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Distance learning during the pandemic: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in the April 2020 E-Learning Supplement of Education Today. It holds student engagement. Since direct interaction is lost, as students don’t come to school anymore, it’s very important to find alternative ways to keep them engaged. Challenging.

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How technology impacts literacy

eSchool News

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates?

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

Our guest, Danielle Johnson, Executive Director of the Texas Scholastic Esports Federation, shares how esports is not just about gaming but about boosting student engagement, improving academic performance, and building a more inclusive school community. And so it's a lot the same in how we should be treating e-sports.

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Transforming Compton’s Schools into a STEAM Pipeline for Students

edWeb.net

Almost 85% of the students are now Latino, with the remaining 15% African American. 99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. We are on track to see an increase in individualized homeschooling and e-learning, accompanied by the rising tide of gamification in education, promising a more engaging and dynamic learning experience. Today, over 2.9

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AI ART Bootcamp for Teachers and Librarians: An Online Course on AI Art-Making Tools, Techniques, and Creativity

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I only truly started using image-generating AI tools around 2020. SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange) : Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. A Beginner's Guide to the Intersection of Art and Artificial Intelligence Why make AI Art?

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Does alternative grading make cheating more likely?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

First during the Big Pivot to online instruction in 2020 and continuing today with the rise of generative AI like ChatGPT, the opportunities to cheat have never been so readily available. There is generally an inverse relationship between perceived abilities on the one hand, and the rate of cheating on the other. M., & Koenka, A.

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