
Laura Ascione
@eSN_Laura
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Editorial Director, eSchool Media. Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland. Repeat watcher of The Office.
Annapolis, MD
Joined January 2013
Laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning by building essential research skills begins in the library and extends to the classroom and beyond.
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Laying the foundation for lifelong learning by building essential research skills begins in library databases and extends beyond the classroom
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Adopting new technology in education should support agency—for teachers and students. Check out this article by Dr. Micah Shippee for @eschoolnews that highlights the importance of empowering individuality and creating opportunity: https://t.co/4zINPFjIuC
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Factoring agency into edtech adoptions helps to ensure that students are ready for the challenges and opportunities of the future.
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AI is here to stay, and will be an important workforce skill--let's teach our students to work with it, not against it.
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AI is here to stay, and will be an important workforce skill--let's teach our students to work with it, not against it, in the classroom.
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Teachers are craving permission to play and the support they need to implement more play-based learning. Here's how to integrate purposeful play into your classroom.
A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from @LEGO_Education found that nearly all students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority of teachers believe it’s more effective than traditional methods like lectures or textbooks.
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Philosophy is going to be really important with #AI. Over next few years as #generativeAI develops, we'll see lots of considerations around use, effects, outcomes of AI. That’s something to consider when adopting AI on campus and considering possible outcomes. #EDU23
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Re: the future – when #generativeAI is coupled with VR, with quantum computing...there are so many great possibilities with this, but a lot of challenges and dangers. The next 3-5 years are going to be very exciting. #EDU23
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Cheating is an age-old problem, and we'll never fully catch it--#students need to understand appropriate and honest use of #generativeAI and administration should back up #faculty when needed. #EDU23
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#Faculty are scared about #generativeAI's implications, but #students absolutely need #AI skills for the #workforce. #EDU23
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Expert panel members are preparing to discuss the implications of the spread of #generativeAI & a proposed research agenda to continue to understand its impact on higher education at #EDU23. #highered
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Your vision for the academic year must be centered on your community and serve them as it takes shape.
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Your vision for the academic year and for a positive campus must be centered on your community and serve them as it takes shape.
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OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, is releasing a guide to help educators incorporate the AI tool in their instruction.
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Teaching with ChatGPT doesn't have to be challenging--educators can embrace the AI tool and also show students how to create original work.
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Here's a quick look at how two Florida educators have already seen AI leveraged by teachers to better engage and teach students.
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Here's a quick look at how two educators have already seen AI leveraged by teachers to better engage and teach students in the classroom.
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#Educators--did your priorities line up with these 6 #education trends? Are any of them a bigger focus for you this fall? https://t.co/SrVlLqgS9M
#edtech #SEL #STEM #STEMeducation @we_are_vaei
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Edtech and education will evolve, but great teachers will use new tools to foster students' minds and encourage them to reach their potential.
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I am excited to share the companion site for "Sonia's Digital World"! It is filled with ideas, resources and inspiration including a Merge activity and Novel Effect soundscape. https://t.co/NMCHADypi0
#tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat #edtech #ISTElib #digcit #STEAM
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Research has shown that learning through play correlates to improved student performance. No matter how old your students are, learning becomes a skill they want to get better at and do more of when it’s fun. How do you add elements of play to your classes?
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#SchoolLeaders need support if you want them to stay--these 4 best practices might help: https://t.co/uka09ORNDM via @eschoolnews #schoolleadership #K12schools #edchat
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Ensuring your school leaders feel supported helps cultivate a sense of community, leading to an increase in retention rates.
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This @NMSI statement on the #SCOTUS decision re: #college race-based admissions really gets at the crux of what is a complicated issue that includes generations of oppression and denied opportunities:
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While we understand the need to critically examine and refine affirmative action policies, eliminating race as a factor in admissions decisions undermines the progress that we have made in...
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Breaking news: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that relied in part on racial considerations, saying they violate the Constitution. https://t.co/qdig8TTGx2
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The most important part of today's SCOTUS decision, which kills affirmative action in education without actually saying it does, is Justice Jackson's dissent, which is a barn burner from its opening sentences & well worth reading.
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