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APRIL 12, 2024

Explore the content, If you have a specific resource in mind, use the search bar at the top of the page to find it. There are over 18,000 templates and ready-to-use projects that you can personalize to your needs. I–like many teachers–do a lot of prep for my teaching, often requiring digital desktop publishing platforms.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

There's a lot of research that shows that having strong social-emotional competencies leads to really positive outcomes, not only in the short term—so again, in an academic setting and dealing with academic challenges—but also in the long term. Let's just use problem-solving or decision-making as an example.

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MARCH 11, 2024

But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. It’s about space and place for most of us, especially undergraduate libraries,” she added.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If that isn’t sufficient, students use affixes — prefixes, suffixes, and roots — to decode meaning. Somewhat like Concept Circles , the Frayer Model uses a graphical organizer that asks students to describe words by much more than a memorized definition. Take any questions they have.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Creating Community-Connected Learners My geometry students did this kind of creative mathematical reasoning during a series of lessons that used geometric modeling to address food apartheid in Lawrence, Kansas. Students must think holistically about a real-world problem, and use mathematical tools to arrive at a solution.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Last spring, my university held an emergency faculty meeting about identifying papers written using artificial intelligence. Last spring, my university held an emergency faculty meeting about identifying papers written using artificial intelligence. 1 The ancient philosopher was speaking, of course, of the latest technology in the B.C.

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APRIL 29, 2024

The urgency for higher education institutions to integrate and create policies for using AI technology in the classroom is rapidly increasing. However, the term itself was coined by John McCarthy in 1955. However, the term itself was coined by John McCarthy in 1955.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Playful pedagogy is an educational approach that emphasizes the use of play, games and interactive activities to engage learners in the learning process. For instance, it may be beneficial for educators to think of their students in terms of a modified version of Bartle’s gamer types: Hunter, Socializer, Explorer and Achiever.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Combined with sobering reports on the persistent lack of strong evidence for edtech , it’s no wonder why the notion of using technology to “fix broken schools” has fallen out of most startup pitch decks and education TED Talks. For those of us that have been in edtech awhile, it feels like we’re stuck in a loop. or “does LOGO work?”

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MARCH 8, 2023

Memorizing word lists and testing on them doesn’t really work very well. Here are lots of websites that will make student academic and domain-specific word study more relevant and sticky.

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APRIL 16, 2024

That buzz has all but vanished , especially when it comes to the idea of setting up shared virtual spaces like the ones imagined by the science fiction author who coined the term metaverse. EdSurge receives philanthropic support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is co-owned by the CEO of Meta. But he admits there are downsides, too.

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APRIL 19, 2022

We discussed the possibility of allowing low-income students to use federal Pell Grants to pay for short workforce-training programs. According to the Community College Research Center , federal Pell Grants currently can only be used for programs totaling at least 600 hours over 15 weeks. The proposal would increase U.S.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Historically Black colleges and universities have an outstanding reputation in terms of building science courses in their undergraduate and graduate programs,” Schneider says. The project is funded through a nearly $8 million innovation grant from the U.S. Department of Education and will last five years.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings. EdSurge sat down with Walton after a talk he gave this month at the SXSW EDU festival in Austin.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

I worked as an administrator for 10 years, so I think about edtech from both sides — both how an administrator makes decisions about edtech tools, but also how we can support our teachers,” Ballard shared in a focus group that was part of a larger project designed to better understand the gap between teaching practices and technology use.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Today, the use of this technology in education settings is underway, and states are even beginning to release guidance on how to navigate AI in schools. At least 20 sessions had the term “AI” in their title. The fervor around AI was on full display at the SXSW EDU conference held in Austin, Texas, during the first week of March.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

I’m American and know a lot about US education pedagogy but not enough about other nations. One I particularly liked was the list of edtech terms, found early in the book. These aren’t necessarily those used in the book, rather terms readers will come across as they teach. Co-production, Digitral disruption).

