World History Teachers Blog
JUNE 28, 2024
Edsurge just published a new story by Jeffery R. Young about new features of AI that will require educators to make even more adjustments. First, Open AI is making its latest generation of Chatbot free to anyone. Second, new tools make it easier for students to skip notetaking in class. For example, one tool allows students to simply record a teacher's lecture.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 28, 2024
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — When Natalia Molina began teaching her second grade students word problems earlier this school year, every lesson felt difficult. Most students were stymied by problems such as: “Sally went shopping. She spent $86 on groceries and $39 on clothing. How much more did Sally spend on groceries than on clothing?” Both Molina, a first-year teacher, and her students had been trained to tackle word problems by zeroing in on key words like “and,” “more” and “total” — a simplistic ap
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ED Surge
JUNE 28, 2024
A couple of years ago, as schools that had been forced to go virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic began to bring students back on campus, Pedro Olvera noticed that his phone started ringing more. Olvera spent much of his career as a school psychologist in Santa Ana Unified School District, just a stone’s throw from Disneyland, where about 40 percent of students are English learners who speak Spanish.
Anthropology.net
JUNE 28, 2024
A groundbreaking study 1 has revealed that a Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, providing the earliest-known evidence of the genetic condition and hinting at compassionate caregiving among Neanderthals. This discovery offers profound insights into the social dynamics and empathy within Neanderthal communities.
Psychology Sorted
JUNE 28, 2024
Planning ahead This two-year plan is for a combined HL/SL class. It will also work if you are lucky enough to teach your HL and SL students separately. Tomorrow I will provide a one-year plan for teaching SL students. Though the IB Diploma psychology is recommended as a two-year course , I know that some teachers have to fit it into one year! The recommended teaching hours from the subject brief are: This equates to about 3 hours a week for SL over two years and around 5 hours for HL.
Political Science Now
JUNE 28, 2024
Scattered Attacks: The Collective Dynamics of Lone-Actor Terrorism By Stefan Malthaner , Aarhus University , Francis O’Connor , Wageningen University , and Lasse Lindekilde , Aarhus University The proliferation of lone-actor terrorist attacks over the past decade has led to a rapidly expanding literature and a subfield of research. However, this research has only to a limited degree been brought into wider discussions on political violence and social movements.
Society for Classical Studies
JUNE 28, 2024
In Memoriam: David Konstan kskordal Fri, 06/28/2024 - 08:35 Image David Konstan: November 1, 1940 – May 2, 2024 [link] The Society for Classical Studies is deeply saddened by the recent loss of David Konstan, who passed away Thursday, May 2, 2024. He served as President of the SCS (then named the American Philological Association) in 1999, and he was the recipient of the Charles J.
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C3 Teachers
JUNE 28, 2024
With the rise of AI, I’m thinking about what it means to be human? How is the human experience lifted up or pulled down by AI? Do you care if it’s a human or a bot? If your interaction with an AI bot meets your human needs, does it really matter if it’s not human? You may recall Kevin Roose’s encounter (also here ) with “Sydney,” an early beta version AI-powered Bing search tool.
C3 Teachers
JUNE 28, 2024
With the rise of AI, I’m thinking about what it means to be human? How is the human experience lifted up or pulled down by AI? Do you care if it’s a human or a bot? If your interaction with an AI bot meets your human needs, does it really matter if it’s not human? You may recall Kevin Roose’s encounter with “Sydney,” an early beta version AI-powered Bing search tool.
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