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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

ED Surge

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. How would you respond to that?

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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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Or perhaps, amidst a particularly challenging calculus problem, you’ve questioned how this abstract world of numbers and symbols could possibly influence your future career? College and Mathematics: Challenges The Complexity Cliff Remember the first time you looked at a calculus problem in college? Well, you’re not alone.

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Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star

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One communication method that has seriously grown up from even a generation ago is video. Today, done well, they become real teaching tools that use optics to communicate ideas, unpack granular concepts, and connect students to information. Then, students add comments and discuss; you can even add surveys and questions. .

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Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT

Stephen Wolfram

Because Wolfram|Alpha can communicate with it in what amounts to ChatGPT’s native language—natural language. And its invention soon led to algebra, and calculus, and ultimately all the various mathematical sciences. But just like us humans, there are times when ChatGPT needs a more formal and precise “power assist”.

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Why Should You Consider STEM Programs for High School Students?

STEM Education Guide

Improved Collaboration and Communication When learners enroll in STEM programs for high school, they have recurring opportunities to boost communication, particularly through formal presentations and active listening. The programs mirror experimental learning and stir students’ imagination. —— 9.

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Grading for growth in an engineering math class: Part 1

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

For reference, here are some links for the class: The class GitHub respository (which contains everything) — it’s all Creative Commons licensed so help yourself to whatever you like, just give attribution to me (Robert) if you use something. The syllabus Standards for Student Work document What was the class?

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Career Exploration: Mathematics

PCS Edventures

Calculus , which calculates rates of change and infinites. Cryptographers combine cryptography, the science of designing algorithms for secret communication , and cryptanalysis, the study of breaking those designs. Energy analysts focus on analyzing the data returned to them to communicate trends, costs and recommendations.