Education

As part of the 30th annual Solar Car Challenge, high schoolers from Pasadena's Polytechnic School will race against other teams driving 1,400 miles from Texas to California in a solar-powered vehicle they built.

The Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program at Utica Community Schools pairs technology professionals with computer science and cybersecurity programs to share their industry-level experience.

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.

Like the Internet and remote learning before it, artificial intelligence is part of a long history of technological upheavals in teaching and learning, and education leaders might benefit from lessons of the past.

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.

Among the education-related bills signed by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green this week was HB503, which calls upon the state board of education to assess when, and whether, to make computer science a graduation requirement.

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 colleges and universities in the U.S. navigate the implications of AI tools such as ChatGPT, some of the top institutions across the pond have come together on a handful of guiding principles.

St. Vrain Valley School District, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Weld RE-3J School District and the Estes Park School District will add more courses, remote learning and industry mentors in IT and advanced manufacturing.

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.

A data platform company has announced several new partnerships and content features as part of a push to make free training courses in software development and database technology available to more learners globally.

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.

Middle school English teacher Moriah Walker, of Lakota Local School District in Ohio, has transitioned to teaching cybersecurity through professional development courses, learning Linux and working with students.

The university is bringing together experts in computer science, bioinformatics, pharmacy, medicine, philosophy, communication and other disciplines to make recommendations on the use of AI-driven ed-tech tools.

Higher ed institutions and employers have started using an AI-powered app called RNMKRS to give students and sales professionals a virtual environment to practice real-world conversations while receiving feedback.