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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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They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots. 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.

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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

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Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

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How Virtual Information Sessions Are Changing K-12 Education

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Parents can attend virtual meetings at their convenience, eliminating the logistical challenges of in-person appointments. For instance, professionals who decide to enroll in a master of arts in teaching program can make use of virtual information to enhance their learning.

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Two Cities Pay Teachers Based on Their Quality. Does It Work?

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But some careers, like teaching, have long existed outside the realm of the open market, despite their importance to a functioning society. and Dallas have developed systems to measure teacher quality and incentivize highly effective teaching practices. In these districts, the theory goes, the better you teach, the more you’re paid.

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Align Your Edtech Investments With What Matters Most

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Beyond the logistical concerns involved in deploying more than 25,000 Windows devices to students and teachers, this effort also represented a stress test for the district’s commitment to equity and access for all of its students. Putting devices in students’ hands does not address underlying systemic challenges.

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Can the Metaverse Improve Learning? New Research Finds Some Promise

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The paper noted an obvious logistical benefit to virtual field trips over getting on a bus for an in-person outing. But he says that for programs like nursing, pharmacy and medicine, VR seems promising for teaching some skills, as a piece of a broader curriculum that includes in-person hands-on learning as well. “If

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6 Must-reads for This Summer

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Despite almost a decade in the classroom, technology remains a disruptive force to both teaching and teachers. In The EduProtocol Field Guide , Marlena Hebern provides sixteen lesson frames (her name for a generalized lesson plan template) that can be used to teach any academic subject at any grade level. Teach Like a Champion 2.0:

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