots. The focus of this webinar is on the current state of education from a wide variety of viewpoints. My goal is to always have an educator join us in a conversation where they can share their story. I feel it is so important to give teachers a platform to be heard.

These webinars are all free to anyone that wants to listen to the conversation and ask some questions along the way. The conversations w
ill be recorded and shared at a later date.  

The first Connecting the Dots webinar will be Monday April 28th at 8PM EST. I'd love to have you there to be part of the first of many great conversations connecting the dots in education. If you want to share on social, here is one post that I am using you can copy and paste for your community. 

🔥 Two incredible educators. One powerful conversation.

Jennifer Roberts and Marnie Diem Diem on Apr 28 8PM EST for Connecting the Dots webinar!

Brought to you by SchoolAI and hosted by me!

Register for Free! 🔗 bit.ly/43X7N9w

hashtag#withSchoolAI hashtag#AIinEdu

I hope to see all of you there!

Hugs and Hugh Fives, 

NP