November 8, 2023

"Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How teachers are dealing with AI in classrooms; and a story of survival in plain sight from Children of the Holocaust.

Canyonlands spot Two desert bighorn sheep, a ewe and her young in Canyonlands National Park, one of the four national parks established in part by Stewart Udall.
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Arizona Spotlight

November 9, 2023

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Featured on the November 9th, 2023 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • The use of artificial intelligence software in the classroom - like the one known as Chat GPT - is controversial. In this piece from Summer Hom in Cochise County, find out why some teachers are embracing the technology while others are shunning it.
AI spot Educators around the world are approaching the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom in various ways.
  • “The Politics of Beauty” is a documentary about the life of Stewart Udall, and his legacy of conservation and environmental justice. Mark talks with director John de Graaf about making the film, and the free screening that is happening Sunday, Nov. 12th on the University of Arizona Campus. Click here for ticketing and event information.

Stewart Udall: Politics of Beauty will be showing on PBS throughout November at the following times:

- Nov. 28th at 8 p.m. MST

- Nov. 30th at 2 p.m. MST

- Dec. 2nd at 5 p.m. MST

- Dec. 3rd at 9:30 p.m. MST

- Dec. 9th at 2 p.m. MST

Redwood Natl Park coast Wave crashing into rocks and seastacks along coast at sunset in Redwood National Park, one of the four national parks established in part by Stewart Udall.

  • And, "Children of the Holocaust" is a living-history project launched by AZPM. Project producer Laura Markowitz interviewed 19 survivors who were children during the Holocaust, and now live in Southern Arizona. This week, listen to the story of Baruch Burstein, a man who survived the Holocaust as a child in France by hiding in plain sight.
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