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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question. The book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ” What was your biggest worry then, and how did the testing go? It could be used to cheat.

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Visual learning made easy with Lucidchart

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2012

They recently added graphic organizer templates to their educational template section, so you can make great-looking graphic organizers in a snap. Plus, Lucidchart is completely free for educators and students. After an initial demo, I was quite impressed and wanted to pass this along to my readers. Give Lucidchart a try.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education. Topics around how AI fits into education continued to draw listeners this year, including our interview with Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy, about his groups new AI chatbot tutor.

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3 Ways St. Vrain Valley Schools is Transforming Teacher PD with AI

Edthena

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Highlighted in the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) article, “Transforming Teacher PD With AI,” authors Courtney Groskin, an instructional coach, and Sandy Heiser, assistant principal of Skyline High School, share how their district is breaking the mold of traditional PD. Heres how St.

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How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Founder & CEO, Intercultural Education Consulting The metaverse, a virtual, interconnected, and immersive digital space where users can interact with each other and digital environments, holds tremendous potential to transform education. Beata Mirecka-Jakubowska, M.A. But the drawbacks of the experience were mainly technical.

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Beyond Devices: A Tech Leader's Advice to Building School Community

ED Surge

MAY 13, 2024

Daniel Gauna Executive Director of Educational Information Technology, El Segundo School District, Calif. Although his background is in technology, his current role requires him to work closely with the Educational Services team to support instructional applications and other related aspects. Request a demo.

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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

My then-employer was part of the growing education industry in the Philippines. Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China.

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How to Transform Lessons Into Adventures

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Their excitement is evident as they face challenges and earn rewards, turning traditional learning into an adventure. He later moved into digital game-based learning and currently serves as the director of educator enablement at Prodigy Education , partnering with schools and districts to enhance the use of game-based learning tools.

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5 Steps to Ensure Your Classroom Technology Refresh Delivers

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

It's about ensuring that edtech investments support educators, giving them the tools to meaningfully impact student learning outcomes. It's about ensuring that edtech investments support educators, giving them the tools to meaningfully impact student learning outcomes. Request a demo.

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This may be the best way to train teachers, but can we afford it?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2016

I just asked him to get a pencil,” she said quietly to Paulk, unnerved by how quickly a peaceful literary lesson had unraveled into papers-flying, table-rocking chaos as she and her Seattle Teacher Residency (STR) colleagues attempted to teach 17 elementary school students, five of whom get special education support.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Higher Education.

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(Younger children in the school take courses using more-traditional online tools, including Microsoft Teams.) The school’s founder, Erika Donalds, hopes this cutting-edge technology can help spread an educational approach that is decidedly old-fashioned. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. Karen Eoff is the Education Director for the South East regional co-op.

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Is There a Problem With ‘Mathbots’?

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When GPT-3 burst on the education scene, it caused a flood of reactions, ranging from gleeful to apocalyptic. And they had examples they could have called to mind, such as the metaverse, a high-tech concept for a virtual world that promised to revolutionize education before calming expectations. But more than that, it unlocked money.

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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

Visual learning made easy with Lucidchart

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

3 Ways St. Vrain Valley Schools is Transforming Teacher PD with AI

How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

Beyond Devices: A Tech Leader's Advice to Building School Community

I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

How to Transform Lessons Into Adventures

5 Steps to Ensure Your Classroom Technology Refresh Delivers

This may be the best way to train teachers, but can we afford it?

Out of poverty, into the middle class

Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

Is There a Problem With ‘Mathbots’?

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