I'm an Oakland high school teacher. I discourage my students from using AI

OPINION: Generative AI erodes our independence as individuals and as humans in community. It is incompatible with the work of ...
Edutopia

Teaching Elementary Students Computational Thinking in the Age of AI

Lessons on digital citizenship, coding, debugging code, prompting AI, and analyzing AI outputs help students develop valuable ...
Sun Sentinel

Broward schools to issue laptops to students for first time since COVID hit

Cellphones may be out, but laptops are back in at Broward County schools. The school district plans to issue every student a laptop computer when they return to school on Aug. 11. They’ll be able to ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Wake can’t continue to afford computers for every student. What could change

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Wake will study keeping elementary school Chromebooks on campus to cut device costs. District may expand BYOD for high schools and ...
The Digital Universe

New BYU computer science study shows four ways students are actually using ChatGPT

Thousands of students are doubtless relying on ChatGPT to prepare for finals this time of year. Instructors less initiated into this ever-evolving, new AI tool might be curious — what exactly are ...
Phys.org

Students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers—does this need to change?

Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. This is a huge change for schools when it comes to teaching writing. For students, learning ...
AZ Central

Microsoft, Future Farmers of America kits helps students learn about agricultural tech

Arizona agriculture students are using the FarmBeats for Students program to learn about data gathering in farming. The program, developed by Microsoft with Future Farmers of America, uses low-cost ...
WRAL

There's no money to replace most of NC students' laptops. What are schools doing about it?

Most North Carolina public schools say they don’t have the money to replace laptops issued to students in recent years — a scenario that could leave hundreds of thousands students without computers if ...
EdTech

Reimagining Computer Labs for Today’s College Students

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. The term “computer lab” might bring to mind a room filled ...
The Daily Free Press

Students increasingly own several computers

As Boston-area students grow increasingly dependent on the internet, they are using multiple computers to fit their needs in their classrooms and dormitories, which pose difficulties for campus ...
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Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?

Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. This is a huge change for schools when it comes to teaching writing. For students, learning ...