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Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change

ED Surge

Understanding the Psyche of Technological Resistance in the Education Workforce Resistance to change, especially technological change , is fundamentally anchored in our human psychology. Typically, humans have an inclination toward safety and the predictability of routine, avoiding the uncertainty that comes with new terrain.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

ED Surge

She imagines teachers might use AI in the same way to create assignments or lesson plans. “No No matter what, the thoughts need to start with the human user and end with the human user,” she stresses. After all, the goal of any writing instruction, she notes, is to help “two human beings communicate with each other.”

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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

ED Surge

These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. I needed to learn about my people in order for me to see my own humanity, and for the students I’ve taught over the past 13 years, I know this to be true.

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OPINION: To fight online trolls, we must teach teenagers how to think like them

The Hechinger Report

High school students are also teenagers, though, and while they may be technologically savvy, they are often psychologically unsophisticated and eager to be part of a cause or group — making them easy marks for the purveyors of misinformation. Some of the Parkland survivors received death threats that cited such “news” stories.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

Early in fall 2020, Hidalgo and her husband scoured the internet for curriculum and lesson plans that they could use at home to teach their kids. All four Early in fall 2020, Hidalgo and her husband scoured the internet for curriculum and lesson plans that they could use at home to teach their kids. The Siddiquis.

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Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

It makes me feel more approachable and human when I share my life experiences with them. When student behaviors distract from the learning or jeopardize the safe psychological space in the classroom, it is emotionally draining for educators. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. Students love this activity.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. Louis has an amazing collection of interviews from the Great Depression.