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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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However, utilizing these resources responsibly is critical for students to succeed academically and build writing confidence. Accessible Educational Support AI writing tools make high-quality writing help available to more students, regardless of geography or income.

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12 Online Resources About Puzzles

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11 Online Resources About Puzzles

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Here are popular puzzles resources teachers are using to teach mouse skills, critical thinking, and more. There are a few for the upcoming St. 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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10 Websites + 4 Apps that Make Geography Fun

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One of the hardest challenges for teachers is how to engage students in core subjects such as geography. If you aren’t a geography buff, you’re probably nodding. But watch how quickly the fourteen resources below morph geography from dusty to dynamic: 2-minute Geology. Geography Games. You know what I mean.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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These often involve critical thinking and/or choose-your-own adventure type of gameplay as a way to involve students in the lesson and buy into the importance of decisions. You can also try critical thinking games like a Digital Breakout Room that require a deeper understanding of the fullness of what was learned.

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Mindsnacks–Learning in Bite-sized Pieces

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Mindsnacks is a series of education apps on topics like geography, vocabulary, languages, and SAT. Think Number Munchers rather than Minecraft. Material is aligned with National Geographic’s Geography Standards. The game is limited to facts–black-and-white details that make up geography. Insider Tips.

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Published: At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how citizen science programmes impact the relationships participants have with the places and ecology they study which might, in turn, increase scientific literacy. 1322820 and 2031884. . 1322820 and 2031884.