Tag: classroom

  • Seven Steps For Countries To Regulate Generative AI In Education

    Seven Steps For Countries To Regulate Generative AI In Education

    Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have far-reaching implications for education and research.  Yet the education sector today is largely unprepared for the ethical and pedagogical integration of these powerful and rapidly evolving technologies. A recent UNESCO global survey of over 450 schools and universities showed that less than 10% of them had policies or formal guidance on…

  • Virtual Reality Use In Classroom Shows Deforestation Reality

    Virtual Reality Use In Classroom Shows Deforestation Reality

    “When the viewer looks down, they’ll see their arms are branches, their body is the trunk, and when they move, the tree moves too.” – Winslow Porter Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality Markets are expected to reach US$162 billion by 2020.  How can schools use virtual reality to make learning more engaging? Most of us…

  • Dance Healing Immigrant Victims Of War Prejudice And Sexual Exploitation

    Dance Healing Immigrant Victims Of War Prejudice And Sexual Exploitation

    Study after study has shown that arts education nurtures students’ creativity and problem-solving skills, competencies that are critical for success in a 21st Century world, but how does dance and movement facilitate healing and transform at-risk youth? New York’s Battery Dance launched its Dancing to Connect programs in 2006. Since that time, the program has…

  • New Book Is Inventors Guide To Open Source Arduino Microcontroller

    New Book Is Inventors Guide To Open Source Arduino Microcontroller

    San Francisco, CA —School’s out for summer, but learning doesn’t have to stop at the classroom door. For parents and educators looking to keep their students exploring, tinkering, and creating, No Starch Press offers the latest addition to its lineup of STEM books. This time focusing on the Arduino microcontroller. The Arduino Inventor’s Guide (No…