k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education. This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Teens need access to a reliable internet connection, a quiet and comfortable space to study, and a computer or device that can handle educational platforms. Others may need to actively seek out social opportunities through sports, volunteer work, or community programs. They also need a support system.

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eLearning Schools Motivation Counselling 164

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field. The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2025

While students are already turning toward AI to help with everything from study aids to mental health needs , with the increasingly wide chasm spreading between the number of students and number of counselors available in schools, generative AI could present as a tool to help both groups do their part to complete college applications.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. Examining science education in ChatGPT: An exploratory study of generative artificial intelligence. Journal of Science Education and Technology , 32(4), 444452.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Saucier has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and the Midwestern Psychological Association. Embracing artificial intelligence in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Studies have found that while many online learning programs can produce significant gains when used at recommended dosages, only about 5% of students actually use them as recommended. The next big educational innovation won’t come from more intelligent AI. This lens might help explain what researchers call edtech’s “5% problem.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, educational institutions find themselves at a crossroads. Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Chris holds a B.A.

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

Technology may pose solutions, too: some counselors say they are changing how they connect with students and are testing out artificial intelligence platforms. Many youth report battling feelings of depression and anxiety, and physical issues such as eating disorders and drug use, according to the Common Sense Media study.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. ChatGPT for Good? On Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models for Education.”

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Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 82

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

A 2021 OECD study found that 15-year-olds consistently show lower levels of creativity and curiosity than 10-year-olds globally. A follow-up study in 2025 confirmed this trend, highlighting even steeper declines where secondary students have fewer opportunities to build new skills.

Ethics 150

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. ChatGPT for Good? On Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models for Education.”

Critical Thinking 69

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 69

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

A University of Pennsylvania study from 2024 found that students using AI for math prep scored lower. Incorrect answers or misleading feedback may create confusion or lower academic performance. If students rely on flawed guidance, schools may face legal accountability. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Disabilities Ethics Schools Plagiarism 145

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, educational institutions find themselves at a crossroads. Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Chris holds a B.A.

Ethics 75

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 75

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

For Trumbore, it started in 2004, when she went to Stanford to work for Patrick Suppes, who had been studying computer-assisted learning since the 1960s. Yet as one of the many hardworking, unsung “humans in the loop,” as she calls them, who made the dream of mass education a reality, Trumbore was uniquely positioned to tell the edtech story.

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History Intelligence Writing Knowledge 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This is something that you should keep in mind when looking for where you want to study, as you can find an electrical and computer engineering online degree that gives you access to excellent information, whilst staying at home and being able to engage from all over the world. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Lecturing Motivation Essay High School 83

Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. Generative Artificial Intelligence: Citation and Attribution with AI Tools. Additionally, I will weigh the impact of saving significant time and energy on essential tasks against the potential sustainability costs.

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Instructors Critical Thinking Plagiarism Intelligence 82

Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. Generative Artificial Intelligence: Citation and Attribution with AI Tools. Additionally, I will weigh the impact of saving significant time and energy on essential tasks against the potential sustainability costs.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Fulfilled and Frazzled Katharine Strunk, dean of the University of Pennsylvanias Graduate College of Education, wasnt surprised by the studys findings about teachers feeling toward their workplace versus their workload. One much-discussed technology offers a potential solution: artificial intelligence.

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Teachers Intelligence Motivation Writing 132

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Why You Should Engage in the Circular Model of Reflection By some accounts, Schons reflective practice has ushered and advanced that professional practitioners such as scholar-teachers exhibit a form of intelligence, a complex form of professional creativity. The Reflective Turn: Case Studies in and One Educational Practice.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This initiative helps students strengthen their academic foundations, develop better study habits, and build resilience. Many students face challenges not due to a lack of intelligence but because they struggle with organization, time management, and emotional regulation. Social-emotional learning remains a priority.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” There were plenty of studies replete with data on engagement, reading strategies, and Lexile scores. But not everybody feels this way about reading.

Reading 75

Reading English Grades Attention 75

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2025

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] “The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

Intelligence 99

Intelligence Curriculum Math Science 99

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , 6 , 100209. Cheating in the age of generative AI: A high school survey study of cheating behaviors before and after the release of ChatGPT. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , v7:1-10. [link] Fleckenstein, J., Keller, S. Kller, O., & Mller, J. Frontier, T.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

Instead of forming a study group, students can ask AI for help. Julia Freeland-Fisher studies how technology can help or hinder student success at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Alba, 20, attends College of the Canyons, a large community college north of Los Angeles, where he is studying business and history.

Students 67

Students Study Academic Integrity Questions 67

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MAY 19, 2025

Heres the sign-up link if the image above doesnt work: [link] The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.

Intelligence 141

Intelligence Grades Curriculum Science 141

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JUNE 27, 2025

Perfect for educators at any level of experience, for independent reading or for schoolwide book studies, this practical book will leave you feeling inspired and ready to do the things that matter most for the people who matter most―your students. Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education.

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Reading Education Classroom Management Intelligence 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2025

They inspire projects, from digital art to ecological studies, and foster a welcoming space for learning. Petals and Pixels: Flowers in Tech-Savvy Classrooms Imagine a classroom where sunflowers nod on a windowsill during a coding lesson, or a science lab where students dissect daisies while a tablet app tracks their findings.

STEM 83

STEM Art Learning Fairness 83

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 22, 2025

Have students read the book, meet in study groups to discuss it, and then devise their own projects to address the concerns. It brought to light the dangerous use of a pesticide called DDT that was polluting rivers and destroying the eggs of birds of prey like bald eagles. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Activities Science Discussions Curriculum 99

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

She eventually took that question to Northwestern University, where she is now building out her own artificial intelligence technology system that could potentially quell the issue. I had this question of when you utilize these measures in groups with different characteristics.

Languages 138

Languages Language Intelligence Testing 138

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Use debate topics for high schoolers that they know well, from social media usage to the reach of artificial intelligence. Philosophical Chairs: An engaging class or group debate over any topic, Google By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs Grades: 6th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts, Social Studies Standards: CCSS RI.7.1;

High School 52

High School High School Schools Counselling 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Some districts purchase the product as a wholesale textbook replacement for their ELA classes.

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Textbooks Essay English Writing 271

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 17, 2025

Defining play is every bit as elusive as defining love, probably because it includes emotion, intelligence, and behavior that is universal in terms of both time and space. If you can't define what you are studying, the tools of the scientific method, like creating replicable experiments, won't work.

Intelligence 86

Intelligence Science Study Discussions 86

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

As artificial intelligence, personalized learning platforms, and algorithm-driven content become more common in classrooms, students must understand how data influences what they see and how they are assessed. Data is only helpful if we can interpret it accurately and use it effectively to support learning. The same goes for students.

Ethics 297

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 297

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2025

It ends with you returning home to study Calculus. You do commit to taking advantage of the free Princeton Review SAT course offered at school for IB (International Baccalaureate) applicants. All in all, a stress-free interview. You send a thank-you note to your BGO, and sign it “Go Navy Beat Army!” Not yet, but it’s only been six hours….

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