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The Long and Surprising History of ‘Teaching Machines’

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Long before the advent of personal computers, inventors and researchers created what they called “teaching machines” in hopes of revolutionizing education. Yet today’s edtech leaders often ignore or choose to forget this history, argues Audrey Watters, a longtime critical observer of edtech, who calls it “historical amnesia of the past.”

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Are History Textbooks Worth Using Anymore? Maybe Not, Some Teachers Say

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Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?

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As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Its one of the fastest-growing features in the history of Grammarly, says Jenny Maxwell, head of education at the company.

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‘Gen Z Teaches History’ Is a Viral TikTok Series That Mixes Learning and Humor

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If you’re a history buff, you may already know that Cleopatra had a substantial amount of rizz. History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. And I always say, ‘History is interesting.’ I think other people make it boring.

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Essential Tech Tools for the History Class

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Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. As a history teacher, I used the summertime to experiment and attend online professional development technology sessions and tech camps.

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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

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Schonfeld, co-author of the new book, “Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization.” Schonfeld is a longtime leader in the library community and is a program director at Ithaka S+ R a nonprofit education consultancy.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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