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Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

In today's rapidly changing world, where new challenges and technologies emerge at an unprecedented pace, students need to be relevant thinkers to successfully navigate the complex social, economic, and environmental issues they will face. It can also be leveraged to ensure technology is used purposefully.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

A recent study within a number of school districts, including the Middletown City School District, showed significantly greater academic growth in blended learning versus traditional classes. Successful and sustained edtech implementation requires that good pedagogy must first be in play within the classroom. So, what can be done?

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

ED Surge

Stacie Johnson Leader of Professional Development at Khan Academy Johnsrud: The World Economic Forum this past year reported that creative thinking is the number-one skill needed across industries globally in the next five years. AI isn't just a new tool; it is a shift in pedagogy. How would you respond to that? That wasn't the case.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Biologists at the school look at the math taught in traditional calculus courses, he adds, and wonder why it’s even being taught, because the math isn’t practically useful for the field. The educators sat through lectures on pedagogy, the finer points of math and how to apply it to actual biological problems.

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How to Start a School Design Project

Digital Promise

Let goals and pedagogy lead the design. Once you’ve gathered insights from the community, develop a goal or pedagogy of practice that can guide your spatial design. . Traditional classrooms often use a white board as the center of student attention. Follow Project Zero’s Pedagogy of Play project on Twitter.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

Angela Jenks guided medical anthropology students through an analysis of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) medical apps like Symptomate and DermAssist, teaching them to analyze this emerging technology while situating these apps in their historical, social, and economic contexts.

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In China, Online Degrees on Hold, Even as MOOCs Rise

ED Surge

For China, the move is a departure from its centuries-old tradition of favoring literature and the liberal arts. advances in online pedagogy, such as flipped classrooms and MOOCs. Wu Yan, head of China’s Higher Education Department, says, “MOOCs are critical to reform China’s traditional cramming teaching model.

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