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5 ways I’ve leveraged AI in my English classroom

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Soon they found they could use ChatGPT as a creative, brainstorming, spit-balling partner—with great results: generating open-ended questions, discovering and exploring their interests, creating a day-by-day calendar to reach goals, ideating original art pieces, and augmenting lyrics for songs and scripts. Now prove me wrong.”

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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

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I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. Previously, only an older version of the tool, GPT-3.5,

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How Mega-Universities Manage to Teach Hundreds of Thousands of Students

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Classes don’t start and end according to an academic calendar, but begin when a student clicks “start course” and gets assigned a faculty member. On average, instructors are assigned 230 students at a time--a big change from the 20 or 30 I was used to at NYU and Stevens. Southern New Hampshire’s course completion rate is 90 percent.

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How to Go Back to School, Higher-Ed Leadership Edition

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I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. I would love to get your feedback on what should be in my "prep syllabus” and how to make that transition. There are also exercises to practice the art of the academic citation. Thanks so much!

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13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom

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It’s much easier to use text with a few pictures tossed in and leave the artistry for the art teacher. They can even be used for gift certificates (such as “skip a homework” or “skip an assignment”). Quickly create certificates by editing the text and image in a Canva template. Click to view slideshow.

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Move Over, Laptop Ban. This Professor Teaches a 5-Hour Tech-Less Reading Class.

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It’s a rediscovery of uninterrupted reading,” Peña-Guzman said last Friday while pulling up slides about the assigned readings. Among the rules were vows to to detach from their electronics, spend no more than $50 per week, practice celibacy and only speak to an assigned partner in class. Technology is allowed from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.,

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