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8 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have, According to Educators
Today's students are "digital natives," but some of their basic tech skills still need improvement, educators say.
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Artificial Intelligence Letter to the Editor Rethinking Tech Frameworks for the Age of AI
Teachers deserve tools that reflect the complexity of today’s classrooms, writes an instructional coach.
June 3, 2025
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Katelyn Webster, from left, Eryn Miller, Grace Bischoff, and Hanna Pearsall take notes as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
Katelyn Webster, from left, Eryn Miller, Grace Bischoff, and Hanna Pearsall take notes as Amanda Pierman teaches her upper school science class at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Pierman uses AI to help teach her classes and the student’s computers mirror the main screen. They are then able to answer questions live using their computers.
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Artificial Intelligence Video What Teachers Need To Level Up Their AI Use: 4 Lessons Learned
Two teachers and a researcher discuss how educators are experimenting with AI during an Education Week K-12 Essentials Forum.
Lauraine Langreo, May 29, 2025
4 min read
Artificial Intelligence K-12 Essentials Forum How AI Use Is Expanding in K-12 Schools
Join this free virtual event to explore how AI technology is—and is not—improving K-12 teaching and learning.
May 22, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Q&A AI Makes Stuff Up. So How Can Teachers Use It in Instruction?
AI should be used for creative thinking and brainstorming, not just answers to specific questions, experts argue.
Arianna Prothero, May 13, 2025
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Left, chromebooks, to be loaned to students in the Elk Grove Unified School District, await distribution at Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove, Calif., on April 2, 2020. Right, a ninth grader places his cellphone into a phone holder as he enters class at Delta High School on Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah.
Students work on 3-D printing projects at Sutton Middle School in Atlanta on Feb. 13, 2020.
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Classroom Technology From Our Research Center Chromebooks or Cellphones: Which Are the Bigger Classroom Distraction?
Most schools have had 1-to-1 computing environments since 2020; others have had it since the early 2010s.
Lauraine Langreo, May 9, 2025
2 min read
Classroom Technology Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Leveraging EdTech to Accelerate Learning?
Answer 7 questions on effectively leveraging EdTech to accelerate student learning.
May 6, 2025
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Teaching Opinion How Teachers Can Ask Students Questions Their Phones Can’t Answer
When students have unlimited answers at their fingertips, it’s more urgent than ever for teachers to find better questions.
Kim McWilliams, May 5, 2025
4 min read
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ChromeOS Flex Extends Usability of End-of-Life Devices
As school technology budgets face increasing scrutiny, administrators seek innovative and cost-effective solutions for their existing device fleets. ChromeOS Flex has emerged as a powerful problem-solver, offering a way to revitalize aging PCs and Macs by extending their lifespan and bringing the benefits of ChromeOS to familiar hardware.
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Empowering K-12 Education with AI: From Instruction to Personalized Learning
AI isn't the future, it's NOW! Learn how AI can be effectively used to personalize student learning in K-12.
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Artificial Intelligence Opinion The One Thing This Student Will Never Ask AI to Do
K-12 teachers can help students use AI tools productively without limiting their intellectual growth. Here’s how.
Divya Ganesan, April 4, 2025
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Learn how to update school academic integrity guidelines and prepare students for the age of AI.
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Artificial Intelligence Q&A Making the Case to Students That Math Is Important, Even When AI Does It All
An AI researcher and former teacher shares insights on how new technologies will affect math instruction and learning.
Arianna Prothero, March 31, 2025
4 min read
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Artificial Intelligence How AI Might Be Used to Motivate and Assess Students in Math
Gates Foundation education director outlines how AI might be used to improve math instruction.
Arianna Prothero, March 26, 2025
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