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Elevating Innovation 2024: Conference Reflections and Takeaways from Educators

Digital Promise

Educators need to engage with content like this because the fast pace of school culture often distracts us from what truly matters: empowering student learning. This includes encouraging creative expression through AI-powered writing and design projects while emphasizing critical thinking and ethical considerations.

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How Digital Credentials Can Elevate Existing Programs

ED Surge

They do this by mapping courses and activities to institutional competencies: critical thinking, analytical thinking, communication, social awareness and responsibility, creativity and innovation, and leadership and collaboration. “We Communication is vital to creating a successful program.

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Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

ED Surge

The venue was the Teacher Tech Summit, a two-day virtual event last month run by T4 Education, and co-hosted with the World Bank and the edtech investment firm Owl Ventures. A university is also the best place to acquire social and cultural capital. And the people arguing for and against the motion were both devoted educators.

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This School Embeds Professional Development Into Everyday Work

Edthena

The work Morva and her colleagues at Giddens School do everyday is grounded in a commitment to critical thinking and social responsibility, with a focus on creating a community that nourishes diversity, sense of self, and love of learning. She is now Head of School at Giddens School , a P-5 independent school in Seattle.

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Unlocking the Power of Personalized Learning With Trustworthy AI and Advanced Analytics

ED Surge

Why has it been a challenge for edtech companies to deliver effective solutions? That involves understanding the learner's cognitive style, their cultural background and even their emotional state or sentiment. These are critically important factors in today’s educational environment. What does it mean to personalize learning?

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