Jennifer Jolly | Special to USA TODAY ‘Go, Bills!’: AI robot delivers commencement speech at Buffalo college A private university opted to have an artificially intelligent robot named Sophia speak at their graduation ceremonies. When you hear “AI” and “schools” in the same sentence, you might think ‘Wait a minute, isn’t that how kids cheat …
WORCESTER ― A new policy on cellphone, tablet and camera usage has been sent to the Worcester School Committee for consideration. The draft of the new policy says that cellphones, smartphones, tablets, earbuds and cameras are to be used in school for educational purposes only, at the discretion of the classroom teacher and building administrator. According to …
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 …
. Despite the rising popularity of artificial intelligence, it still has its shortcomings. The writing can be stilted and vague, and it may not always provide accurate information. The information it does provide lacks citations. We asked ChatGPT some of the questions asked Brevard Public Schools about the use of AI. Here’s how the much-debated …
Jeff Gill | Guest Columnist Who was it that first said “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?” Well, I’m typing this on a laptop connected to the internet, plus I have a smartphone next to me with a good cell connection. Hold on a sec. Huh. It is from an essay in 1841 entitled …
Jeff Gill | Guest Columnist I’m continuing on the question I last started with: Should school age students have access to their phones during school hours? Teachers and principals in general say no. Most school districts and each building has a policy of one sort or another about use of smartphones or internet devices during …
Groveport Madison schools still have no internet service nearly a week after a computer hack forced officials to shut down the entire system. Since the Dec. 5 incident, teachers have been instructing the district’s 6,000 students the old-fashioned way, with books and paper. The ransomware group BlackSuit hacked into security camera and printers at Groveport …