ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The emphasis on a human-centric approach underscores the commitment to cultivating a balanced perspective on AI integration. Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Equipping Teachers With AI Expertise To truly realize the potential of AI, there is a need for a technology-literate, fully engaged workforce. Department of Education Office of Educational Technologys AI policy report addresses the clear need to share knowledge, engage educators and refine policies for AI use in education.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

How can teachers learn from the practices and principles of youth organizing to create more humanizing, engaging and empowering classrooms? The process of asking questions, listening and building campaigns around these stories is what makes youth organizing such a humanizing experience.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2025

Theres a disconnect between what we know is really critical and then what were paying attention to, says Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning and author of a new book about the essential role of relationships in healthy human development. The way I define relational intelligence is fairly simple, actually.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Recently, EdSurge webinar host Matthew Joseph discussed with education experts the need for assessments to measure what truly matters and power human progress. What role does assessment play in personalized learning, and how can it be used to tailor educational experiences to individual student needs?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 12, 2022

While it’s difficult to determine how much has been spent on Edtech , we do know that investments in education technology companies have nearly quadrupled since the beginning of the pandemic. As recently as last year, the SEL industry produced nearly $1.725 billion in sales. Need to foster relationships between students?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Understanding the Psyche of Technological Resistance in the Education Workforce Resistance to change, especially technological change , is fundamentally anchored in our human psychology. This dynamic is significantly magnified within the education workforce. It’s not indicative of weakness or failure.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

There is no substitute for real human interaction as this is the ultimate relationship builder. It is during this time that they get to share their ideas on the topic, discuss implementation strategies, reflect on what others have said, or provide positive reinforcement. I am always inspired when I eavesdrop on these conversations.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Math As Humanities? Robinson is inspired by Francis Su, former president of the Mathematical Association of America and author of Mathematics for Human Flourishing (2020). The ability to calculate equations quickly is not that important for humans anymore, even for mathematicians, he says. Computers now handle a lot of that.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Giving students the space to do what they need gives them the power as human beings to decide how to use their time. Knowledge is not just about content, but about getting to know other human beings. As a high school teacher, this is especially important as many of my students are nearing adulthood.

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Edthena

MARCH 25, 2025

. “Classroom observational videos are a very helpful tool for improving teaching skills and yet assessing them is an incredibly time-consuming task,” said Peter Youngs , principal investigator of the grant and professor at the UVA School of Education and Human Development. This project builds on proven research.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Defining the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Integrating AI refers to the incorporation of machine-driven intelligence into various applications and processes, enabling tasks that mimic human cognitive functions like learning from data, problem-solving and recognizing patterns. Graham Glass In May 2023, the U.S. .

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

There's also the challenge of ensuring that technology augments the human element in education rather than replacing it. In education technology, this diversity offers numerous opportunities to enhance personalized learning, from machine learning to predictive analytics, enriching educational experiences.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Leading By Example For Alana Winnick, educational technology director at Pocantico Hills Central School District in Sleepy Hollow, New York, it’s important to make it clear to colleagues when she uses generative AI in a way that is new — and which people may not even realize is possible. Stuff before involved humans and was static.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It’s easy to miss the scale of this as an ‘issue’ because unlike assessment, curriculum, teacher pay, class sizes, educational technology, or any other persistently evergreen edu-choke point, equity never stops affecting. It’s both the center and periphery of everything because we’re always who we are, where we are.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Teaching is more than delivering contentits about modeling humanity, and my apology that day reshaped my understanding of educations deeper purpose. Education as a Humanizing Practice In Pedagogy of the Oppressed , Paulo Freire argues that education should make students more human.

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ED Surge

MAY 3, 2024

News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up. Like many AI-related projects, the idea started as a way to cut the cost of hiring humans.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our tech-driven world, the value of human connection can’t be overstated. But as pressures to deliver future-focused curricula grow, how can educators ensure that students build these important life skills alongside their technical expertise?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2025

The AI Revolution in Education Artificial Intelligence has the power to transform operations by vastly speeding up processes, creating efficiencies and making jobs easier for administrators and educators. This technology is not about replacing human judgment but augmenting it.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Renee Dawson Educational Technology Specialist at Atlanta Public Schools “Augmented reality is when you take something that you can already see in the world and add an interactive or experiential layer on top. What does AR look like in the humanities? It gives humanities a relevant context.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

I don’t think that this is an argument for replacing any human interaction,” said Kestin. This allows for the human interaction to be much richer.” In other efforts, students often didn’t want to use earlier versions of education technology and computerized tutors.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

These days she’s a digital strategist looking at how things like the blockchain, the metaverse and AI might change human expression. And she recently shared her latest predictions with educators at the ISTE Live conference in New Orleans in June.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2024

I believe that placing people, not technology, at the center of these decisions is how educators should embrace AI, discover new ways of incorporating its capabilities, and use its power to promote equitable student success. However, it is necessary.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

I can't cite where I've heard this, but I do know that people have been asked, if you could lose a skill or function as a human, and you had to choose between losses such as the ability to walk or to see or to communicate, respondents said it would be the most devastating to lose their ability to communicate.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2022

This vision is driving the newly-announced Digital Equity Education Roundtables (DEER) Initiative , led through a partnership between the Office of Educational Technology (OET) at the US Department of Education and Digital Promise. ” – Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Educational Technology.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Making Connections Iowa’s old search system could tell families where early care and education programs were. That wasn’t the issue, says Ryan Page, director of child care for the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The problem was families couldn’t see availability. “I

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In telling them about myself, I open up a portal into a world where teachers are humanized instead of being seen as authority figures who just distribute grades at the end of the semester. In choosing to be vulnerable and honest, I provide teachable moments about dis/ability for my students that they might not get otherwise.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

Dignity: How is my/our human value celebrated? Building a Foundation for Connection Over the past five years, our affinity groups have expanded within our EC environment, and we have outlined concrete goals: Affirmation: How am I/are we enriched socially and emotionally through this group?

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ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In addition to disciplinary concepts, it is important to address areas such as the appropriate use and timing of AI, the historical context of AI development, addressing biases, safeguarding the privacy of data shared with AI systems/tools, ensuring equitable access to AI tools, and taking into account environmental and human labor considerations.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In theory, education technology could redesign school from a factory-like assembly line to an individualized experience. One thing we’ve all learned during the pandemic is that learning has proven to be a profoundly human interaction of give and take between student and teacher and among peers.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While the term has become the latest buzzword in education circles, what it means for teaching and learning largely remains to be seen. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse. That may be because there’s no clear consensus on what the term means.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, as with any shift in traditional practices, there are some kinks to be worked out in terms of leveraging technology to our greatest advantage. Teaching at two separate institutions means that Hall is balancing two different Outlook calendars simultaneously.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 14, 2025

Recently, there have been requests from apprentices for more training on human resources policies and supporting educators managing childrens mental and behavioral health needs, Patel shares. They are looking at whether and how to incorporate those topics into the apprenticeship experience.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

But theres also a strong emphasis on what we call human-only skills ethics, creative problem-solving, design thinking and user experience. Teachers helped us determine what implementation would look like and whether we were on the right track. The framework includes technical components like programming, data science, AI tools and robotics.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

But some teaching experts say tutoring should be reserved for humans who can motivate and understand the students they work with. What If Myths, Metaphors and Riddles Are the Key to Reshaping K-12 Education?

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Teachers Can Change the Way Technology Works for Our Students We have an unprecedented opportunity to flip the script on technology education. Technology is never going to be the magic solution to our problems. Still, it can help connect to worlds beyond ourselves and stretch the limits of human knowledge.

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