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A middle-school teacher in Riverside County, Calif., had students generate keywords from a section of a book, use them to prompt an AI image generator, then work in groups to see what the image was missing.
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The settlement was a victory for students and advocates who have made complaints nationwide over colleges lending their names to online courses that have few ties to campus faculty or typical university oversight.
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At the ISTELive 25 conference in San Antonio, a group of librarians said the potential of artificial intelligence to enable research must be weighed against costs not only to student learning but to content creators.
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Staff at Sutter Middle School in Folsom found that Yondr pouches created extra headaches when it came to monitoring them, but a policy of requiring phones to be powered off during school hours has been a success.
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Elizabeth Barker, an accessibility manager at Khan Academy, shares her insights on how ed-tech developers can make their tools user-friendly for everyone, including the need for field testing, observation and feedback.
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Two months after a student died on campus, the largest public school system in Texas is using a new life safety equipment management system to track certifications for CPR, first aid, AEDs and Stop the Bleed kits.
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In visiting the Universities at Albany and Buffalo last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said they are integral to the state's plans, "like a heart beating in a body, pumping technology and future through its veins."
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Students at George Washington Carver High School developed a free app that estimates cost of individual colleges, financial aid eligibility, loan options, repayment plans and future earnings.
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The Empire AI Consortium, which consists of public and private universities led by the University at Buffalo, is launching this fall to help researchers study problems from cybersecurity threats to hurricane preparation.
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Southern Maine Community College's class on EV repairs launched in 2021, teaching students to perform predictive maintenance, diagnose and repair hybrid and electric vehicles, and pass a national certification test.
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Spokane Public Schools this year barred cellphone use in class at its 57 schools. Teachers are seeing more engagement, and students report feeling more focused and social, with more talking and playing games at lunch.
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While most residents told pollsters they support the installation of metal detection technology in high schools, attendees at a school board meeting were mostly opposed, arguing it would make schools feel like prisons.
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The American Association of Colleges and Universities recruited 124 institutions to participate in its Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum, an online program to help educators incorporate AI into their courses.
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The tech giant added to its league of global partnerships with schools and nonprofit organizations and created new resources to show educators how Apple products can be used in the classroom.
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With no space to add programs and students in its current vocational center, Collinsville District 10 is planning a new 46,000-square-foot facility to add up to eight new programs including aviation mechanics and avionics.
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The university intends to buy all of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and achieve “net-zero” status by 2040 using solar arrays, electric buses, composting, renovations and new construction rules.
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Wednesday afternoon events at Colorado State University's Northeast Colorado Engagement Center in Sterling will explain how recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence can empower bad actors to deceive voters.
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Researchers at Stanford University are designing Clinical Mind AI to be a customizable chatbot that can function as a virtual patient with which medical students can interact and practice forming diagnoses.
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Funded by the American Rescue Plan and a federal grant, the flight simulator and virtual reality desktop simulators could provide career-focused training in response to a growing demand for pilots.
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Delays with the website to apply for New York City public middle schools stemmed from an update by the Division of Instructional and Information Technology, which compromised other features and slowed down the system.
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The former Central High School building will offer nine concentrations, including topics like data analytics, semiconductor microchip technology, business entrepreneurship and construction management.
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