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Canva, Boon, or Bane for Professors?

Greetings, esteemed readers! Today, we delve into the world of digital design to explore how Canva, a popular online tool, measures up to professors navigating the realms of academia. Canva is an online design platform that allows users to create a wide range of visual content, including presentations, social media graphics, posters, and more. It's user-friendly, featuring drag-and-drop functionality and a vast library of templates, images, and fonts, making design accessible even to those with no prior graphic design experience. As a professor, using Canva to turn Word documents into visually appealing formats can be significantly more efficient and effective than doing everything manually. Canva's intuitive interface and pre-designed templates save time and ensure a polished, professional look, which is especially useful for creating presentations, course materials, and reports. However, it's important to weigh the benefits against potential drawbacks, such as the need fo...

Present perfect and its use

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Imagine you’re at a reunion, catching up with friends, and you want to share all the incredible things you've accomplished since you last met. How do you communicate those experiences in English? Enter the present perfect tense - a powerful tool that bridges your past achievements with your present reality. Let's say that  you’re a time-traveling detective solving a mystery that spans across decades. The present perfect tense is your magic gadget that lets you talk about things that happened at some undefined time in the past but are still relevant to the present. It's like saying, "I’ve cracked the case!" without specifying exactly when, just emphasizing that the mystery-solving affects the current situation. The present perfect tense is formed by combining the present tense of the auxiliary verb "have" (either "have" or "has") with the past participle of the main verb. Here is the structure: Affirmative form: Subject + have/has + pa...

What exactly is "AI" and how it affects the educational environments?

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Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues , Today, we live in an age where technology is no longer just a tool, but a fundamental part of our daily lives. Among the most transformative innovations of our time are Artificial Intelligence, or AI. But what exactly is AI ? At its core, AI refers to the development of computer systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence . These tasks include understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, learning from experience, and making decisions. AI comes in various forms, from simple rule-based systems to complex neural networks modeled after the human brain. In our rapidly evolving world, a myriad of AI technologies already exists. We have virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa, which respond to our voice commands and perform tasks such as setting reminders, playing music, or answering questions. Machine learning algorithms power recommendation systems on platforms like Netflix and Amazon, suggesting movies or...

How mankind has been evolving in the technology area? Is the internet a friend or a foe?

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     Before explaining how we humans have adapted to the new technological eras, we should first explain how we, as humans, have the ability to overcome new difficulties compared to other species.       It is known that bacteria have flagella and it was thought that bacteria moved thanks to these but in the 70's it was discovered that this was incorrect. Since the flagella function as propellers and the bacterium itself is the motor. We can take into account that it takes several years for a bacterium to develop and elaborate new characteristics, When we, as humans in just a glimpse have the posibility to create something new, if something is not functioning correctly, human being can just remove it and try to get something better, for example: We can take our boat to the lake and once we are done with it, we can get the engine out and keep it in a safe place or even buy something faster, which is something the bacterium cannot do. This means that...