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Enthusiasts & Advocates for effective AI powered learning environments
Failing Forward: To Build Resilience, Model Resilience
“I blew it. I worked for weeks preparing, but still bombed that interview completely.” A young girl sees her father's discouraged...
The Case for Copywork: A Powerful Learning Tool When Thoughtfully Applied
Among myriad tools to cultivate writing abilities, an often overlooked method is copywork, defined as manually reproducing texts to...
The Power of AI to Optimize Scaffolding in Education
Scaffolding refers to providing students with temporary supports to help them learn concepts or accomplish tasks that they would not yet...
The Parent Empowerment Platform: How AI Can Help Navigate Education's Complexities
Navigating modern education bewilders even the most dedicated parents. Buried in jargon, moving targets, and black-box algorithms...
The Bond of Shared Discovery: How Co-Learning Projects Strengthen Family Relationships
In our fast-paced digital era, families strive to preserve time for substantive bonding. Yet quality moments seem increasingly elusive....
How AI and VR Are Empowering Parents in Education
While teachers play pivotal roles, parents remain a child’s first and most influential teachers. However, many caregivers feel...
How AI and VR Will Revolutionize Second Language Learning for All
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, multilingual skills are more vital than ever. Yet traditional language education has lagged...
How Formative Assessment Using AI Will Accelerate Math Learning
Mathematics is a fundamental skill that shapes our everyday lives, from budgeting finances to solving complex real-world problems....
Chatbots as Cognitive Coaches: How AI Can Make Everyone Much, Much Smarter
Meet Andrew - an AI coach designed to sharpen human thinking skills in any domain. Andrew provides personalized cognitive coaching...
Good Scaffolding Needs In-Process Assessment
Effective scaffolding relies on the teacher's ability to accurately assess a student's changing needs in real-time and continuously...
Phonics Instruction: How AI Can Optimize Early Reading Foundations
Among the debates surrounding early literacy education, phonics instruction remains controversial to some. However, extensive research...
Accelerating Excellence: AI Can Optimize Teaching Strategies in Real-Time Across the Globe
For over a century, improving education has been a slow, fragmented journey. Instructional innovations diffused gradually through...
How AI Can Unlock the Potential of Parent-Child Team Learning
Most education separates children and adults, confining them to their respective learning spheres. Yet the most powerful and enduring...
How Parents Can Instill a Love of Reading
Among the greatest gifts families can nurture in children is a passion for reading. When caregivers model reading habits and surround...
Sparking Curiosity: How AI and VR Are Fueling a Renaissance in Exploration Learning
For decades, education has centered on teachers transmitting approved knowledge to students who regurgitate it back on tests. But...
Meaning-Making Should Be Honored, Not Graded
Among the pillars of humanistic education is the idea that learning should shape the whole person by fostering self-actualization,...
How AI and VR Can Unleash the Learning Superpower of Self-Correction
Of all metacognitive skills, self-correction may be among the most pivotal for deep, lasting learning. Detecting one’s own errors or...
Ending the Bias for Precision Over Fluency in Education: How AI and VR Can Rebalance Assessment
Educational systems have traditionally prioritized precise accuracy over fluent skill application. While precision is undoubtedly...
The Power of Simplicity and Focus in Curriculum Design
“Don’t get caught in the trap of ‘covering material.’ If you do, cover it with dirt and lay it to rest, because without meaning, it’s...

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