eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

When he first signed up for CS50, it is fair to say he was not in the habit of choosing the most demanding courses on campus. Malan pays as much attention to his students’ social experience in the class as he does to their academic experience, so that his students feel like they are part of a learning community.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Initially ecstatic to start school, Truman was now red in the face from crying while my teaching assistant and I practically pried him off his mother’s leg. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question. In fact, it's most valuable in a teaching setting because a teacher's in a class of 30, these kids are at all different levels. Every teacher knows that. How do you address their individual needs?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators. Tutors can almost act as virtual teaching assistants, helping students grasp even the most nuanced concepts of a lesson—without requiring time and energy that classroom teachers simply don’t have.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators. Tutors can almost act as virtual teaching assistants, helping students grasp even the most nuanced concepts of a lesson—without requiring time and energy that classroom teachers simply don’t have.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Algorithms will one day play a pivotal role in teaching and learning, so colleges need to pay close attention to how they work and who builds them. Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. A Pretty Girl’ Maria Bot has long brown hair, a fair complexion and plump lips. But she also reflects some of my biases, obviously, because she’s my teaching assistant,” Barry says. Her attention span is short. “Are you having a good day?”

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