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And new research points to better ways to strengthen student-teacher relationships and a sense of belonging, argues Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University. Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? Should Chatbots Tutor?

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Those guests are Greg Heiberger, associate dean for academics and student success at South Dakota State University and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. But basically you'd be watching an Imax movie,” she said of the device’s strengths. We need interactivity.

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Simulating student mental health for teachers

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The simulations allow learners to enter a virtual environment and role play with virtual students who are manifesting signs of psychological distress, according to Albright. Credit: Screenshot of Kognito demo.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

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Watkins says that a few months ago, when he saw a demo of a new feature in a popular learning management system that uses AI to help make materials with one click, he asked a company official whether they could add a button that would automatically watermark when AI is used to make that clear to students.

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

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I’ve done demos before. My degree is in psychology but I’m teaching history! Turns out they don’t just love science like she does. It’s kind of hard to please this age group,” she says. And so far, she says, the students’ grades show they’re not quite with her. “I I have incorporated videos. We’ve done labs. ’”.