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In the education space, quantum computing could usher in an entirely new generation of customized AI tutoring, though it could also dehumanize the learning process or exacerbate inequalities. -
Researchers are developing an AI algorithm to control a building’s heating, air conditioning, ventilation, window shades and other operations to balance energy efficiency with comfort, sans human input.
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JB Holston, the University of Denver's former dean of engineering and computer science, praised Colorado's quantum tech hub and said he hopes to promote the state's major research universities and technical colleges.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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The district used Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) COVID-19 relief funds to buy Avantis Education ClassVR tools for 17 schools. The technology will be available to students this academic year.
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More than $210,000 in grant funding from the Indiana Department of Education will help teachers support K-12 families with issues related to educational technology and blended-learning and virtual-learning environments.
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Anonymous surveys by Stanford University researchers haven't found a meaningful increase in admissions of cheating, but some educators still worry that ChatGPT could lead to creative atrophy if it does the heavy lifting.
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The state government and industry leaders are working with Princeton to launch a research center that will examine how to use artificial intelligence in an ethical manner and train state employees in the technology.
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Participants in the Modern Classrooms Project’s virtual mentorship program have unlimited access to web-based video recording and editing tools from Screencastify, so their students might learn at their own pace.
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Hiring students to help repair school-owned devices is one way districts are ensuring the sustainability of their 1-to-1 programs and extending the lifespan of their devices, especially as students are damaging them.
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As part of California's $4.7 billion program to address the teen mental health crisis, Los Angeles Unified School District will make free mental health services accessible to all its K-12 students through Hazel Health.
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Students aged 13 and up at Baltimore County Public Schools have free access to the online therapy messaging platform Talkspace, which will give them an assessment and match them with a licensed therapist.
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The Oklahoma State University Polytech initiative will increase STEM programming across the OSU system, starting with the expansion of OSUIT in Tulsa, and solicit guidance on academic programming from industry leaders.
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With funding from the National Science Foundation’s AI-CARING program, a Carnegie Mellon professor and two research assistants developed a free, open-source tool for teaching middle schoolers how artificial neurons work.
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A junior at Indiana University built an app that checks in with users daily and learns more about them as they talk to it, referring them to therapists if needed. He sold the app to a Silicon Valley tech firm.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture doled out seven grants across Illinois to help rural schools and colleges to buy equipment that includes distance-learning equipment, classrooms and spaces for mental health treatment.
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A trio of students from Forbes Road Career and Technology Center in Pennsylvania have spent the past year traveling to libraries, senior centers and schools with a presentation about cybersecurity and online scams.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says a federal digital literacy curriculum is necessary to address the harmful impacts of social media on youth. The recommendations will be shared with Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, and social media companies.
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Most U.S. schools reported having Wi-Fi access in every classroom in the 2020-21 school year, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Education released last month. The figure was 96 percent in New York.
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The Orangeburg County School District in South Carolina unveiled the new Esports lab at its Career and Technology Center last week, a classroom space that has been renovated to include 21 gaming stations.
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Artificial intelligence is having an impact across disciplines and campuses in Bay Area, where both students and professors are applying the technology and learning about its implications for their fields.
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Amid the pace and constancy of technological change, it’s easy to overlook how transformational the digital era has been — and how the ability to pause, rewind, record, search and share has revolutionized education.
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