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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your students are already using AI. The question is whether you know how to use it well - and whether they do. AI for High School English Teachers is the academically grounded, classroom-ready guide that cuts through the hype and gives English teachers what they actually need: a clear understanding of how AI works, practical strategies for integrating it responsibly, and a framework for teaching the critical AI literacy skills students will need for the rest of their lives. This is not a book about using ChatGPT to save time on lesson plans - though you will learn that too. It is a book about how the arrival of AI changes the most important questions in English education, and what a thoughtful, professionally grounded teacher does in response.>Every chapter includes real classroom examples drawn from teachers across North America, Australia, and Europe, practical exercises you can implement immediately, and clear-eyed discussion of both what AI can do and where it reliably falls short. Readers of this book will: - Understand how large language models work and why that matters for every classroom decision- Design assignments and assessments that require genuine student engagement - not algorithmic detection- Build AI literacy as an integrated, year-long strand in the English curriculum- Use AI to reclaim hours spent on administrative tasks and redirect them to high-value teaching- Lead conversations with students, parents, and administrators from a position of knowledgeWritten for high school English teachers at every career stage.This is the book your professional development session was not.Start teaching AI-literate students today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your House is a battlefield of forgotten innovation. The humble tools you reach for every day - wooden spoons, clothes pegs, rubber bands, and rolling pins - each have secret pasts shaped by revolutionaries, inventors, political movements, and culinary rebels. The Secret Lives of Everday Utensils uncovers these astonishing histories, revealing the dramatic, sometimes bizarre stories behind the world's most ordinary cooking tools. Discover how a spatula sparked a fight over industrial patent rights, how a clothes peg became a symbol of modern progress and government fear, and why a simple rubber band was once at the center of international scientific reform. Through vivid storytelling and surprising historical detail, this book transforms everyday utensils into windows into human creativity, conflict, and change. Perfect for curious readers, history lovers, food enthusiasts, and anyone who enjoys uncovering the strange truths behind familiar objects, this immersive collection proves that the drawer is far more thrilling than it appears. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You're not bad at technology. You just haven't had the right guide yet. Millions of adults over 55 have heard about ChatGPT and AI tools but never actually used one. Not because they can't, but because nobody explained it in plain language, without jargon, without condescension, and without assuming they already knew what a 'prompt' was. This book does exactly that. AI for Seniors and Beginners takes you through 16 practical, story-driven chapters covering every area of daily life where AI can genuinely help. Medical appointments, travel planning, family communication, financial documents, online safety, preserving family history, and much more. Every chapter includes real examples of people like you using these tools to solve real problems, step-by-step exercises you can follow immediately, and a quick-win action you can complete in under ten minutes. What you will be able to do after reading this book: >No technical background required. No jargon. No condescension. Just a practical, honest guide from someone who has helped thousands of people make sense of the modern world. If you've been waiting for the right time to start - this is it. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most books on Stoicism weren't written for you. They were written for men with laptops and morning routines. Men who manage spreadsheets, take mindfulness breaks, and worry about quarterly targets. You pour concrete. You pull shifts. You fight fires, drive through the night, fix machines that have to work, or work land that doesn't care about your schedule. You don't need ancient wisdom translated into corporate language. You need it in yours. Hold the Line is the first Stoicism book written specifically for men in physically demanding, high-pressure careers. Every principle, every example, and every practice has been built around the world you actually live in. You'll learn why Marcus Aurelius was not a philosopher sitting in a library - he was a general managing a war on the frozen Danube frontier. Why Epictetus, born a slave with no rights and no guarantee of tomorrow, built the most practical philosophy of self-command in history. And why the things that kept them functional are exactly what you need on the job site, in the patrol car, on the tractor, and at home after a shift that took everything you had. Inside this book: - How to apply the dichotomy of control when supply delays, weather, equipment failures, and difficult people are the daily reality- The Stoic approach to anger that is not about suppression - it is about using the signal without being used by it- Why the cult of sleeplessness in trades culture is costing men their health, their safety, and their judgment- What Stoic philosophy says about the weight men carry home and how to stop it from corroding the people you love>This is not philosophy for people who have the luxury of being philosophers. This is philosophy for men who have to show up every day, no matter what. Start tonight.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the true stories hiding behind nineteen objects sitting in museum cases, kitchen drawers, and jewelry boxes around the world.- A key to a door that hasn't existed since 1789, still hanging in George Washington's front hall.- A ring destroyed within hours of a pope's death, every single time, for five hundred years.- A wristwatch invented so a pilot wouldn't have to let go of his controls.- A necklace nobody bought that helped bring down a monarchy.>Written in the same warm, sharply researched style as The Secret Lives of Everyday Things and The Secret Lives of Everyday Utensils, this fourth installment proves that the objects we display often have stranger, better-documented histories than the ones we use every day. Every story here is checked against primary sources, museum records, and declassified documents, not repeated because it makes a better anecdote. If you've ever stood in front of a museum case and wondered what the small card wasn't telling you, this book is for you.…

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