TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

by TeachThought Staff Welcome to a new school year! While most teachers and students have so much to look forward to as the new school year begins, at times the groans you will hear from the students are almost as loud as the more subtle groans of the teachers. The end of summer is always seen as a tragic end to freedom and fun. Like on Mondays, when the whole long week seems to loom threateningly in front of you, new school years can sometimes fill you with the same sort of dread.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. That’s in part because of a huge batch of new tools and updated features that incorporate ChatGPT, which companies have released in recent weeks. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School by TeachThought Staff Team-building activities are great–especially for the first day of school or early in the school year, Not only can they help establish routines, tone, and expectations, they’re also fun, and can help learners feel comfortable. Though many older students in high school and college may groan at their thought, they’re usually fun, and great ways to help students feel at ease.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill House, an early learning center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was 2016, and back then, she lacked experience and expertise working with young children. She had no intention of staying in the field long-term. This story also appeared i n The 19th. But the work grew on her. Gundy started out as a “floater,” helping with infants, toddlers and preschoolers as needed.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

For too long, students with learning disabilities have struggled to navigate a traditional education system that often fails to meet their unique needs. But what if technology could help bridge the gap, offering personalized support and unlocking the full potential of every learner? Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful ally in special education, offering many opportunities to create more inclusive and effective learning experiences for students with diverse learning profiles.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2024

This is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. A few months ago, my colleague Jill Barshay wrote about a survey that found that many high school math teachers cobble together curriculum from the internet and other sources. Readers reacted, particularly teachers who were angry about how researchers characterized them as going “rogue” for pulling together their own resources.

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Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

By Ricardo Levins Morales. Click image to order poster. Do not reprint without permission of artist. This Labor Day comes in the midst of union victories — and ever-increasing challenges for frontline workers and teachers. What could be more important for our students than to learn that progress toward greater justice has occurred only when people have organized together and fought for it?

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

Join APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for a virtual workshop. Event: Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PT Registration: Register here (registration is free) Join us for the first professional development virtual workshop of the 2024-2025 academic year led by the APSA Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession on “Curricular Innovations in P

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 1, 2024

An international research team from Swansea University and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) has made a groundbreaking discovery in human evolution by comparing the structural and functional differences between human hearts and those of other great apes. This study, published in Communications Biology 1 , sheds light on the evolutionary adaptations that have enabled humans to develop larger brains and the ability to walk and run long distances.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

Comparative Historical Analysis Full Day Short Course 9:00am – 5:00pm Comparative historical analysis (CHA) encompasses a methodological tradition that has been widely used for studying problem-driven, macro-historical questions. Like historians, CHA uses the past to formulate research questions, describe complex social processes, and generate new theoretical insights.

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Life and Landscapes

AUGUST 1, 2024

I REMEMBER THE RIOTS, AND MUCH MORE FROM THE 1960s It was the time of the Vietnam War. A time when a nation was struggling to understand the truth behind what its leaders were saying. When the measure of victory was the nightly body counts. We must be winning. More of them are dying. It was a time when a pacifist priest spoke to our high school class in protest.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Merze Tate Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Bassan-Nygate’s dissertation, “Who is Watching? The Consequences of Foreign Criticism”, examines the consequences of foreign criticism via “naming and shaming.

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