During my EdTech experience, which extends over 15 years, I’ve had the chance to review a wide variety of tools designed to support teachers in their daily work. From lesson planning and communication ...

When was the last time you heard someone talk seriously about digital literacy? I’d guess it’s been a while. And honestly, I think I know why. As Lankshear and Knobel (2011) pointed out over a decade ...

In its recommendations on AI ethics, the U.S. Department of Education pointed to a February 2024 proposal from NIST researchers to build on the “long-standing concepts” set out in the 1979 Belmont ...

The conversation around AI in education has moved. A year ago, most teachers were still debating if AI belonged in schools at all. Now, with 61% of K-12 teachers using AI-driven tools in their ...

History and social studies classrooms run on stories, primary sources, and the ability to think critically about both. AI tools are starting to change how teachers bring all three into their lessons, ...

AI has quietly worked its way into almost every corner of teaching. Lesson planning, assessment design, rubric creation, grading, differentiation, you name it. And the numbers back this up. According ...

Because good teaching starts with great stories. Teachers have always known that stories stay with students long after the lesson ends. Documentaries offer that same power, real-world storytelling ...

Have you ever played Jeopardy with your students? If so, you know that it’s a great way to combine fun with subject review, which of course leads to improved learning outcomes. To help you utilize ...

When students sit down to research a topic, the process usually involves bouncing between Google, Wikipedia, a database like JSTOR, and whatever AI chatbot they have open on a second tab. Perplexity ...

ChatGPT has moved well beyond the novelty stage. What started in late 2022 as a chatbot that could write passable essays has grown into a platform with dedicated education tiers, institutional ...

Generative AI has created a problem that goes far deeper than cheating. When a tool like ChatGPT can write a coherent essay, solve a multi-step math problem, analyze a historical event, and produce a ...

If you teach English learners, you already know the daily puzzle: a classroom full of students at five or six different proficiency levels, all needing different kinds of support at the same time. You ...