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JUNE 9, 2022

With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented. They must connect to opponent’s arguments.

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JUNE 6, 2023

That’s the surprising argument made by Scott Hershovitz, a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Michigan. We respond with evidence and arguments and we offer them reasons, and we do it all respectfully. Little kids make better philosophers than most adults.

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APRIL 30, 2024

This technology will transform education by personalizing learning and meeting various student demands. AI writing helpers’ real-time feedback on grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and argument structure is their crucial draw. AI’s influence in essay writing is growing, highlighting both advantages and significant issues.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

How does this argument hold up under scrutiny?” They’ll prod you to analyze different sides of an argument, push your boundaries, and consider viewpoints you might have dismissed at first glance. They’ll guide you in dissecting an essay to identify the central themes, arguments, and underlying messages.

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MAY 18, 2023

We recommend you choose a narrow topic and explore free essay examples at StudyDriver.com where you’ll find valuable ideas and techniques for effectively developing your writing style and creating persuasive arguments. Talk about related arguments from your course and use another section to educate readers beyond the course.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

That’s the argument of Kieran Egan, a Canadian philosopher and longtime professor at Simon Fraser University who passed away in 2022. The argument in Egan’s book is hard to summarize, but the thrust is that the way schools teach has become too disconnected from the way young people are wired to learn.

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MAY 2, 2024

The argument against AI-powered tools remains the same: any content produced by artificial intelligence can be viewed as plagiarism. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Read on… For more websites that teach civics for MS and HS, check out these: Argument Wars. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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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. According to Papert: “The content for human development is always a culture, never an isolated technology.”

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

It’s a classic idea : In the 1600s it was the basic model of evaluation at Oxford and Cambridge (with the grilling by professors done in Latin), and it was pretty much what Socrates did to his students. And they say the key is to use technology to make the approach more convenient and less draining.

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JULY 10, 2023

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered!

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AUGUST 23, 2023

University professors must emphasize this fact. In an argumentative essay, the cause-and-effect lays forth the chain of events that led to the current state of affairs. We are living in times when technologies change education every day. It’s the driving force behind all events.

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JUNE 4, 2024

That question has been in the air since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, and since then many developers have experimented with using the latest generative AI technology as a tutor. For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we talked with Khan to hear more about his vision of AI tutors and the arguments from his recent book.

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MAY 16, 2023

Besides, the paper outline will guarantee that your text follows a logical structure, includes well-supported arguments, and is easy to read. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Hence, it should be informative, concise, and engaging.

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JULY 16, 2024

It is also about how you present it to your professor. Design A Striking Book Report You should make a book report that will make the professor focus from the start. Meticulously documenting sources upon which one’s arguments or findings are based. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

That’s what Georgetown University professor Jeanine Turner found in her research about how tech has shaped social relationships. Her argument is that our internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others, even when devices are temporarily removed. Let's talk about solutions.

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MAY 17, 2022

Professors report that students are disengaged , so much so that it’s even hard to get them to take advantage of free support services. Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal. Smith University.

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MAY 15, 2022

More recently, I had connected Jonathan to a friend and coauthor of mine on the paper “ Disrupting Law School ,” Villanova Law Professor Michele Pistone, to help her with the instructional design for the online program she has now launched around immigration training for advocates.

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MAY 7, 2024

Since the sudden rise of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, many teachers and professors have started using AI detectors to check their students’ work. The idea is that the detectors will catch if a student has had a robot do their work for them. You know my new thing also is verbal communication. Because that's something AI can't do.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Students are looking for something different from teachers and professors as they prepare to enter political and civic life, and that means educators need to change the way they support students when it comes to political engagement. Technology, social media, voting. For the full interview, listen here.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Built for Flexibility The first known course that called itself HyFlex emerged in 2006 , at San Francisco State University, taught by Brian Beatty, a professor of instructional design and technology. Professors are kind of beat coming out of the pandemic,” he says. “We Which is completely 100 percent valid,” he says.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

The civil rights folks liked the idea that legacy preferences were there to the extent that they could make an argument that, ‘Listen, there are all sorts of preferences in college admissions,’ and so race should be allowed as one of those factors.” But even that financial argument is not well-founded, argues Kahlenberg.

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MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a unique opportunity to identify the dangerous side of the “fake it until you make it” argument, as Theranos not only wasted millions of dollars, but put some patients’ health in jeopardy. Unsurprisingly, the highly-publicized plan to deploy Knewton’s technology in service of incarcerated youth never happened.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sean Michael Morris knows that he has cultivated a certain “ethos” over his career in higher education—as a self-described critic of edtech and a champion of helping professors improve their teaching. Much of his job duties involve cultivating a community of professors engaged with the company. What's the argument for you doing this?

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

From organizing your thoughts using a mind map to using evidence, reasoning, and scholarship to support your arguments, we have got you all covered. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Very effective: Argument Wars. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of dozens of tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. These are mostly for MS, a mixture of flashcards, games and simulations.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Each team builds a case to address the particular environmental concern they consider to be the most critical by researching, building a convincing argument, and then presenting it to their audience. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. App; Grades 2-8. The Four Seasons. The Case for PDFs in Class.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Supporting Student Argumentation – Understanding Structure and Language of Argumentation. Supporting Student Argumentation – Helping Students Evaluate Evidence in Arguments. Supporting Student Argumentation – Fostering the Language of Argumentation. Supporting Argumentation [link].

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MAY 20, 2024

Afterward, people expected it to return to pre-pandemic levels, but it seems to be growing in many states, says Angela Watson, an assistant research professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. McCoy says he prizes them primarily for instilling moral and civic virtues in students.

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MARCH 9, 2023

For example, if I ask them to write a report using a word processing tool (Word, Google Docs), they are welcome to convince me a slideshow or video would be a better choice, but they have to make their argument based on logic and evidence, comparing and contrasting their approach to mine.

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MAY 16, 2024

And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it? To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Do you find that professors take attendance? I think some professors have very clear absence policies.

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JUNE 6, 2019

They feel no guilt, don’t understand the legal risk they face, and think the argument that “everyone does it” makes it OK. Add to that the difficulty that schools have in policing plagiarism with the increased role of computers and technology in the classroom, and you have a serious problem on your hands.

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MARCH 2, 2020

However, the substantiation of the research arguments has to get carried out without taking the aid of references frequently. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Elaborate reading of reference books is a good idea. Relying too much on references stunts the process of individual reasoning.

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MARCH 5, 2024

To do that, he uses depolarization strategies, like “looping,” or having each person repeat back the other’s argument in their own words and ask whether they are hearing the other side accurately. The goal is to highlight areas of agreement rather than discord. The dialogues unfold slowly, but many are riveting.

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JUNE 7, 2017

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented. They must connect to opponent’s arguments.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Caulfield, along with Stanford University emeritus education professor Sam Wineburg, set out to create that guidance for students — and anyone struggling to cope with today’s information landscape. These days all the talk is about ChatGPT and other AI tools, and the regular internet is feeling like the old technology.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But by denying the school district enough funding to adequately compensate teachers, voters ended up lowering their own property values, says Frank James Perrone, an associate professor at Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Education. The district lost staff the first year it moved over to the four-day schedule.

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