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APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? This technology will transform education by personalizing learning and meeting various student demands.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students. The potential of generative AI is both promising and profound, but it raises critical questions: How can this transformative technology be harnessed not only to educate but to empower inclusively and equitably?

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MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. Other companies with products in the market are Bamboo Learning, Ello and Imagine Learning. Keep going,” Amira says, softly.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I have written in the past about parent questions concerning technology in education , but always from the perspective of a teacher at the classroom. Now, I teach grad school classes online to practicing teachers and want to see if those questions are the same. Children often learn best by observing their parents.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities, strategically invests worldwide to tackle challenges such as insufficient internet access. The four Hs in 4-H — Head, Heart, Hands and Health — embody values cultivated through experiential learning initiatives.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age The amount of time young Americans spend staring at a screen has reached unprecedented levels. As such, parents and educators must be more proactive in managing technology use to mitigate these health consequences.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

When John first came to me in fall 2020, he was a ninth grader and we were in the thick of the pandemic, doing emergency remote learning. Based on the assessment system I use, many of my students were reading at a level between kindergarten and second grade, which is not ideal, given that I teach high schoolers.

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MAY 17, 2022

And when it comes to exam prep, there’s no reason you can’t use technology to make the process more engaging for your students. Technology can be a valuable tool for accomplishing this goal, and in this post, we’ll take a look at seven ways educators can use technology to help students prepare for exams.

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JULY 13, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: MS Office. I choose below.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The school’s headmaster, David McGrath, hoped the novelty of the technology would appeal to students. This virtual version of Ada Lovelace is an example of technology known as generative AI, which is composed of algorithms that can essentially produce new content from raw information. He’s not the only person thinking this way.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: MS Office. I choose below.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence holds significant potential to address key challenges in education, particularly in enhancing student engagement and facilitating personalized learning. This article features HP Teaching Fellows Sebastian Basualto and Samira Parhizkar in their journey with AI integration.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, wrote an interesting article on changes in teaching since the pandemic. I think you’ll find a lot to relate to: Has Teaching Changed Since the Pandemic? Technology is providing access and engaging students. Below are some of the changes that took place at her site.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. As a former science teacher and instructional coach, though, he was looking for a way to deliver the teachings of tribal elders to a broader audience via distance education.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. Experiential learning is enhanced , offering a safe platform for hands-on activities like science experiments. I learned early to be open to change.

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MAY 21, 2024

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. It's a time when we learn to communicate. It's a time when we can learn to collaborate, which means dealing with the conflict that relationships with people and collaborating can bring.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Every year, the world grows smaller, making the importance of language learning greater. In the language learning field, tech has been transformative in enabling learners to master languages from home, particularly in recent years with the pandemic. Flashcards are a tool used by many language learners. Zoom, Skype etc.)

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JULY 17, 2022

Below is a collection of some good tools to help students using Chromebook learn typing. Students will get to learn how to type fast and accurately using a wide variety of typing games, activities, exercises, lessons, step-by-step guides, video tutorials, and many more.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. If you teach online, you know what I mean. Good online instructors are what we always wished teaching would be. The popular kid gets no more recognition than the wallflower.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. The underlying theme can’t be ignored by teachers any longer: A 21 st Century learner requires technologic proficiency.

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APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? That’s the privileged question that officials at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have been mulling over for the last two years, and this month they announced some answers.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

She’s learned that the hard way. EdSurge: You’ve been teaching for more than 20 years. I'm the parent myself, and I have turned off all of my access to look at the online gradebook because I prefer to have actual conversations with my teenager about how she's doing. We are learning about solving quadratic equations.’

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Learning to code is akin to receiving the key to a world of opportunities. The Ask a Tech Teacher crew has come up with a foundational list of tips for teaching coding. But today, coding has become more accessible, and everything online was made through coding, and today’s employers are looking for employees who can code.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Lydia Gonzalez, author of “Bad at Math: Dismantling Harmful Beliefs That Hinder Equitable Mathematics Education,” talks about the societal norms that make it acceptable to be “bad at math” and how these beliefs can be detrimental to learning. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In my first year of teaching, I was blessed to have a SMART board in my classroom. My excitement was palpable given that this fancy piece of technology was (and is) a luxury for most educators. My actions no longer just impacted my classroom; I now had to consider how every student and school uses technology to teach and learn.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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MAY 29, 2024

from Colombia a few years ago, found Ocampo through a free home visiting program that supports families with their children's early learning and development. The model — and others like it — has provided a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to quality early education is scarce or out of reach financially.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Next semester, my students will spend time working with prompt writing, reflecting on LLM output and reflecting on when knowledge and learning matter versus when human-AI hybrid writing makes sense. We learned what we could from the books we had access to and memorized facts to regurgitate on tests.

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MAY 15, 2024

Inclusive STEM programs widen job opportunities for the growing technology sector, support students in building digital literacy skills and empower young people to become creators — not just consumers — of technology. The STEM+CS team develops every opportunity from a lens of inclusion and accessibility for all.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Personalized learning is an educational approach that tailors the learning experience to the specific needs and preferences of each student. It recognizes and strives to accommodate differences in students' backgrounds, learning styles and abilities. What does it mean to personalize learning?

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MAY 1, 2024

The advancements in technology are reshaping how we teach and learn, bringing new opportunities and challenges. To address such challenges, a concerted effort must be made to ensure that newer technologies are implemented thoughtfully and responsibly, with a focus on enhancing the educational experience for all students.

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MAY 6, 2024

The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. This year, for that special day, give your technology specialist a gift they will truly appreciate. Subscription Services to a tech-related magazine or online learning platform where they can further develop their skills.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When Wendy Schatzberg, an associate professor at Utah Tech University, was teaching introductory chemistry, she thought her students would know how to use basic Microsoft Office tools like Excel and Word. I cannot and should not assume,” says Schatzberg, who also directs the Center for Teaching and Learning at Utah Tech. “We

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. It’s a practice he started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many students were in quarantine and needed ways to continue learning remotely.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. Let’s get our learning hats on and explore the exciting landscape of teaching critical thinking through essay examples!

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Creative Fabrica is accessible in 8 languages namely English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Polish. For us in education, Creative Fabrica is a great place where you can access a wide variety of materials to use in instruction. Check out this tutorial to learn more about Fontcloud.

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