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A Call to Remake the Maker Faire

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Dougherty convened the first Maker Faire in 2006 in San Mateo, Calif., The faire became a way to foster a sense of community and to give people a place to celebrate and share what they made. Like a sports season or a date to perform a play, Maker Faires became a rallying moment for students. So Maker Faires bloomed.

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Why Colleges Should Pay Attention to Strikes by Their Most Precarious Teachers

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There’s a news story in higher ed that’s not getting enough attention. We didn't know we’d be forced to go on strike, but we had to get a fair contract.” The nation’s adjuncts are rising up. In the end, after a year of contract negotiations, they won a big jump in pay and benefits. Our labor is our power,” Higer told me recently. “We

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Can a Test Ever Be Fair? How Today's Standardized Tests Get Made.

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Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? It makes the test more fair because it guarantees that everyone is being measured with the same degree of precision.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

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In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020). The post Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced? Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts.

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Navigating AI in education: The future of human teaching

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This frees up teachers to plan better lessons and spend quality time with students who need one-on-one attention. This combination of technology and personal attention helps students stay engaged with their learning. Ethical AI systems have clear rules about data use and transparent guidelines that tell everyone exactly how they work.

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?Do or DIY: What We Saw (and Loved) at the 2017 Maker Faire

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This weekend marked San Mateo’s annual gathering of hackers, hobbyists and freak flag flyers: the Maker Faire. Back for its 12th year in the Bay Area, the Maker Faire is home to everything from drone racing, bicycle-powered music stages and even 32-foot tall towering Sextant Tesla Coils. LASERS ABOUND in the Dark Room at Maker Faire.

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Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes.

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The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. What Is Fair Use? It’s important to understand why you’re reading aloud to understand if you can rely on fair use. In the U.S.,

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