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What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut?

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No, I don’t,” says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a director of Temple University’s Infant and Child Laboratory. However, several studies found that it created no additional benefits, with one even finding it inhibited babies’ language development. They don’t have the people, the labs and the sustained support.” ‘A

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The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Lisa Highfill

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She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. welcome task, daily oral language, number of the day).

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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. Some want to gain better job prospects, others seek to socialize in new circles, while still others just want an educational way to entertain themselves.

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The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Lisa Highfill

Catlin Tucker

She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. welcome task, daily oral language, number of the day).

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The Answer Within—Making Language Personal

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Yes, they are speaking Spanish, but if you watch carefully, you will see the gestures they make and the body language they use to negotiate meaning and guide one another in the complicated dance that is speaking a second language. In my Spanish Language Acquisition course, this is what is meant by personalized learning.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

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A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. Ultimately, Aguilar argues, large language models could represent an engaging way for students to ponder their own writing. It promised to increase efficiency, he argued.

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Teaching Students to Make Good Choices in an Algorithm-Driven World

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In contrast, AI centers, like the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, have largely focused on high-end, specialized training for graduate students in complex mathematical and computer engineering fields. There’s a clue in a statement from the Davis Institute’s first director , natural language processing expert Amanda Stent.

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