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

eSchool News

However, educators still need to teach students the ability to be critical consumers of information, whether produced by humans or generated by AI tools. That makes teaching students to trace information to original sources even more essential. Todays students rarely line up at the reference desk. The stakes are higher.

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Teaching Creativity and Durable Skills in an AI World

Edsurge

Johnsrud: There’s always been awareness that the careers of tomorrow are out of sync with what we are teaching today. The goal wasn’t just to pick a tool, but to teach students to be critical consumers. With AI, it’s the same: We need to teach students to “read the nutrition label” before they consume AI content.

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K–12 Leaders Evaluate Funding and Cybersecurity Challenges

EdTech Magazine

Digital infrastructure is now the backbone of teaching, learning and school operations — and edtech leaders are the architects holding it all together. “This year’s survey reveals a defining moment for K–12 education,” said CoSN CEO Keith Krueger in a news release from the organization.

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3 major ways to boost basic data literacy in K-6

eSchool News

EDC’s Oceans of Data Institute (ODI) convened an expert panel of data analysts and educators for a workshop on data literacy, and panelists focused on what it means to be data literate in today’s world of big data, as well as what to teach students to prepare them to be part of today’s workforce and society.

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ISTE launches four new initiatives to improve edtech experiences

eSchool News

AI will revolutionize not just teaching and learning, but also the future of work. Make it easier to evaluate new edtech tools. The result was the EdTech Index , which helps educators evaluate the quality of edtech products. To put it more bluntly, we believe life is too short for sucky learning.”

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Beyond formulas: Embracing complexity in writing instruction

eSchool News

Key points: Formulaic writing can constrain thinking and limit creativity Why reliable edtech matters to boost literacy Video game design boosts students’ literacy skills For more news on writing instruction, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!)

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

However, in an increasingly complex and interconnected world, there is a growing need to enhance this traditional model with innovative teaching methods (Barker, 2000). Systems thinking provides tools to evaluate the reliability and relevance of data.

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