Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz The Crown Point School Board approved nearly $1 million for technology equipment during its Monday night meeting. The purchases include approximately $327,000 for workstation computers and monitors for specialized labs at Crown Point High School for business, robotics, radio and journalism courses. Additionally, over $670,000 was approved to purchase 2,150 new Chromebook laptops …
Belhaven University is the first college in Mississippi to pair with Amazon to offer a new data science curriculum. The university announced Tuesday morning that it will work with Amazon Web Services Academy to create the curriculum, which will center around cloud computing. The curriculum aims to shape the next generation of the growing tech …
Evanston Township High School will no longer allow cell phones in classrooms, citing reports that cell phone usage in schools “has become a major concern nationwide affecting mental health and academic progress in the classroom environment.” The school announced the new policy in a message posted to its website last week. “We recognize the negative …
USM hosts awards luncheon for students from ‘historically marginalized groups’ The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering and the National Center for Women and Information-Mississippi Affiliate, recognized high school students at the Aspirations in Computing Award Luncheon at the Hattiesburg campus last week. As part of an effort to encourage …
Whatever my school’s rule is on artificial intelligence, I will abide by it. But the concern over Grammarly makes me think of the debate over calculator use in schools from the 1970s. William Tang | Opinion contributor Arizona State University now offering AI degree Artificial intelligence is continuing to gain popularity as the technology evolves, …
Image Credits: Meta Meta continues to field criticism over how it handles younger consumers using its platforms, but the company is also planning new products that will cater to them. On Monday, the company announced in a blog post that later this year it will be launching a new education product for Quest to position …
The College Guidance Network (CGN), an informational resource hub for counselors and students, held a virtual roundtable last week to introduce AVA, the newest artificial intelligence–powered college counseling assistant. Thousands showed up to the demonstration, many identifying themselves in the sidebar chat as high school counselors and independent admissions consultants. Before long they were flooding …
Digital credential wallets allow students to keep their credentials, degrees and skills all in one place. In 2004, a then 22-year-old Timothy Summers received a small, laminated copy of his college diploma. “There’s this idea of having your journey, and it’s yours—you own it, have it in your pocket and can take it out and …
3-minute read If you think a TSA checkpoint is stressful, imagine how anxiety-producing it can be for a child with autism. With spring break season upon us, it’s a problem facing many families in New Jersey, the state with the highest rate of autism in the country. The Nutley-based Phoenix Center, a school for kids …
Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing March 27, 2024, 2:02 PM ET • 2 min read LONDON — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among …