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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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Students in biology are going to be using it in one way, chemistry students are going to be using it in another. Even so, she says she has found the podcasting feature of NotebookLM useful in helping her understand and communicate bureaucratic issues at her university — such as turning part of the faculty handbook into a podcast summary.

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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.

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Try two weeks on a concept in mathematics, try this data set to cover the existing unit you already have on ecosystems in biology, teach the booms and busts of economics through data from the Federal Reserve. I think the way that the data science and data literacy movement in particular is approaching this is through bite-sized modules.

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Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star

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One communication method that has seriously grown up from even a generation ago is video. Today, done well, they become real teaching tools that use optics to communicate ideas, unpack granular concepts, and connect students to information. Untamed Science – -science videos on biology, physics, animals, and more.

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As Schools Move to Change How Kids Are Graded, Some Families Push Back

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"The old practices we cling to were born in a different era, under different circumstances.” — Katherine Hermens, a biology teacher at Dublin High School Even amid some opposition, many teachers and students in Dublin, California, embraced the grading changes. But as a matter of policy, the status quo will largely remain for now.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

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One strategy she used to sustain connection and communication was posting short science lessons to TikTok. I found that I was able to do the science that I love, that I had passion for, but also connect with students and connect the community into the classroom,” she reflects. Don't forget to have fun with your students.

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Learn Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Essential Google Classroom Apps

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GoGuardian chat helps to communicate important announcements personally so that no one in the class gets interrupted. Thus, when we have Biology class I’m able to see, read and message the students in the Biology class; with my Cytology students, I’m interacting only when I set the Cytology class as active.

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Why Neuroscience and Technology Are Key to Helping Us Rethink How Students Learn

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Today, this represents a shift in classrooms where digital communication blends with the in-person exchange of information, ideas and perspectives. It may be too premature to establish a general pattern of learning that encourages retention for the majority of students in a single classroom.