Digital Transformation

In this year's annual "Chromebook Camp," the technology services director for a West Virginia school district helped teachers get acclimated with 3-D printing and Cricut, a computer application-aided cutting machine.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says researchers at MIT, Caltech and McMaster University have begun using AI to run advanced simulations, model hypotheses, conduct experiments and predict outcomes of complex systems.

After successfully piloting a program involving swipe cards and scanners on buses to track when students get on and off, a public school system in Virginia is rolling it out to all 28 of its elementary schools.

After winning a World Summit Award for teaching coding to K-8 students, Teachers Lead Tech started offering its educational platform to U.S. schools near the end of the 2022-2023 academic year.

As part of a plan to manage the complexities of regulating use of the AI chatbot, a private Methodist university in South Dakota is asking educators to document the ways ChatGPT affects their classes throughout the fall.

An insurance rating agency found the cost of cybersecurity coverage doubled in a five-year period before going up another 75 percent in 2021 alone, but the decline of cryptocurrencies may be slowing that trend.

Artificial intelligence helps create user formats for some virtual-reality education programs such as those created by VictoryXR, which allow teachers to safely transport students beyond the walls of their classrooms.

A school technology specialist in Georgia said generative AI can be useful for creating presentations quickly, brainstorming ideas for activities and discussion questions, and creating images to introduce generative AI.

The partnership between the software company Ellucian and the nonprofit Out in Tech aims to increase representation of LGBTQ+ professionals in the tech sector, as well as share best practices for inclusive workplaces.

A private liberal arts college in Massachusetts has laid off its entire information technology department and hired Ellucian to provide management services and determine which employees might be rehired.

An annual list of the top 40 most-accessed ed-tech tools for K-12 schools in the United States, now in its sixth year, put GoGuardian, Securly and Study.com alongside the likes of Google, Scholastic and YouTube.

To compensate for budget cuts, a Minnesota school district is weighing the possibility of asking taxpayers to approve an additional source of funding that would be used to support technology.

A state auditor found that a Washington school district did not adequately document how Chromebooks and other services within the Emergency Connectivity Fund program were distributed to students with unmet needs.

Speaking on behalf of a consortium of ed-tech organizations called the Cybersecurity Coalition for Education, project director Frankie Jackson shared a new cybersecurity resource available to schools free of charge.

Following safety tests at schools in every state, the nonprofit Internet Safety Labs found student data making its way to advertisers and social media sites by way of apps used in schools, with parents largely unaware.

Former educators Nate McClennen and Vriti Saraf shared their vision of future schools powered by emerging technologies, namely artificial intelligence, blockchain and the metaverse, at ISTELive 23 on Monday.

Former high school teacher and Apple executive Sabba Quidwai advocates a foundation of empathy in the classroom and a design-thinking approach whereby teachers can embrace AI as a partner and even a friend.

As radio, television and the Internet before it, generative AI is only the latest technology to transform the news business, and its implementation could prompt important conversations about credibility and authenticity.