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Artificial Intelligence 101: Covering the Basics for Educators

Digital Promise

Some AI developers aim to make systems that can do things, like prepare food better and faster than humans, to replace the work of humans; while others want to make an AI system to work with and help humans. Here’s a list of resources to learn more about AI: Blog post: Links to 3 Webinars on AI and the Future of Learning.

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Following the lessons of learning science in schools isn’t convenient

The Hechinger Report

But several speakers at the LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference on education technology and innovation, held last week in Boston, argued that these reforms are not simply trends that will come and go, but the evolution of an education system that, in the scope of human history, is still quite young. Future of Learning.

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A New Approach to Bring Computational Thinking to More Students

Digital Promise

Based on SPICE research and design work, the SPICE team has articulated a framework (Figure 3) that can guide curriculum designers in coherently integrating science, engineering, and computational modeling in K-12 instruction: The investigation is framed around an engineering design challenge (e.g.,

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Paving the Way for Computational Thinking in Rural Communities

Digital Promise

While there has been considerable focus on developing K-12 computational thinking pathways in major U.S. Floyd County and Pikeville educators participated in a series of South Fayette School District classroom visits to observe students work and learn more about computing pathways.

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The next generation of science education means more doing

The Hechinger Report

This type of project reflects the best intentions of the Next Generation Science Standards , which encourage teachers to enable students to learn science by doing. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

One critical aspect of personalized learning is too often missing: the use of learning sciences research to best understand and reach each learner. Maker Learning and School Leadership. Putting Learning Science Research to Work. What’s Innovative in K-12 Public Schools? Can Students Create VR?

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Student teachers fail test about how kids learn, nonprofit finds

The Hechinger Report

A nonprofit organization, Deans for Impact, is working with them toward this goal, and as part of this effort, it administered a test to more than 1,000 teaching students at these six schools in the fall of 2019 to see how much learning science the teacher candidates understood. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.