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Students working on project Introduction: The Power of Project-Based Learning In today’s world, traditional teaching methods alone may not be enough to prepare students for the challenges that they will encounter in life. Project-based learning (PBL) provides an innovative educational approach that ignites a passion for learning and nurtures critical skills that extend far beyond…

Students working on project As AI continues to advance, educators are realizing that conventional methods of asking students direct questions may no longer be as effective, given the availability of tools like ChatGPT that can readily answer those questions. However, there is an innovative solution that can rekindle students’ passion for learning: project-based learning. Let’s…

Technology has transformed numerous aspects of our lives, and education is no exception. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a new era of teaching and learning has emerged. AI tools for education have gained significant popularity, offering innovative solutions to enhance the educational experience for both teachers and students. These tools utilize machine learning…

It is a regular school day. You have just assigned an essay to your students about ants. As they were busy writing, you took your mobile phone and skimmed through the news, when your eyes caught the news about the release of ChatGPT. As you kept reading, you learned that ChatGPT was a chatbot developed…

I must admit that like most people these days, I am quite busy thinking about the impact that AI will have on our lives. Imagining the extent to which it will transform our life is quite difficult because there are many variables that even those who develop it can’t envision yet. While admiring the capabilities…

Recent national surveys of young people have shown alarming increases in the prevalence of mental health challenges— in 2019, one in three high school students and half of female students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, an overall increase of 40% from 2009. Most people would rightfully associate this state of affairs to the…

ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI that is capable of writing essays, solving science and math problems and producing working computer code, was released in November 2022. It immediately generated speculation about a new era of rampant cheating and even the death of student generated essays, or education itself. A few school districts banned it…

Teachers are leaving the profession in big numbers and they have many good reasons to do so. Based on the department of education information and publicly available data on teacher shortages for every state in the U.S, there are at least 36,000 vacant positions along with at least 163,000 positions being held by under-qualified teachers,…

Goals are important for a healthy life. Whether the goal is to have an interesting career or to make a lot of money or to help others, these are all goals that people have because it makes them happy, it gives them a purpose in life and it fits their personality. Kids need goals too.…

I recently had a conversation with an education expert about project-based learning, who reminded me that “project-based learning is a passing education trend that schools stopped practicing.” I know that schools and teachers are usually influenced by the latest education trend, which they are convinced will transform education as we know it. In most cases,…

Project-based learning is taking the world by storm. More schools than ever are investing in PBL to teach key 21st-Century employability skills and promote social and emotional learning. A recent influx in research also suggests PBL boosts achievement across demographics, leveling the playing field for underserved populations. In early 2021, India’s government signed a $500…

Assessment in traditional teaching used to be “easy.”  On test day, teachers would pass paper and pencil tests full of multiple-choice and matching questions, which would definitively determine what a student had (or hadn’t) learned.  Of course, we now know this method is far from accurate. One day and one test aren’t nearly enough to assess students’ learning, especially when we test knowledge…