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AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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AI automates grammar checking and fundamental composition, letting students focus on creativity and analysis. If students overuse AI to write essays, they may not engage in critical thinking and creativity. Over-reliance on AI can impair writing skills without lowering educational attainment.

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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

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Creativity is more than an artistic skill; it involves thinking differently, collaborating, developing solutions and communicating in a way that connects with others. Leveraging creativity in the classroom helps students develop a deeper understanding and make cross-curricular connections.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources

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Critical Thinking : Interpreting graphs requires critical thinking skills. Promoting Creativity : Graphing can be a creative process, particularly when students are tasked with representing data or functions in innovative ways. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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4 Reasons to use Word Problems and 9 Online Resources

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Critical thinking : They require students analyze information, identify relevant concepts. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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21st Century Lesson Plan Updated

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Student-centered approach: Shifting the focus from the teacher as the primary source of knowledge to fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration in students. Critical thinking and creativity: Emphasizing analytical thinking, creativity, and innovation to tackle complex issues and develop new solutions.

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12 Online Resources About Puzzles

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The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.