Digital Transformation

Funded by the district's education foundation, San Luis Coastal Unified School District's iINNOVATE program gives elementary students hands-on experience with coding, robotics, 3D printing and other technologies.

IBM, Red Hat, Innosoft and Amazon Web Services have partnered to modernize the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 grants management system over the next five years, making it more collaborative and user-friendly.

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology has offered a free online tool for middle and high school students that gives them instructional videos and access to real-world seismic data.

Academic and technology leaders at a recent webinar spoke about the role media and technology played in education during the pandemic, arguing that embracing change and discussing the future are necessary.

Several universities this year have adopted a personal financing tool to share with students that assesses spending behaviors and then offers personalized guidance on budgeting and managing student loans.

Amid a rapid increase in student homelessness and foster care after years of the opioid crisis, West Virginia's education leaders see a future in programming and coding, but also the artistic side of design and flow.

Divine Savior Academy and Ola Brorson at Thoren Framtid, both SMART Exemplary Schools, use a variety of technology including Lumio, Flipboard and others to create an interactive environment connecting their classes.

A company that makes student information systems has acquired one whose software handles the financial aid process, potentially expanding their footprints and deepening the integration of their products.

A pair of Anatomage Tables at Battle Ground High School in Washington allow students to conduct virtual dissections and view detailed scans of cadavers and organs, inspiring some to pursue health science careers.

The New Hampshire-based company has launched a “plug-and-play” curriculum tool for teachers to create local coding tournaments within or between school districts, potentially helping students learn STEM and other skills.

Staff at Daviess County and Owensboro public school districts in Kentucky say kids need smartphones to call parents in case of an emergency, but there is a time and a place to use them as instructional tools.

Albuquerque social worker Michael Ollom has created a five-session course, "Defending Young Minds," to teach kids age 8-12 about sexual predators, bullies, scams, addictions and other online hazards.

With its third acquisition in the past year and a half, the ed tech company is expanding its Canvas learning management system with a new version of a tool that keeps track of a student’s competencies and certifications.

A senior at West High School is working with administration to compile an archive of old articles, yearbooks and other artifacts from the school's history to be digitized and made accessible to the public.

Designed on a foundation of open source technology, the new platform allows educators to create their own lessons in earth and space science courses, as well as immersive AI-tutored activities and virtual field trips.

Team Real Talk won the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition with an instructional platform to help organizations talk about sensitive issues like race and gender.

As part of its Future of Work Academy, the university is working with Coursera to enhance courses with interactive 360-degree video, virtual media production, mobile phone augmented reality and VR simulations.

As part of a comprehensive plan to improve the education system and make it more equitable, the U.S. Department of Education is building an online dashboard of data related to equity in U.S. schools.