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Aaron Gifford

Aaron Gifford is a former staff writer for the Center for Digital Education.

K-12 Education

Free Summer STEM Academies Benefit Tennessee Students

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education located at a U.S. Department of Energy facility has served local children for decades. The programs have advanced AI, robotics and coding.

June 09, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

Mississippi Dept. of Ed Offers Summer Telehealth Services

A partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center allows 440,000 K-12 students to get medical attention online for minor illnesses or mental health issues while public schools are out of session.

June 08, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

Advisory Group Promotes ‘5 Big Ideas in AI’ for K-12 Schools

The nonprofit AI4K12 provides free resources and activity guides on its website, including important angles from which students and teachers should study AI. It is also developing curricula for Georgia public schools.

June 07, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
Higher Education

UAlbany Research Looking for Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Two new labs at SUNY’s Albany campus are searching for cybersecurity vulnerabilities in open-source intelligence and IoT devices. Ten other labs are planned to open in the university’s cybersecurity college by 2025.

June 05, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

Utah Clean Air Initiative Puts Air Purifiers in Schools

Using federal funds intended to help schools reopen safely after COVID-19, Utah has put energy-efficient air purifiers in 60 percent of its schools and 55 percent of its state-certified day care centers since last fall.

June 02, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

In New York, a Unique District Struggles for Digital Equity

After enrollment and staffing plummeted during the pandemic, Greenburgh Eleven is the only school district in the state that hasn’t submitted an instructional technology plan that would provide funding for 2022-2025.

May 30, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

Kajeet Partners With Eduroam for K-12 Roaming Wi-Fi

School-approved devices in participating districts can connect to secure Wi-Fi well beyond the classroom or student homes under Kajeet's expanded partnership with eduroam, a roaming Wi-Fi service for school networks.

May 24, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
Higher Education

University to Use $20M Grant to Develop AI Education Tools

The funding will establish an Institute for Inclusive and Intelligent Technologies for Education on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The research focuses on non-cognitive learning skills among K-12 students.

May 18, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

Popular YouTuber's Math Videos Added to Digital Textbooks

Nonprofit OpenStax, which makes free online learning materials, has partnered with tutoring firm Scalar Learning. Enhanced algebra and trigonometry books featuring YouTuber Huzefa Kapadia will be out soon.

May 17, 2023
· Aaron Gifford
K-12 Education

AP and IB Programs Disagree Over Whether to Allow ChatGPT

The two agencies, which provide curriculum for advanced high school classes, published very different policies on their websites, with one banning the use of generative AI and the other welcoming it.

May 12, 2023
· Aaron Gifford