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She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, criticalthinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. And I mean, I'm lessonplanning, I'm unit planning. So yeah, I'm an educator and businesswoman. What does a hard day look like in your role? I also teach media literacy.
These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Meanwhile in Indiana, a bill would have required teachers to turn in a year’s worth of lessonplans in advance. Yes, I’m deviating from my lessonplans. The lessonplan would still be there.
Creative thinking leads the list, followed by analytical or criticalthinking. The third most important skill is technological literacy, which includes AI and other technologies. Take Adobe Express for Education , for example. million certifications.
Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key criticalthinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators.
For example, the use of AI “can start with a two-week lessonplan. At each step, Dembo shows educators that they can modify the content being created. The thing that some educators can’t wrap their heads around, still, is that they’re working with a large language model. Dembo refutes this claim right out the gate.
The truth, she realized, is that she often deviates from lessonplans and works outside her job duties, to prepare her students “to change the world, to navigate the unpredictable with criticalthinking and resilience.” In this piece, she describes what parents and lawmakers would really see inside her classroom.
And because of all the expenses already invested in lessonplans and equipment, he adds, “to stop teaching something is a lot more energy than to start teaching something.” The college regularly conducts research to answer questions such as, “What are we teaching well? What do we need to stop teaching?” Bettersworth says.
With political topics as polarizing as they are right now, it is understandable for teachers to want to try to avoid them and just stick to the lessonplan. But external pressures have permeated classrooms like never before, from book bans to critical race theory debates to mask mandates.
Still, it should matter to all educators, toobecause when we create spaces for students to share their stories and grapple with complex issues, were not just teaching them a subjectwe are preparing them to navigate a diverse and interconnected world with empathy and criticalthinking.
Whatever the next/newest technology, from paper to AI, the relationship between students and teachers has always been central to learning. If we can address these questions, I think we are really doing our jobs: engaging students in real-world experiences while guiding them through difficult issues.
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