The Growing Need for Skills in Artificial Intelligence
[…] complete tasks and transactions that in the past took hours or days and multiple people to complete. There are “Robo advisors” which are capable of building personalized portfolios and profiles for investors and can do so without any human interaction. Healthcare. For example, diagnosing pathology by analyzing tissue samples using machine learning and algorithms […]
NFT in Edu: What Does the Future Hold?
[…] NFTs are unique and cannot be traded as an equal value. In my eighth grade STEAM class, I shared this video explainer which provides some examples to help students and teachers better understand NFTs. One example shows how a $100 bill can be divided up into different amounts but keeps the same value. However, when […]
Focusing on Student Learning Will Attract The Educators We Need
[…] when substitutes don’t show up, and enlisting central office staff to fill vacant roles. Meanwhile, our nation’s teachers are trying to meet the wide-ranging needs of their students by serving as curriculum developers, mental health specialists, career coaches, after-school tutors and, tragically, public safety officers — all on top of their baseline job descriptions. […]
ACT’s ScootPad Scoop-Up
[…] Sanchez, has been leading this effort and said his team chose ScootPad for a variety of reasons that aligned to their strategy for personalizing instruction for individual students. “This really catapults our learning strategy…building on ACT’s strength of their 60 year history in assessment and aligning that to learning,” says Sanchez. For the past […]
More Real World Learning in Kansas City
In the lower level of Grandview High, away from the crush of a busy passing period, a manufacturing lab hosts students working on a client project. These Grandview students are joined by peers from Center School District and Hickman Mills School District and are often accompanied by retired Honeywell engineers. The three southern Kansas […]
Using OER to Increase Collaboration, Relevance, and Engagement
[…] some are seamlessly transitioning (the curriculum at least) from home to school due to the digital infrastructure, some are left with packets that are sent home for students to complete with little feedback, guidance, or relevance. Despite our deepest desire to be back in schools, we know that students and teachers will likely have […]
Igniting North Carolina’s Future: SparkNC’s Innovative Approach to Education
[…] intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies. As a North Carolina legislator and a former North Carolina school district superintendent, we believe we need to think differently about preparing students for this reality. We care deeply about education, economic development, and the future of our state. If schools can’t keep pace with the rapid evolution of […]
Learner-Centered and Project-Based Middle Schools
Bet you didn’t know today is Better World Day. It’s a day every year that thousands of students from the EL Education network “take action to co-create a better world in partnership with their local communities, connect with each other, and celebrate meaningful student work.” EL, formerly Expeditionary Learning, is a curriculum provider and network […]
Assessment as Revelation, not Destination
[…] it is precisely because of the high stakes we find ourselves in that we must open the possibilities in learning spaces to improve the livelihoods of our students and support their growth and development into a world of possibility. Current headlines about education are focused on post-pandemic schooling test scores and a narrative of […]
The importance of a Stellar Ambassador Team when Introducing New Tech
[…] as using the available K-2 read-aloud videos, adding in scaffolds, etc., post any announcements or links to other platforms within Kiddom, and live chat with the teacher/ student portfolios, as all assignments are saved and housed within their account (a great resource when having conferences with families). These are just a few highlights that made […]
