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5 FETC 2024 sessions that grabbed our attention

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Participants will engage in discussion about lesson ideas that can be used in any K-8 classroom. Examples will be shared that connect to each part of the SEL framework including student work examples and rubrics for classroom use. As we strive to better, more connected educators we want the same for our students.

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8 questions every student should ask before choosing a college 

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Its worth investigating the student-to-faculty ratio and whether professors are actively engaged in teaching or if most instruction is left to teaching assistants. Do professors hold regular office hours, and are they approachable? What opportunities exist for study abroad, research, or experiential learning?

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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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How This Famed Chinese Venture Capitalist Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching

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His latest book, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order , is almost two books in one: It tells the story of the development of artificial intelligence and why we should pay attention to this work. In the one-to-1000 classroom, we also have teaching assistants. In the past 2.5 By that time, it's too late.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

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The chime she rang to remind students to take a calm breath before focusing their attention signaled that this breathing practice had become embedded into classroom culture. Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions.

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How to Engage Students and Support Learning in Large Classes

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When my students watch his videos, they say they feel like they are sitting in the same Harvard classroom that is being filmed and are participating in the dialog with the other students. His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam.

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Play Is Disappearing From Kindergarten. It’s Hurting Kids.

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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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