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A policy advocate from the American Civil Liberties Union warned FETC attendees last week that fear-based marketing and limited empirical evidence are driving district adoption of student surveillance tools. -
To support students facing mental health stressors in the digital age, school leaders must explain features like “data mining” and “engagement algorithms,” and give kids chances to develop social skills offline.
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Colorado State University's custom-built chatbot was developed on a secure network, so sensitive research and student information can be safely entered into it.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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A team from Eastern Washington University won the National Centers of Academic Excellence "Cyber Games" in Tampa, Fla., bringing a simulated computer system online and defending it from a simulated cyber attack.
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Educators don't think bans or AI detectors are practical long-term solutions to ChatGPT's potential for plagiarism, but they still worry some students will use it as a crutch and become hooked on it.
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After confirming earlier this month that an unauthorized party gained access to some data owned by the district, Rochester Public Schools in Minnesota told families last week that student data was not compromised.
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The Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act would give schools better access to cybersecurity resources and improve tracking of cyber attacks nationally, although some say it's a "drop in the bucket" compared to what's needed.
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Butler Tech and Butler County Educational Services Center are coordinating with telecommunications providers, as well as federal and state school funding through Broadband Ohio, to expand broadband access.
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A new initiative at the private research university will design new courses and programs in artificial intelligence, integrate AI studies into existing courses and get students and faculty thinking about its potential.
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The college's first four-year degree programs will be in health care management and artificial intelligence and robotics, building upon related associate degree programs as job openings in those fields increase.
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Some teachers are requiring students to handwrite all their assignments while studying how to implement ChatGPT, others are already using ChatGPT to design quizzes, but the underlying concern about plagiarism remains.
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Fortune 500 companies are working with City University of New York campuses, Amazon Web Services and government leaders to update or redesign IT curricula at area colleges to suit the needs of employers.
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CIS, an East Greenbush-based nonprofit, works with the academic world as well as the public and private sectors to locate cyber threats, develop solutions and establish ongoing education on cybersecurity matters.
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Duke and The National Theatre performed at Green Valley Elementary in Indiana as part of an initiative to teach students about power plants, different kinds of energy and what they can do to conserve energy.
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Swampscott High School will host a panel of state, university and private-sector leaders in renewable energy next week to introduce students to a growing range of job opportunities in the field.
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Addressing the ASU+GSV Summit on Wednesday, business leaders made a case for private-public partnerships to aid the development of online workforce training programs, internships and work-based learning.
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Educators and tech CEOs at the annual ASU+GSV Summit this week stressed the need to adapt curricula and teach students to use artificial intelligence without devaluing important skills.
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The Indiana university's latest investments in physical AI, where "bytes meet atoms," include more professors, Ph.D. grants and added degree programs, plus a commitment to online students in various technical industries.
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Digital texts can be useful for teaching certain foundational skills, but they do not equally develop cognitive patience and slower, deeper processes in the brain that serve comprehension, retention and focus.
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Despite growing up with technology, many graduating students today lack practical training with AI, UI/UX, product management or digital content creation, and businesses could work with universities to build these skills.
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A Tuesday webinar at the annual ASU+GSV Summit conference explored how ed-tech tools have transformed aspects of education such as instruction and academic support, and what they might yet do for the learning process.
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