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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.
Aarnavi Gupta, 8, and her father, Chanchal, review a coding project about a family trip to the beach at “Creative Coding: A Morning of Making” as part of a Remake Learning Days program held at South Fayette Intermediate School on May 23, 2022 in McDonald, Pa.
Aarnavi Gupta, 8, and her father, Chanchal, review a coding project about a family trip to the beach at South Fayette Intermediate School on May 23, 2022 in McDonald, Pa. Providing opportunities for parents and students to learn together can help increase their engagement with the school; some districts are featuring tech tools in these kinds of activities.
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Families & the Community How One District Uses Tech Nights to Bring Families Into Learning
A technology resource teacher provides tips for creating events that parents will actually attend.
Lauraine Langreo, July 1, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Can AI Make History Class More Fun for Students?
One elementary coach uses AI tools to help her students chat with historical figures.
Alyson Klein, July 1, 2025
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Nathalie Desir, a second grade teacher at Bryant Elementary in Mableton, Ga., tests a digital tool for student writing.
Nathalie Desir, a 2nd grade teacher at Bryant Elementary in Mableton, Ga., tests a digital tool that can motivate reluctant writers.
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Classroom Technology How Digital Tools Can Spark Writing Growth in Young Students
Letting students use technology to create something is a way of taking student writing to “that next level," a technology coach explains.
Alyson Klein, June 30, 2025
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Student Well-Being & Movement Can Tech Teach Kindness? 5 Tools That Build Social Skills
Technology is often blamed for causing bad behavior among students. But it can also promote positive social skills if used right.
Arianna Prothero, June 30, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Q&A For Many Schools, AI Is Now a Daily Reality. What That Means
School districts are beginning to think about how to use AI for teaching and learning, ISTE+ASCD CEO Richard Culatta says.
Alyson Klein, June 27, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Opinion How AI Helps Our Students Deepen Their Writing (Yes, Really)
Two veteran teachers give 4 rules for responsibly using chatbots in writing workshops.
Dennis Magliozzi & Kristina Peterson, June 17, 2025
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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
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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
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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
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