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The Results Are In-AI Jumped the Gun

App developers were cautioned to wait before releasing their products, but they didn’t listen. They are using users to point out the glitches. Unfortunately, too many users don’t question the accuracy of the materials generated by Apps. Recent reports indicate Apps are posing new challenges for users. Glitches are showing up daily. Of major concern

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AI Apps Encourage Users to be Creative

The newest information on AI is that game creators are encouraging creativity by users. it is allowing users to dictate what they want the game to look like and work. I do not promote video games, but this new element points to the continued importance of nurturing creativity. AI can only create new material from

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Strategies for Learning About Your Children’s School Day

Parents eagerly await the dismissal from school to find out how their children’s day went. They ask the question, “Did you learn anything new today?” and the response is a discouraging, “No.”  Many times our children come home exhausted. They have grown accustomed to carefree days and are suddenly thrown into a structured day that

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AI – Preparing Our Children for This Rapidly Changing World

A short 9 months ago, most device users never gave a bit of attention to AI-Artificial Intelligence. They let their cars tell them how to get to different places. Alexa turned on their music of choice without them having to scan radio channels to find something of interest. I used it to check my grammar

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A new approach to learning multiplication and division facts. It unlocks the mystery to the meaning of operation signs.

Do Your Children Forget Math Facts During the Summer?

One academic area that suffers during summer is math. The facts are easily forgotten if they are not practiced a little during the summer. Rote memory doesn’t guarantee retention. There are a few things that have helped my students not only remember their facts, but retain them well into their 30’s. Memory joggers stimulate the

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Tech Savvy Students Need Different Skill Sets

I received this question today: How can we blend the advantages of traditional teaching with self-learning to provide a more effective and relevant education for today’s youth who are often more tech-savvy than their predecessors? Let’s first explore the fact that The questions students will be asked to answer in the future will not have

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Question: How important is Parent and Teacher Communication?

I was asked,” How important is parent and teacher communication?” My answer will surprise you. “Not as important as student to teacher and child to parent communication. I believe we need to teach children the Art of Self-Advocacy“ When students learn how to be self-advocates, communication between parent and teacher is less important. Reasons for

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Help Device Users Internally Control Their Device Use

Parents controlling their children’s device use is admirable, but in many cases it’s futile. By doing so, parents are creating a situation that makes children want to sneak it. Having encountered students who would wake at 1 am, unlock the drawer that contained the device, and be found playing it under the covers, I can

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CRUCIAL to Student Success: Mental Check-ins

Checking in with students about their goals and how they feel they are doing is crucial to help them maintain their mental health. Hundreds of students are suffering silently, because of they have perceptions of how they should be performing. They are questioning if they can maintain their current level of performance. The stress of

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About Victoria

Victoria is an educational consultant, nationally recognized speaker. Her over 50 years in education has been focused on developing resilient self-reliant self-advocates who know how to tap into their innate ability to independently solve challenges.

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