Category: Education
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AI in Education: The Academic Integrity Conversation is just the Tip of the Iceberg
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It’s not easy to predict the future. This can be especially true for educators, who are often so focused on our day-to-day that we rarely have time to prophesize. Consequently, we focus on the now, and generative AI is perceived as a direct threat to our daily practice. It completely…
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Beyond the Hype: AI is Changing K-12 Education, but Not (yet) in the Manner we Expect
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By now, we’ve all endured a great deal of hype surrounding AI in Education. This fast-evolving space is cluttered with “AI evangelists” touting the next big tip, trick, or game-changing app. With so much noise, it’s becoming hard to distinguish between true innovations and those designed only to garner likes…
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Teaching in an Era of Technology Overload: Old Research Provides Modern Insight
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In the spring of 1964, Harvard researcher Robert Rosenthal approached a San Francisco Elementary School with a research proposal. He claimed to have created a special new assessment called the “Harvard Test of Inflected Acquisition” that could identify students with superior academic potential at an early age. He planned to…
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From Calculators to ChatGPT: A Journey in Educational Transformation
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This article was originally published in the Spring ’24 Edition of NJPSA’s Magazine Educational Viewpoints in March, 2024. In 1958, American engineer John Kilby invented the integrated circuit, or “the chip,” paving the way for the evolution of large machines into handheld, compact devices. The personal calculator quickly became a…