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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has immense potential to enhance teaching and learning in countless ways. However, for educators and course designers, this potential can seem overwhelming, confusing and even frightening. In this book, researcher and educational innovator Stephen M. Kosslyn demystifies AI and its relationship to education, and he provides a wealth of step-by-step illustrations and examples to help instructors and course designers both understand AI concepts and use them to build stimulating active learning exercises and lesson plans. Whether you teach a course in a traditional classroom, online, or with a hybrid approach, this book will inform and empower you to create more engaging, personalized, and scalable learning experiences for your students.

Since Socrates never wrote anything, Plato and Xenophon created their own versions of Socrates's conversations. Although their accounts may be close to what actually occurred, nevertheless, this allowed them to create their own interpretations of what Socrates said and meant. It has been said that Plato showed us the philosophical Socrates, and Xenophon showed us the practical Socrates. Both writers created extensive dialogues, often using the same setting, in which Socrates poses or answers questions. The intent of the new book, The Hemlock Dialogues, is to rework some of Plato's and Xenophon's dialogues in order to have Socrates meet in the middle; to have the philosophical and practical Socrates mesh into the simple life of an honest man. All the passages in this book are the result of rewriting some of Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato's works, and some of Henry Graham Dakyns's translations of Xenophon's works. For example, a passage may include part of Plato's account of a particular dialogue and part of Xenophon's account. Plato and Xenophon drew on their memories of encounters with Socrates as they reconstructed their dialogues. It is normal to experience memories flashing through our minds, often darting from one thing to another with no apparent connection. And, we are told, our memories are not perfect copies of what occurred. In fact, each time we recall a memory it gets changed, perhaps not by much, but even a minor change affects the content of the memory. Given this, we can expect Plato's and Xenophon's reconstructions of Socrates's conversations, especially long discussions, to be subject to, at the very least, innocent changes. The Hemlock Dialogues offers a reinterpretation of some of Socrates's conversations. Charting a new path through Plato's and Xenophon's dialogues creates a new landscape in which to explore some of Socrates's most important conversations. It seems likely that when Socrates reminisced about his past, he also drew on memories that had changed over time. We can imagine Socrates's final reveries blazing through his mind, flitting from one setting to another as he neared death.

Gambling with Philosophy weaves together philosophy and gambling to illustrate how chance is intimately involved in every part of our lives. It does this by crafting a story where a career in philosophy and an interest in gambling both come about through chance occurrences. The emphasis on chance as a natural random part of the world is contrasted with the common reference to "luck" as a metaphysical force that for some unknown mystical reason rewards the "lucky" few, and hurts the "unlucky" majority of humans. A series of conversations reveals how games of chance and the chance occurrences that occur throughout life present us with gambles involving uncertainties, the outcomes of which determine the course of our lives.

Zen and Western Philosophy takes a novel approach to philosophy. The book's goal is to capture the body of thought called "Western philosophy" with an Eastern net-Zen as embodied in haiku. The book offers profiles of 139 Western philosophers by using a traditional three-line haiku format of 5-7-5 syllables in order to capture each philosopher's ideas in a manner that is both concise and playful. Simply put, the book's purpose, design, and structure is A parallax viewof Western philosophythrough an Eastern lens. It's a difficult task to capture a philosopher's ideas in a mere 17 syllables. While the 139 haikus will reinforce, for the reader, the ideas of famous philosophers, perhaps also readers will be inspired create their own creative, philosophical haiku.

The overriding rationale behind this book is the desire to enrich the lives of college students by introducing them to philosophical thinking in an accessible and engaging manner. The classic selections were chosen to provide personal moments of reflection as students embark upon a journey into philosophy. The opening section, "The Role of Philosophy," provides a general introduction to philosophy. It uses real-life examples to illustrate how philosophical thinking touches all aspects of our lives, and how it is connected to other academic disciplines. Thereafter, each philosophical area, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, God, free will, and morality, has its own introduction offering further framework and context. These features allow students to connect with the content in an intuitive, natural manner. The surrounding narrative is designed to be conversational and comprehensible. The intent is to furnish a clear path through the material that enables readers to get started in understanding each philosopher's ideas and arguments. The table of contents presents each instructor with the opportunity to choose a set of readings that matches the individual needs of each class. The goal of any introduction to philosophy anthology should be a selection of readings that stimulate us. Since there are thousands of possible readings that one can choose from, every anthology must make choices. The editing process for this anthology was driven by the need to include material that is challenging, yet accessible. The emphasis on classical readings reveals the rich and varied history of philosophy, and it provides a foundation for understanding modern philosophers' ideas and writings. The readings are long enough to develop important philosophical issues, yet short enough to concentrate on a few topics. The readings are meant to stimulate immediate reflection and offer a platform for discussion.

The college soccer recruiting process is often mysterious, mercurial, and frustrating. Perhaps the ultimate U.S. soccer insider, Steve Gans, provides parents with a roadmap and gameplan for navigating the process from youth club soccer to recruitment to a college soccer program. In this book, Steve explains each step in the college recruiting process as well as the ways that players and parents can best prepare for them. Topics include: ¿ Engaging recruiting coaches¿ Creating highlight videos¿ Selecting Identification Camps¿ Evaluating Showcase Tournaments¿ Considering MLS Next (boys) or ECNL (girls) options¿ Weighing MLS Next vs. high school¿ Dealing with recruiting coach departures¿ Understanding College Draft Boards¿ The potential impact of playing out of position for your club¿ Recruiting services your club should provide¿ The pros and cons of having college coaches at your club¿ Dealing with the unpredictability of and within the process This book includes 7 interviews with top college coaches to help you understand firsthand what these coaches look for in a player and the recruiting approach of each of them. The book begins, and is interspersed, with the college soccer recruiting journeys of Steve's sons, Noah and Josh, and the unexpected recruiting developments faced by them. The lessons learned from those experiences are instrumental in Steve paying it forward by providing parents and players with both recruiting tips and traps for the unwary. As Steve will attest, each soccer recruiting story is personal, and by approaching the process armed with knowledge and a sense of what to expect, each player and their family will have the best chance possible for recruiting success for that player.