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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. public speaking. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented.

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What Higher Ed Gets Wrong About AI Chatbots — From the Student Perspective

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Technologists have long dreamed of this vision of a “computer-assisted” tutor. A Sparring Partner in Forging an Argument A third use case for an AI chatbot is as a “naysayer” or “critic” — not necessarily a role that a university explicitly employs like tutors or editors. Perhaps we need to reframe the idea of what AI chatbots can do.

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25 Websites on Civics

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Very effective: Argument Wars. Public Policy and the Executive and Legislative Branches Quiz. Public Policy Flashcards. Public Policy Matching. These are mostly for MS, a mixture of flashcards, games and simulations. Branches of Power. Civics Game Room. Civics games. Congress for Kids. Court Quest. Elections—the Game.

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Teachers Have Little Say When School Districts Make Decisions. Here's How We Change That.

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It was fall 2020, and here I was, sitting at my computer in tears. Parents lament the possibility of having to “teach” their children with little consideration of the teachers sitting at their computers well after contracted hours trying desperately to produce engaging and high-quality virtual lessons.

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We Can’t Keep ChatGPT Out of the Classroom, so Let’s Address the ‘Why’ Behind Our Fears

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Formulaic writing, especially tasks completed within the span of a class period, robs students of the opportunities to consider their audience and think strategically about their argument and voice. Like many teachers who grappled with ChatGPT, my initial concerns were that these moments would become another casualty of AI.

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Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

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Universities generally cover a wide range of subjects, focused on an academic field, say mathematics or computer science. And the argument is that if a university degree is a good investment, it ought to be substantially more valuable than the opportunity cost. My argument is that the risk is too high, and the returns too low.

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Considering the Danish Informatics Curriculum: Comparing National Computer Science Curricula

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The Danish Informatics curriculum is unique for its focus on four competence areas: Digital empowerment which describes the ability to review and critique digital artifacts to ask where the strict demands of a computational system may not serve well the messy world in which humans live. programming languages) and infrastructures (e.g.,