Know What's Happening in EdTech
Know What's Happening in EdTech
In this episode the host shares resources for both learners and active traders, highlighting the free CME Trading Simulator and educational posts on implied forwards and Jensen's inequality. The main focus is on using AI tools to transform textual insights into interactive dashboards, demonstrated by building a silver‑price dashboard in Excel with AI assistance, which cut a six‑hour task down to about ninety minutes. The host emphasizes that AI boosts productivity, allowing more projects and deeper learning, but warns that this boost is temporary and will become the new baseline. Throughout, the discussion underscores the growing value of unique data as AI inference costs drop.
ScreenPal is hosting a free webinar on February 27, 2026 titled “Quick Formative Assessment Strategies that Make a Big Impact.” The session showcases how video reflections and walk‑throughs can replace traditional quizzes, giving teachers real‑time insight into student thinking. It also highlights...
I failed to complete my PhD. But I discovered something 10x more valuable along the way... In 2019, I was a Systems Engineering student who loved math. And I fit the typical stereotype for people in my area of study: - Quiet - Nerdy - Introverted -...
Google launched Auto Browse, an AI agent built on Gemini that can control Chrome tabs and interact with Gmail and Calendar. The feature is bundled with Google AI Pro ($20 per month) and AI Ultra ($250 per month) subscriptions and aims to automate web...
Utah Valley University’s Ask Wilson AI assistant, built by the Kahlert Applied AI Institute, is embedded in Canvas and answers course‑specific questions, links to lecture recordings, and offers 24/7 coaching. After a pilot in fall 2023, it now serves 2,000 students across...
AI coaching is emerging as a scalable solution for personalized employee development, moving beyond traditional high‑potential‑only models. In a Talent Development Leader podcast, Kirsten Moorefield, co‑founder of Cloverleaf, explains how AI‑driven coaches can level the playing field and deliver tailored...
When AI shifts from pilots to production, the workforce must evolve with it. @Microsoft’s education push in Brazil signals something bigger: AI adoption only scales when skills scale. Human capital is infrastructure. https://t.co/uchyiGIUEI #MicrosoftAITour #MicrosoftAmbassador @MSFT_Business
Most Likely Machine is a free, award‑winning, browser‑based teaching platform that lets 10‑14‑year‑olds design and test simple algorithms. The gamified environment uses historical‑figure characters to assign weighted traits, showing how bias and data choices shape outcomes. Piloted in classrooms, it...
EDSAFE AI Alliance released the *S.A.F.E. By Design* report warning that AI companions—chatbots that simulate friendship and emotional support—are infiltrating K‑12 devices and blurring the line between educational tools and social entities. The report highlights how anthropomorphic design fuels addictive,...
Australian universities are shifting from basic AI tools to agentic AI, autonomous systems that manage complex workflows with minimal human oversight. By embedding agentic AI into ERP platforms, institutions aim to reduce administrative overhead, improve decision‑making, and personalize student pathways...
Christy Tucker outlines seven actionable strategies for crafting realistic wrong answers in branching e‑learning scenarios. The tips range from drawing on actual workplace mistakes and partially correct options to using “right answer, wrong time” choices, trade‑off framing, nuanced “good‑better‑best” scales,...
In this episode, Tom Vander Ark talks with COREY MOHN, CEO of the CAPS Network, about the organization’s unbundled, profession‑based learning pathways that give students the freedom to design their own futures, much like building with a box of LEGO...
Upskilling has become HR’s top challenge, with 45% of leaders naming it their biggest priority, surpassing recruitment and well‑being concerns. A Capterra survey shows 68% of firms expect upskilling costs to rise, signaling a shift toward customized, technology‑enabled learning. Effective...
The article warns that AI hype in large enterprises has faded, leaving many learning‑and‑development (L&D) teams stuck in “pilot purgatory.” Without a unifying business objective, experiments become siloed, wasteful, and generate change fatigue. The author proposes an AI North Star—a...
Instructure’s chief academic officer Melissa Loble highlights a persistent "readiness gap" where graduates lack the adaptive, technological, and self‑learning skills demanded by modern workplaces. She defines readiness as resilience, digital fluency, and the ability to understand one’s own learning process....
KQED Teach is a free professional‑development platform that equips educators with media‑literacy skills, from fact‑checking to AI ethics. The service provides self‑paced courses, live workshops, and hands‑on media creation projects, allowing teachers to earn certificates and graduate‑level credits. By training...
The article outlines ten strategies for fostering digital and visual collaboration in classrooms, ranging from shared whiteboards to immersive AR tools. It highlights Brisk Boost Whiteboard, an AI‑enhanced platform that automates diagramming, suggestion generation, and real‑time feedback. Each method emphasizes...
Higher education is confronting student‑driven demand for seamless, AI‑enhanced digital experiences, making IT service management (ITSM) a strategic necessity. Legacy systems and fragmented processes hinder on‑demand services such as Wi‑Fi, digital resources, and 24/7 help desks. Modern, AI‑powered ITSM platforms...
LEGO Education is launching a new artificial‑intelligence curriculum aimed at K‑12 classrooms, but its developers first grappled with defining what true AI literacy means. Rather than chasing the latest hype, the company is building a foundation‑first program that stresses core...
Renaissance has launched a new integration with Great Minds’ Eureka Math Squared, linking its STAR assessment data to the core curriculum platform. The partnership, the second after a Savvas collaboration, is built on Renaissance Next, an alignment engine that maps...
