eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Key points: New technologies offer specialized tools to meet parents’ transportation expectations How top female district leaders get ready for back-to-school Creating smart campuses to transform student life For more news on district management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Since 1869, when Massachusetts pioneered the integration of transportation into public education, school transportation has evolved to continuously enhance the practicality and safety of how children ar

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2024

There’s a push among AI developers to create an AI tutor , and some see that as a key use case for tools like ChatGPT. But one longtime edtech expert sees an even better fit for new AI chatbots in education: helping educators design course materials for their students. So all year Michael Feldstein has been leading a project to build an AI assistant that’s focused on learning design.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Executives from four leading technology companies, all with tools built specifically for use in K–12 schools, gathered in late September to share how districts can combine their solutions to create a cohesive device management environment that benefits students, teachers and staff. CDW Education hosted the hourlong conversation, titled “Developing a Unified Classroom Ecosystem: Device Management, Connectivity and Student Safety,” that brought the four tech vendors together.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2024

If you want to join the military, you can do that by attending a four-year Service Academy or by enlisting. I discussed 11 ways to become a Navy Officer in an earlier article (click for link). Here, I’ll focus on the academics required to be accepted as an enlisted soldier or sailor. Anyone interested in a non-four-year-degree entry into the military services must take the ASVAB– the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I recently transitioned to teaching a financial accounting course for first and second semester seniors majoring in finance. I am sure you can hear the students muttering, “This course is a waste of time, plus, I already have a job lined up so why do I care?” This transition also came with an increase of two hours to my daily commute. I spent my newfound travel time listening to audiobooks, the first being Small Teaching by James Lang.

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Grant Lichtman

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A snippet from my Wisdom Road Takeaways and Synthesis; a reminder as we head into what will be the most contentious election in our lifetimes: America is not divided in two. We are one American mosaic made up of many different pieces. Powerful forces try to push us into two severed buckets, red or blue, left or right, rich or poor, virtuous or evil, because that makes us easy to manage, to influence, to manipulate.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I recently transitioned to teaching a financial accounting course for first and second semester seniors majoring in finance. I am sure you can hear the students muttering, “This course is a waste of time, plus, I already have a job lined up so why do I care?” This transition also came with an increase of two hours to my daily commute. I spent my newfound travel time listening to audiobooks, the first being Small Teaching by James Lang.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Click below to listen to the full conversation: eCampus: We’re just a few weeks away from EDUCAUSE 2024 in San Antonio. Could you give us a preview of your session and share some insights on IT policy in 2024? Jarret Cummings: Absolutely. Every year at the conference, we review major policy issues affecting the EDUCAUSE community, and 2024 has been particularly eventful.

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