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AI and ChatGPT in Education

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In search of answers, we asked education psychologists, technologists, and teachers how artificial intelligence help make learning recovery more effective and less stressful. This is a topic every teacher I know is talking about.

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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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Encourage Creativity in the Classroom

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“Eighty-seven percent of teachers and 77% of parents agree teaching that inspires creativity has a bigger payoff for students” This according to Gallup research (To read more of the report, click here ). They also need to understand how to be social, how to create connections, and how to develop their creativity.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

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More than 90 percent of Code Next’s latest cohort of high school graduates advanced to higher education, the vast majority in STEM fields, according to a Code Next survey. It’s significant progress toward the goal of connecting more young people with educational and career opportunities in technology. Who Isn’t Being Served?

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Why Music Education is Important for Children To Learn

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Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Nicole McCray, has some thoughts on music and education. Yet, many benefits stem from a musical education. In addition, education in music is a way to take student learning to new levels and higher performance. MUSIC EDUCATION & STUDENT LEARNING. MUSIC EDUCATION & YOUR BRAIN.

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Creative Options for Remote Learning

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With schools closed for in-person learning and many children being educated at home, parents are scrambling for quality alternatives that work in a home environment. Homeschooling is a progressive movement where parents educate their children instead of sending them to public or private schools. Exchange Program Au Pair.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

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Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts.