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Is a Metaverse for Education the Next Logical Innovation in Teaching and Learning?

ED Surge

A 3D immersive environment fosters healthy social interactions while reducing learning barriers. But Kevin Chu, director of ViewSonic, purports a 3D immersive environment fosters healthy social interactions while reducing learning barriers for any kind of learning that happens online.

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Helping Students Think With Their Whole Bodies

ED Surge

But what if those typical metaphors for our brains are limiting our capacities to think and learn? Paul, who says she reads academic journal articles for fun, first encountered this argument when she came across a 1998 paper by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, who argued that the human mind extends into the world around it.

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What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

Ask a Tech Teacher

They feel no guilt, don’t understand the legal risk they face, and think the argument that “everyone does it” makes it OK. And if you’re a student, knowing the warning signs that may lead you astray is equally beneficial. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Psychological Factors. Stick with it.

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Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

ED Surge

And the argument is that if a university degree is a good investment, it ought to be substantially more valuable than the opportunity cost. My argument is that the risk is too high, and the returns too low. It’s basic educational thinking: You learn what you do. Really it’s about exploring—about learning about growing.

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Defined Learning’s Projects for Black History

Defined Learning

I put “projects” in quotes because these kinds of assignments, while valuable to an extent, should not be confused with project-based learning. They read the short story “Tar Beach,” and make a paper quilt about it, and create “community quilts” to give away to others.

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ChatGPT with My Students

User Generated Education

I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning. For language learning: ChatGPT or similar models could be used to provide conversation practice and feedback to students learning a new language. Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues.

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Teaching Children to Argue in Science

Chillax Science

Children, in most preschools, are afforded unique opportunities to learn in relaxed and fun ways. Science learning can specifically benefit from this relaxed environment and as teachers we can tap into this particular environment. Helps children learn conversational skills. Fosters curiosity. Helps support the value of data.