Illinois wants to improve math teaching. Here’s a look at the state’s first draft numeracy plan.
The new draft plan encourages schools to shift away from traditional methods for teaching math, such as memorization. It comes a year after the state adopted a literacy plan.
Artificial Intelligence Has Changed the Way I Write Forever
I’ve written fairly regularly about how I use GenAI in my writing process, including why I don’t think AI is very good for a first draft, and how I believe these technologies have flattened the strata of production and publication for digital texts. But the way I write with and without AI continues to shift, […]
Code.org, in Partnership with Amazon, Launches New Curriculum to Prepare Students for AI-Driven Future
/PRNewswire/ -- Building on their decade-long partnership, Code.org and Amazon launch today Exploring Generative AI, a cutting-edge curriculum for grades 8-12...
How Are New AI Tools Changing ‘Learning Analytics’? - EdSurge News
The field of “learning analytics” has been working to learn from the data trails students leave in online systems. Generative AI brings new promises ...
Design Refine Create: A Framework for GenAI Curriculum Design
For the past few weeks, I’ve been exploring ways that educators can take back control of generative artificial intelligence. As part of curriculum design, I started with reflections on how I …
A lot of the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in education centres on the idea that AI will inevitably lead to skills loss and that this is an inherently bad thing. Like all hype at both end…
“Personalised learning” is one of those educational terms used so often that it is hard to pin down exactly what it means. It has been applied to everything from one-to-one in-person tu…
Personalised learning, as the grand technologists describe it, is a myth, and although these technologies will no doubt be useful for many learners across the world in all kinds of contexts, it is not the panacea we have been promised.
History Teachers Are Replacing Textbooks With the Internet
A survey of social studies teachers found that many find primary sources online for lesson plans. But a notable minority also rely on left-leaning materials, and a handful have turned to conservative options.
Backwards Planning with Generative AI: Case Study Evidence from US K12 Teachers
Backward planning is an effective and efficient operational process when working towards a goal: work backward from the desired outcome to figure out the steps