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Is AI The Bicycle Of The Mind? Augmenting Human Capabilities With AI

[ad_1] AI: History And Future Perspectives Steve Jobs likened computers to a “bicycle for our minds“: a tool that can dramatically amplify our natural abilities (Markoff, 2011). Extending this powerful metaphor, could we then consider Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the “jet engine” for our minds, propelling us beyond the constraints of our cognitive capacity? In …

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11 Active Reading Strategies for Comprehension and Retention

[ad_1] We know what active reading looks like: students reading voraciously and talking and thinking about what they read. When students are active readers, they know that reading is much more than sounding out words—it’s building vocabulary and connecting background knowledge to new learning. For students to end the year as active readers, we have …

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27 Classroom Games Students Will Want To Play Again and Again

[ad_1] The classroom games you choose to play with students may become their favorite memories. (I still remember playing Heads Up, Seven Up in Mrs. Merar’s first grade class!) Classroom games are a great way to build collaboration and community and practice important skills. Plus, they’re fun! Benefits of Classroom Games Classroom games capture what …

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Colgate adds vocational ed to benefits for employee children

[ad_1] Colgate University has added vocational and trade schools to its benefit for employees’ children. Colgate, like many colleges, has offered all children, aged 25 and under, of employees who have worked full-time at the university for at least seven years a grant of $33,311, not to exceed the tuition of a college. The college …

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Texas A&M prof. suspended for allegedly criticizing lt. gov.

[ad_1] On Friday morning, Texas A&M University announced its president had retired, citing the ongoing controversy over A&M mishandling the hiring of a Black professor. The already bad public relations worsened as the day went on. The head of the university’s Department of Communication and Journalism alleged that, despite now-former president Kathy Banks’s statements otherwise, …

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Connecting Maine’s adult ed programs and community colleges

[ad_1] Carolyn Haskell, college and career success coordinator at Kennebec Valley College in Maine, heard from a concerned academic adviser at the college earlier this year that a student might be underprepared for an upcoming English 101 course. Haskell reached out to the struggling student and connected her with virtual tutoring through an adult education …

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AI boom creates concerns for recent graduates, study finds

[ad_1] More than half of recent graduates question whether they are properly prepared for the workforce in light of the rise of artificial intelligence, a survey finds. In addition to the 52 percent who question their preparedness, 46 percent feel threatened by the new technology, according to Cengage Group’s “2023 Graduate Employability Report.” This year’s survey of …

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