What Educators Should Know About Too-Good-To-Be-True Software Prices?

By Devin Partida

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If you're a K-12 educator, you know how crucial it is to budget appropriately for spending on class supplies, software, and instructional materials.

You likely need to spend money out of your pocket to account for classroom decor, office supplies like pens and pencils, and other things. Those transactions can add up, leaving you feeling overwhelmed when all you're trying to do is create a welcoming learning environment for your students.

While some schools offer some supplies to their teachers or have the funds to issue reimbursements, not every teacher is lucky enough to reap that benefit. It's only natural for you to try and find workarounds, such as downloading useful learning materials from the internet at a low cost. There are some technologies changing education that you simply cannot do without, and educational software is no exception.

You may want to take advantage of these cheap deals, but have you ever thought about the possible consequences of downloading software from an unknown source?

Let's explore what pirated software is, the consequences of downloading it, and how you can identify some of the warning signs to look out for when using cheap software.

Create a Culture of Learning in Your Classroom

By MATTHEW LYNCH

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Maybe you’ve witnessed a classroom where the focus on learning is intense.

A hum of excitement resonates in the air, and everyone, the teacher and students alike, goes about their work with a focused purpose. Everyone is engaged. The workflow is fluid. Routines are seamless. The students help each other succeed.

Maybe that classroom is yours.

If it’s not, it can be.

Using Artificial Intelligence To Help Students With Learning Disabilities Learn

By MATTHEW LYNCH

6 Ways Edtech Tools Help Teachers Save Time

By Josiah Torvik, Teacher, St. Cloud Area MN School District 742

Edtech tools can prove invaluable to teachers who have limited time to juggle planning, teaching, and grading.

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How AI Technologies Support School Safety

By Alok Jain, Quicklert

Technology has advanced to the point where many tools, including AI technologies, can alert educators of danger before a disaster occurs.

AI is only Part of the Future

By MATTHEW LYNCH

Artificial intelligence is already a part of schools everywhere. You find it in customized lessons taught via computer, data-management software, predictive and prompted emails, and adjustments in climate-controlled buildings.

AI also has begun to permeate instruction, with interactive robots and curriculum built around STEM fields. In short, AI is changing the face of education.

How Artificial Intelligence is Empowering The Education Sector

By Priya Dialani

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Artificial Intelligence is Improving Education Sector like never before!

We’re in 2020 and long past the days back when we used to stand outside the school library to get the opportunity to copy two or three Encyclopedia pages, to use as a kind of reference for our school projects.

With this age having grown up with the benefit of access to technology at their fingertips, the field of education has hugely changed and overturned in this digitally driven world. Artificial Intelligence in the education market was worth US$2.022 billion for the year 2019.

6 Questions to Improve Your Virtual Classroom

It can be difficult to gauge how effective your online instruction is—using surveys to gather regular student feedback can help.

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7 Ways Artificial Intelligence Help Students Learn

The role of artificial intelligence in education is always a hot topic. While some fear that artificial intelligence will take over education to the detriment of students and teachers, others claim that artificial intelligence will revolutionize and improve education.

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While we’re far from seeing robots in the classroom, artificial intelligence is making its way into education. Certain tasks can be made easier through the use of artificial intelligence. Grading, for example, can be done quickly and easily using artificial intelligence. The most important way that education will transform education is by simply helping students to learn. In this piece, I will discuss 7 ways that artificial intelligence helps students learn.

10 Roles For Artificial Intelligence In Education

For decades, science fiction authors, futurists, and movie makers alike have been predicting the amazing (and sometimes catastrophic) changes that will arise with the advent of widespread artificial intelligence. 

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So far, AI hasn’t made any such crazy waves, and in many ways has quietly become ubiquitous in numerous aspects of our daily lives. From the intelligent sensors that help us take perfect pictures, to the automatic parking features in cars, to the sometimes frustrating personal assistants in smartphones, artificial intelligence of one kind of another is all around us, all the time.