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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base. To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. As our Internet search tools get closer and closer to our eyeglasses and contacts, we’re sure to see our dependence on them increase. The focus was on learning.

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A Guide to Choosing an Interactive Learning Platform

ViewSonic Education

Easy Set-Up and Compatibility School administrators become head planners in integrating advanced learning platforms, coordinating between stakeholders, developing training initiatives, and creating an effective communication network. Because not everyone on the school staff is a tech wizard, getting a platform up and running can be tricky.

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Cybersecurity: eSN Innovation Roundtable

eSchool News

We’re going to have to put a lot of effort into training,” said Limperis. Increase your knowledge base,” Sanfrancesco said. “We have to find ways to make their lives easier, because for some of them, their skillets are so limited, they’ve been teaching for 40 years, and they didn’t grow up with technology. Networking is key.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Constructivism 1) encourages students to use active techniques (such as experimentation and problem solving) to build their knowledge base and then reflect on and/or talk about how that is changing; and 2) encourages teachers to guide activities that address and/or build on student conceptions. Guiding Principles of Constructivism.

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8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas

A Principal's Reflections

Throughout this ordeal, we must be patient, understanding, and flexible as teachers and administrators, with little to no training in this area, do their best to provide an education to students. Scaffolded questions and tasks : Piling on low-level questions that are recall and knowledge-based don’t constitute learning.

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Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic

eSchool News

parents[1] commissioned by Lexia , a part of Cambium Learning Group , and conducted online by The Harris Poll, found that just over half (51%) of parents strongly agree that their children’s teachers are properly trained in the science of reading. training in science of reading, technology-driven education, etc.)

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Georgia Tech Is Trying to Keep a ChatGPT-Powered Teaching Assistant From ‘Hallucinating’

Edsurge

At stake is whether it is even possible to tame so-called “large language models” like ChatGPT, which are usually trained with information drawn from the internet and are designed to spit out answers that fit predictable patterns rather than hew strictly to reality. And they’re testing the approach in three online courses this summer.

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