Laura Ascione

Editorial Director, eSchool Media. Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland. Repeat watcher of The Office.

[eSchool News @eschoolnews]

Laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning by building essential research skills begins in the library and extends to the classroom and beyond. https://t.co/QU6RbyrElZ

[Samsung Education @SamsungEDU]

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 #SamsungDisplay

[eSchool News @eschoolnews]

AI is here to stay, and will be an important workforce skill--let's teach our students to work with it, not against it. https://t.co/39nwWF2NOh

[LEGO Education @LEGO_Education]

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.

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

@Instructure's 2023 State of Student Success and Engagement in #HigherEducation report reveals a preference for more certificate and apprenticeship programs, ongoing need for mental health support & a continued concern over education accessibility. #EDU23

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

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

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

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

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

#AI is the new world, but it’s the same world--we just have to help our students and our colleagues all be agents of good. This technology is transformative, it can be dangerous, but we’re all here on the side of good. #EDU23

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

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

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

#Faculty are scared about #generativeAI's implications, but #students absolutely need #AI skills for the #workforce. #EDU23

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

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

[eCampus News @ecampusnews]

Your vision for the academic year must be centered on your community and serve them as it takes shape. https://t.co/2WYIYzhFSg

[eCampus News @ecampusnews]

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, is releasing a guide to help educators incorporate the AI tool in their instruction. https://t.co/us560swPvt

[eSchool News @eschoolnews]

Here's a quick look at how two Florida educators have already seen AI leveraged by teachers to better engage and teach students. https://t.co/wTKHEa8Tqg

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

#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

[Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller]

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

[LEGO Education @LEGO_Education]

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?

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

#SchoolLeaders need support if you want them to stay--these 4 best practices might help: https://t.co/uka09ORNDM via @eschoolnews #schoolleadership #K12schools #edchat

[Laura Ascione @eSN_Laura]

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: https://t.co/QrVLiTo2Tp

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

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