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Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do

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As the seminal punk band so adequately expressed for millions of teens across the country, no one represents the concept of authority better than their teachers and administrators. In most classrooms, the management boils down to, “I’m the teacher, so I’m in charge.” I’m the fun teacher! Naturally, this bummed me out.

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Teachers are burning out. Can AI help?

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K-12 teachers report the highest burnout rate among all industries nationally, according to a June 2022 Gallup poll. There is an estimated teacher shortage of over 300,000. But what if every single teacher could have an AI assistant? Preparing lessons is one of the more time-consuming parts of a teacher’s job.

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Schools Drop Acellus Learning Platform Over ‘Glaring’ Offensive Content

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As with any distance learning program, teachers at the school level are also reviewing content before they are assigned, similarly to how textbooks are used for instruction.” A multiple-choice question asks students to name the terrorist group Osama bin Laden led, and one answer option is “Towelban.”

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How AI Can Help Educators Test Whether Their Teaching Materials Work

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EdSurge: The app you developed helps teachers test out their learning materials to see if they’re effective. One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

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In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. Smart courses aren’t just about simple plug and play or digitized textbook content. Is that adaptive? A good experience?

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LearnWith.AI Launches TeachTap, the first AI-powered learning app for AP exam prep and high school courses

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TeachTap uses AI to bring historical figures to life as teachers, allowing students to learn, for example, about the Civil War with Abraham Lincoln, the civil rights movement through the lens of Martin Luther King Jr, or the laws of motion from Sir Isaac Newton. Generative AI with guardrails LearnWith.AI

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Achieve3000 updates blended learning, differentiated instruction tools

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plus several international editions – Achieve3000 is ensuring both teachers and students have the standards-aligned, grade-appropriate content they need to meet grade-level state standards, perform on high-stakes state assessments, and achieve college and career readiness literacy goals. New Teacher’s Edition Homepage.