Digital Transformation

Neither the Hawaii Department of Education nor the University of Hawaii are considering outright bans on ChatGPT, but educators are waiting for more professional development or guidance how to use it.

Around 5,000 students who ride buses at Modesto City Schools will now be using the Zonar Z Pass system, which entails carrying an RFID card, scanning it when boarding a bus and having their whereabouts tracked.

There are many definitions of artificial intelligence, and it’s been embedded in software for years, but recent advances carry new potential to personalize education, tutor students and automate aspects of school operation.

The Jacobson Institute at Grand View University announced a partnership with the technology training company SkillStorm to fit regional workers for available positions in growing industry. SkillStorm has similar programs at southern schools.

According to CoSN's 2023 State of EdTech Leadership report, demographics for IT leaders in K-12 haven't changed much in the past 10 years, and most of them are white, male, and between the ages of 40 and 59.

As artificial intelligence-driven translation technologies advance, teachers are starting to warm up to using translation tools such as Waverly Labs’ Forum interpretation app for classroom discussions.

The FirstNet school safety system, to launch at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, will allow school personnel to silently contact emergency responders by mobile app or wearable panic buttons.

Derrick Day, a 17-year-old at Westminster High School who is blind, created an app called LDOT (long-distance object tracker) that uses artificial intelligence to verbally identify objects that appear in a phone's camera.

A new resource from the nonprofit Internet Safety Labs, available to anyone, provides safety ratings based on risk assessments of 1,722 of the most commonly used mobile applications in K-12 schools.

With a mission to help future first-generation college students, the nonprofit AVID is giving member schools access to Packback’s AI-enabled writing tool, because writing can be a gateway to more advanced coursework.

Given a massive influx of personal devices in the years since COVID-19, schools are making more use of asset-management systems to keep track of inventory and plan ahead for technology audits.

A survey of students and educators at both high school and college levels found less then half of them think AI has had a positive impact on student learning, although educators seem more optimistic than students.

Students are going to use their cellphones one way or another, and trying to ban them precludes their potential usefulness as PRTs — portable research tools — that can enrich lessons and engage students in novel ways.

The Norway-based Inspera, which expanded to the U.S. market last year, has added Crossplag’s AI Content Detector and other anti-plagiarism tools to its suite of digital assessment and remote proctoring software.

As schools across the U.S. consider banning cellphones amid a student mental health crisis, a Michigan district is weighing the need for study and deliberation against the need to make a decision before the new year begins.

A school district in Minnesota wants voters to approve a new funding stream that would bring in $10 million a year to support technology-related needs such as cybersecurity, security cameras and financial software.

According to a new report from UNESCO, "Technology in Education: A Tool on Whose Terms," it will take more than money to bridge the digital divide, and more than technology to solve the problems of contemporary education.

Nebraska's second largest school district will not allow students to use phones during class, and it's rolling out digital hall passes in high schools to track missed instructional time and limit out-of-class behavioral issues.