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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

The Hechinger Report

Big test makers like Pearson are already doing this, he said.) Many schools still use paper products and struggle with spotty broadband and limited digital tools, she said: The digital divide is “very much part of this conversation.” It’s considering whether AI could score tests.

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Where Open Education Meets Generative AI: OELMs

Iterating Toward Openness

Their list includes: Digital Divide and Educational Inequality GenAI may exacerbate existing inequalities within education: Unequal Access: High costs of advanced GenAI tools along with infrastructure requirements limit accessibility for underprivileged students and institutions.

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Education Stimulus Funding: The Who, What, and Why

edWeb.net

Districts must use the money on evidence-based programs that help stem learning loss, close the digital divide, and address social and emotional learning needs. However, like the second stimulus funding, there are reporting requirements. Australia, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Ireland, Turkey, Israel and India.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Pearson Mudhol, High School Student, Meridian World School, Round Rock, Texas Let’s be candid: the education headlines from 2023 were bleak.

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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

Edsurge

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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November 7 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

CodeNow: Teaching Programming, Narrowing the Digital Divide Pearson and Knewton: Big Data and the Promise of Personalized Learning The Open Course Library & the Quest for the $30 College Textbook' Or Build One?