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Three Tips for Centering Teachers—Not Tools—in Generative AI Innovation

Digital Promise

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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Why Use SplashLearn in Class?

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Research-Based and Expert-Designed Content : Developed from educational research, SplashLearn’s curriculum and games align with academic standards, target misconceptions, and include scaffolding to support learners and foster deep understanding. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons

Digital Promise

We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology.

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Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

Edsurge

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

The existing standards for this kind of data were like a Babylon of different languages, understood only in their own domain (such as medical training, human resources, K-12 or postsecondary). The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work.

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Education Leaders Propose Ways to Add Teacher Voice to Research Decisions

Edsurge

In particular, educators want to see more research about technology, trauma and mental health, equity and educator talent. Here are some of the ideas they proposed for education associations: Create resources to train undergraduates—essentially the “educators in training”—on understanding, using and vetting research.

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I Never Asked My Students About Their Aspirations. Don’t Make That Mistake.

Edsurge

Perhaps it’s the increased attention to the changing economy and advances in technology that finally provoked organizations like the one I now work for to rethink how the experiences students are exposed to can help them to better understand what options exist after high school and better prepare for their future.