March 14, 2023

Pick a Card, Any Card: Undergrad Startup Combines Flashcards with Augmented Reality for Neurodivergent Students (UConn Today)

UConn Today: Pick a Card, Any Card: Undergrad Startup Combines Flashcards with Augmented Reality for Neurodivergent Students. “In traditional classrooms, young students might spend the day sitting still for extended periods while listening to teachers talk, sometimes too fast. It’s not a system that works for all, often leaving behind those who learn differently, such as neurodivergent students with conditions like dyslexia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or autism. Justin Nappi ’24 (CLAS) and Sudiksha Mallick ’23 (CLAS) hope to change that.”

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January 20, 2023

The Atlantic: What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?

The Atlantic: What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?. “Artificial intelligence has in recent years proved itself to be a quick study, although it is being educated in a manner that would shame the most brutal headmaster. Locked into airtight Borgesian libraries for months with no bathroom breaks or sleep, AIs are told not to emerge until they’ve finished a self-paced speed course in human culture. On the syllabus: a decent fraction of all the surviving text that we have ever produced.”

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December 17, 2022

UCLA: When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter

UCLA: When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter. “Researchers asked 48 English-speaking participants to try to learn 80 words in two phonetically similar African languages, Swahili and Chinyanja, as they navigated virtual reality settings. Wearing VR headsets, participants explored one of two environments… Subjects who had learned each language in its own unique context mixed up fewer words and were able to recall 92% of the words they had learned.”

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December 9, 2022

MakeUseOf: The 6 Best Smartphone Apps for Children With Autism

MakeUseOf: The 6 Best Smartphone Apps for Children With Autism. “The Google Play Store is flooded with apps for children to enjoy, but many are designed for entertainment and early learning. There is an underserved population of children, though, that has another set of needs: children with autism. For the parents of these children (and I am one of them), it can be a struggle finding digital resources to help your children learn about the complex world around them. So we’ve selected some of the best Android or iPhone apps you can use below.” Mostly learning/social understanding type games, with a little AAC thrown in.

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December 6, 2022

The 74: Is Your CA District Ready to Fix Learning Loss? New Database Has Some Answers

The 74: Is Your CA District Ready to Fix Learning Loss? New Database Has Some Answers. “A new tool from Pivot Learning called the District Readiness Index offers a way for education stakeholders, including parents, teachers and policymakers, to identify which districts are well positioned to implement substantial changes and which must address systemic issues that will hamstring recovery.”

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November 19, 2022

Stanford Graduate School of Education: A new approach to teaching science can help inoculate against misinformation, Stanford researchers say

Stanford Graduate School of Education: A new approach to teaching science can help inoculate against misinformation, Stanford researchers say. “In a new essay published in the journal Science, [Jonathan] Osborne and [Daniel] Pimentel argue that new approaches to science education could help inoculate society against scientific misinformation in all of its forms, from the misguided to the malicious.”

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November 12, 2022

Stanford University: Is This a Deer I See? Socially Aware AI Adapts by Asking Questions of Humans

Stanford University: Is This a Deer I See? Socially Aware AI Adapts by Asking Questions of Humans. “… artificial intelligence agents are still largely only as good as the data upon which they were trained. They don’t know what they don’t know. In the real world, people faced with unfamiliar situations and surroundings adapt by watching what others around them are doing and by asking questions… Experts in educational psychology call this ‘socially situated learning.’ Until now, AI agents have lacked this ability to learn on the fly, but researchers at Stanford University recently announced that they have developed artificially intelligent agents with the ability to seek out new knowledge by asking people questions.

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November 11, 2022

KQED: 7 Edtech tools to connect students to a global community

KQED: 7 Edtech tools to connect students to a global community. “There are many edtech tools that help foster community building while providing global perspectives and engagement for students, both inside and outside of the classroom. Incorporating global community connections into community building helps students form bridges between all the communities they participate in. It may also open new avenues for students to see themselves as part of a larger global community and give them new awareness and understanding of their place in the world.”

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November 5, 2022

National Center for Appropriate Technology: National Sustainable Agriculture Program Launches New Interactive Website For Farmers

National Center for Appropriate Technology: National Sustainable Agriculture Program Launches New Interactive Website For Farmers. “Since 1987, ATTRA has been a key resource for sustainable and organic farmers and ranchers. The new website is at ATTRA.NCAT.ORG…. The new ATTRA website features nearly 400 practical digital publications on everything from growing organic tomatoes to becoming an agrotourism destination. Each publication is free, and most now include the ability to listen to a publication in a variety of languages. The site makes available archived episodes of ATTRA’s weekly podcast series, Voices from the Field, and hundreds of how-to videos.”

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October 18, 2022

UC Riverside: Taking photos of slides helps students remember

UC Riverside: Taking photos of slides helps students remember. “Students often take camera-phone photos of slides during an instructor’s presentation. But the question has lingered whether this practice helps students remember information. A first-of-its-kind study answers the question, finding that taking pictures of PowerPoint slides during an online presentation helped students remember the slide content better than for slides they did not photograph.”

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October 13, 2022

WIRED: Tips and Tools to Help Students Study, Take Notes, and Focus

WIRED: Tips and Tools to Help Students Study, Take Notes, and Focus. “WITH A NEW academic year rolling around, students of all ages will be looking for help and guidance with their work—and there are a wealth of options on mobile app stores and the web to help you succeed. Here we’ve picked out some of the best apps and services across multiple categories, including time management, homework help, note-taking, and more. Put them together and you’ve got a comprehensive toolkit for making sure that this year is a good one.”

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September 28, 2022

PR Newswire: American Foundation for the Blind Announces Free Digital Inclusion Toolkits for School Administrators, Teachers, Families, and Students (PRESS RELEASE)

PR Newswire: American Foundation for the Blind Announces Free Digital Inclusion Toolkits for School Administrators, Teachers, Families, and Students (PRESS RELEASE). “The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) today announced its Digital Inclusion Toolkits, a set of free resources to create, encourage, and advocate for more digitally inclusive classrooms. Designed for school administrators, teachers, families, and students who are blind or have low vision, the toolkits include planning tools for educators and administrators; information and resources for families and students with visual impairments that are designed to help them connect with others; advocacy tips; and lists of support organizations, hotlines, and other helpful resources.”

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August 17, 2022

My Tutor is an AI: The Effects of Involvement and Tutor Type on Perceived Quality, Perceived Credibility, and Use Intention (University of Florida)

University of Florida: My Tutor is an AI: The Effects of Involvement and Tutor Type on Perceived Quality, Perceived Credibility, and Use Intention. “Artificial Intelligence is now being used to help tutor students at all educational levels. AI tutors can enhance learning outcomes such as facilitating various teaching-learning practices within and outside the classroom, supporting students 24/7, and providing students from economically disadvantaged areas access to all kinds of learning materials without being in the same geographical location. Yet, despite the now somewhat ubiquitous nature of AI tutoring, many students, teachers, and parents are skeptical of their efficacy.”

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