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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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AI technologies can also help students who struggle with specific writing processes maintain a consistent writing quality. AI automates grammar checking and fundamental composition, letting students focus on creativity and analysis. If students overuse AI to write essays, they may not engage in critical thinking and creativity.

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Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

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Problem Solving: Students identify common tech issues and propose solutions, fostering critical thinking. Vocabulary Development: “Speak like a Geek” allows students to teach and learn domain-specific terms. Collaboration: Students can work in groups while ensuring individual accountability.

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4 Critical Pieces of Every Lesson and How to Gamify Them video

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Encouraging research and inquiry through dedicated projects like Genius Hour fosters a sense of ownership in learning, allowing students to pursue their interests and develop critical thinking skills. Statistics show that a significant number of people engage with games regularly.

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Pros And Cons of AI in Education

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Personalized Learning: AI allows educational content and instruction to be tailored to individual students’ abilities, needs and interests. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning. This gives teachers more time to work one-on-one with students. Ongoing algorithm auditing is required.

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

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Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively. math teaching predominantly focused on procedural skills, where students spent most of their time acquiring isolated skills through repetition. I figured it out!”

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Education and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Path to Transformation

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Educator and edtech consultant Rachelle Dené Poth agrees, sharing how she encourages her students to use AI-powered tools in the classroom. You have to show students how [generative AI] is just a tool and let them know that this is not supposed to replace their own critical thinking, creativity and all these skills they need,” says Poth.