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Is the Mitchell Scholarship going to have to shut down? It's on pause for lack of funding: us-irelandalliance.org/mitchellschola… We dove into the issue on a podcast a while ago: edsurge.com/news/2022-11-1…

📢 Don't miss our Voices of Change Fellowship Info Session on March 27th, 4:30-5:30 PM CT! Learn about the fellowship, eligibility, and application process. 🗓️ Reserve your spot now! bit.ly/3wTUwAb

So is the metaverse an idea that works for education? Would building an immersive VR space be worth the time and trouble for teaching? #asugsvsummit We dive into those questions on the latest EdSurge Podcast edsurge.com/news/2024-04-1…

When the Los Angeles school district announced its $6 million chatbot recently, it got lots of buzz, but I wasn't sure exactly what it does. Here's my attempt to sort that out, in an @edsurge article out today: edsurge.com/news/2024-05-0…

Is Student Absenteeism a Growing Problem at Colleges, Too? edsurge.com/news/2024-05-1…

Community college and labor union partnerships in the AI era newamerica.org/education-poli… Interesting piece by Shalin Jyotishi

Author of a new book about what brain science says about teaching teens - Ellen Galinsky - has mixed feelings about the push to ban phones in schools and keep teens off social media, worrying that it could backfire the way some 'just say no' to smoking campaigns did.

Sal Khan: "The rate of change of artificial intelligence is so fast that it feels like it's irresponsible if we don't have these conversations like, ‘How long will Khan Academy videos be relevant?’" Hear the full interview on this week's EdSurge Podcast edsurge.com/news/2024-06-0…

How do news literacy efforts in schools need to adapt in this era of AI? If you're at #istelive #iste24, check out this panel this afternoon, which I'll be joining to add a working journalist perspective: conference.iste.org/2024/program/s…

Hot off the press!! 🎉📰📺💻📱 It is an honor to be featured in this Education Week article penned by Alyson Klein after attending the #ISTE24 panel session “Media Literacy in the age of AI” Dr. Cathy Collins Darshell Jeff Young and I presented on Day 1! edweek.org/technology/how…

So what do teachers want from AI? I tried to find out this week at the #ISTELive conference. See some of what I learned in the EdSurge PreK-12 Newsletter today: info.iste.org/ai-might-save-…

Just a few months ago LAUSD made a splashy announcement about a new AI chatbot assistant for students and families. Now the startup that built it suddenly furloughed the majority of its employees due to financial problems. We tried to dig into what it was meant to do a few

Should AI Bots Do Scholarly Research? edsurge.com/news/2024-09-2…

It's still unclear what role AI will play in education. One project is exploring whether bots can be instructional designers (or at least assistants as educators build course materials). edsurge.com/news/2024-10-0…

As Schools Ban Phones, More Kids Are Using Smartwatches Important deep dive into the smartwatch surge among kids by my EdSurge colleague Emily Tate Sullivan. And we're excited to co-publish the story with WIRED edsurge.com/news/2024-10-2…

I'm enjoying this podcast series about Karen Silkwood called Radioactive, for those looking for a new narrative podcast. abcaudio.com/podcasts/radio…

Here's a must-read from Leah Fabel : Medicaid cuts could push more kids into unpaid family caregiving roles "Young caregivers report more depression, anxiety, and stress than their peers." And their educational outcomes are greatly impacted, too. cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-…

Turns out profs are particularly prone to deepfake attacks because they often have samples of their image and voice on online lecture videos or YouTube videos of them giving talks. (This is one of those reports that requires entering an email to download) chronicle.com/ci/insights/pr…