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He was teaching CPR, then went into cardiac arrest. His students saved him

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. LISTEN | Full interview with EMT instructor Karl Arps and student Logan Lehrer: As It Happens6:15He …

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Translating, restraining kids, teaching multiple grades at once: Alberta teachers describe complex classrooms

What does a complex classroom look like? Here’s a description submitted to CBC News from an Alberta teacher. It was two years ago. She recalls sitting on the floor of her Grade 1 classroom outside Edmonton, restraining a child in her arms because he was banging his head on the …

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Are librarians the key for teaching AI literacy?

As computer science student Kavya Raval learns about Java programming this term, she may ask an AI chatbot to break down a tricky concept or create practice problems for her ahead of exams. She might even ask it to give feedback on her answers. “It’s like I have a tutor …

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Girls are banned from Afghan schools. Secret networks are teaching them anyway

LISTEN | How Hazrat Wahriz is helping to educate girls in Afghanistan: The Current24:26Learning in secret: An Afghan teacher’s quiet resistance Mohaddesa Hassani was writing her tenth grade exams in Kabul a few years ago, when a teacher suddenly burst into the exam hall. “He was terrified. He was like, …

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SFU prof debuts 3D artificial intelligence teaching sidekick

The newest course assistant at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., has zero experience, no academic credentials and has never set foot in a classroom. Nevertheless, Kia, an expressive, 3-D digital persona, will be in attendance as a sidekick to professor Steve DiPaola in his first-year course on the history and ethical …

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Ontario technology teaching surgeries worldwide including war-torn Ukraine

An Ontario doctor says broadcasting a “how to” facial reconstruction procedure to surgeons 8,000 kilometres away in Ukraine epitomizes what he and his partners had in mind when inventing the technology. Hamilton, Ont. neurosurgeon Dr. Aleksa Cenic says Vivo Surgery, a multi-view live stream platform, has expanded worldwide over four …

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Enter the Vancouver urban garden that’s been teaching people how to grow their own food for over 40 years

This story is part of the CBC Creator Network series. The Creator Network amplifies the voices of the next generation of Canadian storytellers and connects them with CBC platforms, where they tell compelling stories and share unique perspectives that reflect the country in all its diversity. To check out more from the Creator Network, tap …

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