AI & Play / The Apathy Problem / Gay Travel Index

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AI and the Power of Play – Use AI to personalize play-based learning experiences for kids. @ClassTechTips

Solving The Apathy Problem: How Achievement Leads to Motivation – In this video, A.J. Juliani goes deep into some of the reasons for the rise in apathy, and how we can combat it in the classroom. @ajjuliani

The Least Safe Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers – Note that Israeli is the only country in the middle east that is safe. @StatistaCharts @jaredrusso @digg

Social Media/Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Bringing VR to the Classroom as Part of Expanding Metaverse Push. In order to get to that next stage, Meta needs to find more ways to normalize and democratize VR technology, in a wide range of applications. @socialmedia2day @adhutchinson

Learning

Rocket Science: How Rockets Work – A Short and Basic Explanation – This is good for middle school on up. @ABCscience

Leadership/Parenting

Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI. Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers that may have a significant amount of AI-generated content. @byamandahoover @WIRED