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John King: ‘The Failure of National Leadership Is Being Visited Upon School Leaders’

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So again, the failure of national leadership is being visited upon school leaders who face this impossible dilemma. What’s happened with COVID is low-income students and students of color had less internet access, so with the closures, there were kids who literally could not participate in school. But we have to be safe.

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Can growth mindset theory reshape the classroom?

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It’s interesting to hear how common it is for people to answer that question in finite terms — that they either have a mind for it or they don’t. Together with greater high-speed internet coverage, this means teachers have an unprecedented ability to find tools and resources that work for their classrooms.

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A cautious approach to using AI in education

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Guidance for using AI in education AI is already impacting education in several areas: plagiarism detection, learning management platforms, analyzing student success/failure metrics, and curriculum development. The practice of scraping data from wherever it can be found on the internet to train AI systems is common.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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A note: Any time students use the internet, start with a discussion on how to use it safely. In my classes, students must qualify to use Minecraft by answering a series of questions I pose. How students answer this question is always interesting. The surprising part is no one minds these questions. Make failure fun.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

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Chief Privacy Officers: A Small But Growing Fleet in Higher Education

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But things have changed dramatically over the last decade, as questions and concerns over privacy have emerged front and center in the public consciousness. But I think a lot of the success or failure of whether there is a CPO or not, will depend on institutional culture and the bent of the senior administration.”

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6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

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In cyberspace, students are confronted often–if not daily–with questions regarding cyberbullying, digital privacy, digital footprints, plagiarism, and more. The question is: Who’s teaching students how to thrive in this brave new world? A lot of learning is accomplished by failure. Try, fail, try again.

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