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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Classroom Technology
The Digital Lives of 8th Graders, With CNN's Anderson Cooper
A CNN special examining how 13-year-olds are using social media includes a troubling look at issues such as "social combat."
Ed-Tech Policy
What's Arne Duncan's Legacy on Ed-Tech?
Critics fault Arne Duncan for not sustaining the Enhancing Education Through Technology program, but others credit him for promoting open ed. resources.
Curriculum
New Guidance on 'Screen Time' Coming From Pediatrics' Group
The American Academy of Pediatrics to date has recommended that young children watch no more than a couple hours of television per day.
States
Ed-Tech Lawsuit Over Access Settled in Seattle, in Potential Landmark Accord
Seattle has agreed to take steps to make ed-tech accessible to blind students, faculty, and parents, in a settlement that advocates see as having far-reaching implications.
Classroom Technology
Amplify Sold Off to Group of Its Executives, Including Joel Klein
The digital provider Amplify, which despite big promises failed to gain market traction, has been sold to a team of its executives, backed by private investors.
Privacy & Security
Microsoft Takes Heat Over Data Privacy for Windows 10 System
Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 10, which is being marketed to K-12 districts, is drawing heavy criticism for allowing various forms of data-collection on its users.
Privacy & Security
Wyoming to Consider Privacy Protections for Students' Social Media Accounts
A bill that would protect K-12 students from sharing their social media accounts with school officials made it through a special task force in Wyoming's legislature.
Personalized Learning
Teach to One, Ed Tech Instruction Model, Grows to 28 Schools Nationwide
The personalized math learning model, which grew out of the NYC pilot program School of One, has expanded nationally to reach over 10,000 students in eight states and DC.
Classroom Technology
L.A. Mulls Proposed Settlement With Apple, Lenovo Over Troubled Tech Project
Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the settlement funds give the district an "exciting opportunity" to invest in schools that have little technology.
Classroom Technology
Tablet, Smartphone Use in K-12 Rises, and Learning Apps Have Big Presence
A national poll released by Pearson finds that 78 percent of elementary students regularly use a tablet, up from 66 percent a year ago.
Privacy & Security
Fla. Closes Probe Into Attacks on State Testing Without Suspects, or Leads
Florida law enforcement officials end their investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted statewide testing earlier this year.
Classroom Technology
Is "Maker" Education Ready to Go 1-to-1?
An all-girls private school in New York City and a Texas district are among the first to provide littleBits' programmable electronics kits to all students or libraries.
Assessment
Parents at Ease With Use of Student Data, But Not for Commercial Purposes
Just 42 percent of parents are at ease with companies that create software, websites, and apps having access to student records, a national poll shows.
Classroom Technology
Q&A
How to Use Technology to Improve Early Learners' Reading Skills: Q&A
Two early learning experts outline how educators can maximize the use of digital tools to improve the reading skills of children from disadvantaged families.