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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

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Programs like this open new doors for students who don’t always see themselves represented in traditional extracurriculars, especially girls, multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Programs like New York City’s Battle of the Boroughs and the South Florida Showdown reframe esports as more than after-school entertainment.

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A virtual reality, AI-boosted system helps students with autism improve social skills

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For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day. Right now, the closest we can come to that is training peers.

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Wi-Fi radiation: Practical steps to implement safer tech in classrooms  

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Controlled experimental studies carried out in a number of countries have found that even very low levels of RFR exposure can disturb biological cell communication, weaken membranes, and impact brain development. Birnbaum, L., Ben-Ishai, P., Butler, T., & Scarato, T. Birnbaum, L., Ben-Ishai, P., Butler, T., & Scarato, T.

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Cultural Immersion: An Eye-Opening Experience to Facilitate Learning

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Schizophrenia creates significant disability that disrupts quality of life, especially impairing social relationships and cognitive skills (World Health Organization 2022). “The Use of Standardized Patients as an Educational Strategy in Baccalaureate Psychiatric Nursing Simulation: A Mixed Method Pilot Study.”

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Cultural Immersion: An Eye-Opening Experience to Facilitate Learning

Faculty Focus

Schizophrenia creates significant disability that disrupts quality of life, especially impairing social relationships and cognitive skills (World Health Organization 2022). “The Use of Standardized Patients as an Educational Strategy in Baccalaureate Psychiatric Nursing Simulation: A Mixed Method Pilot Study.”

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student. Encourage a balanced routine: Remind students to structure their days with a mix of study, exercise, and relaxation.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

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According to an article in the academic journal American Society for Information Science and Technology , improved technological instruction on assignments through librarian intervention can help students with learning disabilities and barriers.

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