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Beyond the Pink: A STEM Gift Guide for Girls

STEM Next

Toys and games in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are marketed to boys. Yet when given the chance, girls enjoy and benefit from playing with STEM toys and games. Here are 10 ideas that support girls’ creativity and confidence in STEM and expand their options. Photo credit: Girls Garage 2.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets. Is differential treatment fair?

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Instructors Rush to Do ‘Assignment Makeovers’ to Respond to ChatGPT

ED Surge

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. But plenty of educators are game to try working with AI rather than simply wish it didn’t exist. What About Writing Classes?

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Scratch and Makey Makey Across the Curriculum

User Generated Education

I love bringing physical computing into my classrooms: Physical computing means building interactive physical systems by the use of software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world. Physical computing is a creative framework for understanding human beings’ relationship to the digital world.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

An elaborate description of a wild idea. In the forty years I knew Ed Fredkin I heard countless wild ideas and colorful stories from him. And there was one way in which Ed and I were very much aligned: both of our lives were deeply influenced by computers and computing. A long and colorful story.

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Can machine learning cope with the erratic and uncertain nature of the real world?

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ALGORITHM – a sequence of well-defined rules that allows computers to make calculations and solve problems. MACHINE LEARNING – a type of artificial intelligence in which computers learn from past data in order to predict outcomes more accurately. … which they must then implement in computer code. Pinterest.

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Transform Your Classroom with Teacher Top Ten Tools – Must Have Resources for Every Educator (2023)

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Additionally, interactive whiteboards offer a wide range of multimedia features, such as videos, images, and audio, which can be used to further enhance the learning experience. Additionally, these platforms offer customizable grading rubrics, ensuring consistency and fairness in assessments.