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Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content

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Teaching the new core four To help students become critical consumers of information, educators must still emphasize four essential evaluative criteria, but these must now be framed in the context of AI-generated content and advanced search systems. The stakes are higher. The tools are smarter. The educators role is more important than ever.

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Tech Tip #138: 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites

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169 tech-centric situations—tech topics most important to your teaching as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations Today’s tip: Evaluate websites Category: Parents When students use the internet to research a topic, likely they get hundreds—or thousands—of possible resources.

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Poll: Americans oppose linking teacher evaluations with student performance

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Latest Gallup Poll reveals that many public school parents are not in favor of using student performance in teacher evaluations. The Gallup Poll released Sunday found 55 percent opposed linking teacher evaluations to their students’ test scores.

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3 approaches to help students become responsible cyber citizens

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Technology and the internet are omnipresent—and today’s youth must be equipped with skills to safely consume, evaluate, and share information online—including how they interact with their peers. Address cyberbullying and internet trolls. Here are three considerations for nurturing students into responsible cyber citizens.

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3 ways students can develop solid online research skills

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Today’s students don’t know the world without the internet. As educators, we can teach the academic side of the internet to them. Educators can help students evaluate online information efficiently. Gen Z doesn’t necessarily think critically about what they find online. Why is it so critical? .

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3 ways to help students do efficient online research

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Today’s students don’t know the world without the internet. As educators, we can teach the academic side of the internet to them. Educators can help students evaluate online information efficiently. Gen Z doesn’t necessarily think critically about what they find online. Why is it so critical? .

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3 collaborative strategies to bolster cybersecurity

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In the fall of 2021, the Center for Internet Security’s Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( MS-ISAC ) reported an expected 86 percent increase in cybersecurity incidents targeting K-12 school systems over the course of one year.

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