Digital Education
The Digital Education blog covered personalized learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive testing, digital curricula, data privacy, future of work, and all things technology. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work, and digital learning.
Curriculum
Flexibility, Freedom, and Failure: Extraordinary Students Offer Advice for Improving Schools
High school students whose technology interests extend well beyond school offered advice for K-12 educators at the annual conference of the International Society for Education.
Artificial Intelligence
Three Big Questions on Artificial Intelligence and Schools
Artificial Intelligence has big implications for curriculum, teaching, learning, and district management. And it comes with its fair share of flaws too.
Equity & Diversity
Buses as Tech Hubs: Way More Than Just Wi-Fi
The idea of delivering internet connectivity to students and communities via buses has been around for years. But over the past few years, the scale of those efforts has increased as the mobile tech hubs have been transformed.
Artificial Intelligence
Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated Learning in K-12
The ISTE 2019 annual ed-tech conference in Philadelphia June 23-26 will feature at least a half a dozen sessions that mention "Alexa" in their titles.
School & District Management
Are Students Spending Too Much Time on Mobile Devices During Class? Yes, Educators Say
Educators overwhelmingly said in a survey that their students are "multi-tasking" on devices during class and that it hurts learning.
Professional Development
Artificial Intelligence, Spotting 'Fake News,' and Digital Equity: What to See at ISTE 2019
The International Society for Technology in Education will draw thousands of teachers, school administrators, and researchers from across the world to its annual conference in Philadelphia.
Ed-Tech Policy
Cries of 'Hunger Games' Follow Proposed Ed-Tech Funding Caps
Fans of the E-rate worry that rapid progress could be threatened by a Republican-backed effort to place new restrictions on the amount of money the E-rate program can dole out to help schools and libraries improve connectivity.
School & District Management
How AI Is Shaping Jobs of the Future: What It Means for Schools
The rise of Artificial Intelligence is expected to have big implications for the future of the labor market, and could lead to some new fields, a pair of reports concludes.
School & District Management
Here's What One State Is Doing to Prepare Students for the Jobs of the Future
Maryland may be a model for how states should approach educating students for the workforce of the future, according to a new policy brief.
School & District Management
Does Technology Help Boost Students' Critical Thinking Skills?
When it comes to the PISA, there's little evidence that technology use has a positive impact on student scores, and some evidence that it could actually drag it down, a new report finds.
School & District Management
Ed Tech for Students in Special Education: What K-12 Leaders, Vendors Need to Know
The National Center for Learning Disabilities says district, schools, and vendors should make sure people who are experts in students in special education are involved in every stage of the process when it comes to purchasing technology.
Education
Forty Percent of Elementary School Teachers' Work Could Be Automated By 2030, McKinsey Global Institute Predicts
Women could experience coming changes in the workforce in a very different way than men, requiring a concerted effort by schools to prepare today's girls accordingly, according to a new report.
Classroom Technology
Growth of Full-Time Online Schools Slowing, Study Finds
A total of 501 full-time virtual schools now enroll more than 297,000 students, 79 percent of whom are in charters, according to the National Education Policy Center.
Privacy & Security
District's Plan to Use Facial Recognition Tech for Safety Raises Big Privacy Concerns
The New York State Education Department has put the brakes on a school district's planned trial run of new facial recognition software aimed at improving school safety.