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JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

The hope is that by partnering with the government, we can bring the latest learning science, the best content and the best technology to every worker and parent who is associated with early childhood development. We share similar small activities with parents and invite them to share with their communities.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

What the Maps in Our Brain Tell Us About the Learning Process. To fit all the billions of neurons in the human brain into our heads, they're organized so that brain regions are carefully mapped to things like vision and hearing. Louis, and author of the new book, “Brainscapes.” How to Continuously Improve Teaching.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The new AI-generated prompts may also help children, but not as much as reading with a skilled human adult, such as a teacher, parent or tutor — and they should not be used to replace that experience. And product developers could draw from learning science research to build tools that foster children’s self-expression and creativity.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

It literally speaks to my soul, not only because it acknowledges my humanity but also in the way it pays homage to the intersections of Black and Queer artistry. We Are Artists Educators serving in the classroom demonstrate the creative, imaginative and intellectual talents of artists.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

And there are thorny and unresolved ethical issues around how much and in what instances it's appropriate to have a bot perform tasks that were once thought only things that humans could or should do. There’s also the question of how AI literacy fits into efforts to teach coding skills in schools.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Chatbots that leverage AI are going to be a kind of intermediary a translator, says Zachary Pardos, an associate professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley, who is one of the editors on a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Learning Analytics that will be devoted to generative AI in the field.

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