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Elevating Innovation 2024: Conference Reflections and Takeaways from Educators

Digital Promise

We learn from trial and error; to err is human, after all, so why not learn that way? We learn from trial and error; to err is human, after all, so why not learn that way? This includes encouraging creative expression through AI-powered writing and design projects while emphasizing critical thinking and ethical considerations.

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Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities

Teaching Anthropology

It seems that our recent (timid) interest in cultivating multiliteracies in anthropological work follows directly from his early 20 th -century view that human communication involves not only linguistic or verbal exchanges, but also non-verbal cues and gestures, such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language. Smith (eds.),

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Learning How to Wash Your Hands in Anthropology Class 

Teaching Anthropology

To his point, I find the current slew of handwashing videos on YouTube and other sites to be excellent resources for anthropology class projects, and utilize several in an activity that nurtures introductory students’ skills in critical thinking and observation. Human hygiene is taken as an example.

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OPINION: I’m one of the professors spending thousands of dollars to teach from home

The Hechinger Report

Now, based on the latest science and human behavior, I predict that on-campus classes will not be safe until late 2022. By July, like a lot of my colleagues in academia, I was already making some more permanent changes to my teach-from-home set up. My living room and personal MacBook Pro were no longer adequate.

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Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students

ED Surge

As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments.

Education 140
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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. After sending the essay to the Chronicles of Oklahoma in late 2022, she forgot about it. You need to see how historical narratives are made.” She also pursues her own research.

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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Reflecting the pressures on campuses today, a recent study indicates eroding confidence in higher education: In late 2022 only 55 percent of Americans surveyed said that “colleges and universities were having a positive effect on the way things were going,” compared with 69 percent in early 2020. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

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