Digital Transformation

A new website includes articles, profiles and other information on institutions and educational programs to help prospective undergraduate and graduate students chart their course through school to their job of choice.

Project Tomorrow’s 2024 Speak Up report found that many elementary students lack access to personal devices after school, while students at higher grade levels are not using technology much for collaborative purposes.

Teachers are redesigning assignments, administrators are revisiting policies, and students are still finding their footing as they navigate the new frontier of yet another disruptive technology.

The Phoenix-based Canyon GBS’ first community college client is Joliet Junior College in Illinois, which intends to launch an enterprise AI assistant for a variety of instructional and administrative purposes.

New "patients" made of plastic, metal and microchips are designed to sense their environment and simulate human patient experiences for students in the University of Oklahoma's College of Nursing.

The searchable database of ed-tech tools and institutions gives users a snapshot of technological infrastructure at colleges and universities across the U.S. to help them make informed technology purchases.

Fifth grade science classes in South Florida will use the digital instruction and gaming platform Legends of Learning over the next five years as researchers watch for improvements in standardized test scores.

The Reading Readiness Dashboard, recently launched by the state Department of Education, allows the public to view literacy data on who is reading below, at, or above grade level in schools across the state.

In preparing young people to enter a professional environment of rapidly evolving technology, one of the best things educators can do for them is teach them how to explore and learn about new tools on their own.

For Earth Day, the educational VR company is offering schools one week of free access to online lessons about deforestation, pollution, the harm that plastics have on marine life, and the importance of recycling.

Through town halls and online surveys, state officials are taking input from educators, students, families and community members to write an ethics statement on the use of AI in the classroom. It’s expected by June.

Several CEOs in the ed-tech space led a webinar Monday at the annual ASU+GSV Summit about the challenges of staying competitive in an increasingly saturated and dynamic market.

As schools and universities make more use of artificial intelligence-driven tools, some ed-tech developers are seeking input from educators and implementing policies related to ethical use and data privacy.

Partnership with ImpactEd for professional development software is the latest step in Montana’s ongoing plan to address low math and reading scores for elementary and middle school students.

Computers and artificial intelligence will help score open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR), with "low-confidence" scores to be reassessed by humans.

The Colorado State Board of Education approved an innovation zone to accommodate the Colorado Springs School of Technology, with planned courses in cybersecurity, AI, apps and games, robotics and computers.

The EvolveMe platform from American Student Assistance now includes activities for resume writing, job interviews, writing code professionally, and finding internships, careers and ways to pay for college.

For schools facing a wave of new technology, student habits and teacher shortages, the Oklahoma State School Boards Association helped develop a free guide to creative teaching with digital tools.