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APRIL 10, 2024

So how much work would it take to come up with guidelines to help educators manage the challenges of using generative AI tools for their work? Dirkin says the group wanted the document to help school districts and educators think through the use of generative AI without defaulting to either extreme of banning it or allowing unrestricted use.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Using an array of digital communication technologies, messaging platforms and learning management systems, institutions were able to continue operations and maintain their student market share. And while those of us who work at institutions that have held on so far may be tempted to breathe a sigh of relief, that would be a mistake.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

But what sets QuizGecko apart is its innovative use of AI. Moreover, Quizlet’s incorporation of spaced repetition, a technique proven to enhance long-term retention, ensures that students retain knowledge over time. Artificial Intelligence–AI–can greatly assist many mundane education tasks.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Maybe this glimpse into the resources and methods I use with my 9th graders (and later in the semester, 8th grade) will give you some ideas. While I have released a full podcast on how I'm using AI in my classroom , let's start simple with free resources that can be taught anywhere by just about anyone. You can do this.

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APRIL 4, 2023

They may say, ‘We’re not going to be able to offer physics classes,’” Nguyen explains, “or use substitutes just to have somebody in that class and keep the class under control. [Or Looking at the figure in terms of staffing, that’s 40 underqualified teachers for every 100 teachers in the state. Those are the main two problems.

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JUNE 26, 2022

It was a remarkable shift—but one done in support of what he termed “emergency remote learning.” “The main difference between those two is one is built on a solid foundation, inclusivity and principles of ISTE standards.” The least interesting thing we can use technology for is to deliver content. Take access to devices. Absolutely!

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JUNE 2, 2023

The use of AR can make learning more accessible while increasing the engagement of all students. You are not alone if you are confused by the terms augmented reality and virtual reality (VR). AR can be used in the classroom to create interactive learning experiences that enhance traditional instruction.

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JULY 2, 2021

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I experimented a bit this morning using Visual Studio. The code I used was a missing semi colon and a loop with no executable code. The code I used was a missing semi colon and a loop with no executable code. So far the attention has been focused on using AI to generate code. Parsing is the most visible of these parts.

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MAY 24, 2023

For example: The Santa Cruz County Office for Education spells out a number of “equity initiatives ” used by schools in that part of California, including professional development for educators, improved strategies for grading student work and a support group for ethnically diverse educators.

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JUNE 3, 2022

based independent review platform for edtech, found that just 7 percent of edtech companies used randomized controlled trials to find evidence of impact. But the sudden reliance on edtech during global school closures also painfully exposed some of its current weaknesses. For example, a recent report by Edtech Impact, a U.K.-based

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APRIL 7, 2022

From an educator with a passion for her calling, see if you have any reasons you’d add: 4 Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education. With the assistance of the right bilingual program and teachers, your child will have a better chance of acquiring, retaining, and deftly using multiple languages. A Boost in Cognitive Development.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Many of us struggle with our emotions. Even if we could, it is not a good idea to switch off our emotions because they provide important cues and information about ourselves and the world around us. We can learn how to surf those waves by using different strategies to better regulate our emotions. Emotions are like waves.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Olav Schewe, consultant based in Oslo, Norway, who has worked with universities and companies to advise them on how to use insights from neuroscience to make better learning programs and tools. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts, or use the player on this page.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

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JUNE 7, 2023

That high-dose tutoring can be effective was already known, but this study suggests that the improvements are replicable using state metrics, says Jon Baron, a former chair of the National Board for Education Sciences and former vice president of evidence-based policy for Arnold Ventures.

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JUNE 14, 2023

To compare AI scores and feedback with those given by actual teachers, we hosted an in-person convening of 16 middle school writing teachers who had used the platform with their students during the 2021–22 school year. We wondered about the role of AI in one specific teaching practice: assessing student learning.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

I used a game to teach my students about the causes behind the start of the First World War. A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Games can help us! Today’s expert, Dr. Matthew Farber , gives us an interesting twist on games by integrating them with SEL. Matthew Farber , gives us an interesting twist on games by integrating them with SEL. He has practical ideas for understanding and using game-based learning in the classroom.

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JULY 11, 2023

His professor said he’d used ChatGPT to take a history exam, the charge buttressed by GPTZero, one of the many new tools that have emerged to try to detect student use of generative AI systems. William Quarterman, a student at the University of California at Davis, was accused of cheating.

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