What is the Impact of AI on Education?

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The impact of AI in education is profound, revolutionizing teaching and learning. AI’s personalized learning, streamlined administrative tasks, and data-driven insights reshape the educational landscape. Let’s explore how AI transforms classrooms, empowers educators, and prepares students for a future driven by technological advancements.

What is the impact of AI on education?

In looking at the future of AI in education, it’s essential to first address AI’s impact on education. AI’s impact is transformative, introducing innovative changes across various facets of the learning experience. Personalized learning, powered by AI algorithms, tailors educational content to individual student needs, fostering deeper comprehension and engagement. AI streamlines administrative tasks, such as grading, allowing educators to focus on interactive teaching methods and personalized interventions. Intelligent tutoring systems provide real-time feedback, contributing to a more proactive approach to learning. Data-driven insights from AI analytics inform teaching strategies, enabling educators to optimize learning outcomes.…Read More

What Technology is Used in Teaching and Learning?

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Technology plays a pivotal role in transforming K-12 teaching and learning in the digital age, offering innovative tools that enhance engagement, personalization, and efficiency. From interactive apps to virtual environments, these technologies create dynamic educational experiences, preparing students for the demands of the digital age while empowering educators to deliver impactful lessons.

How technology helps in teaching and learning

Technology revolutionizes K-12 teaching and learning, offering myriad benefits. Types of technology used in education include interactive whiteboards, educational apps, and online resources engage students with dynamic content, fostering better understanding. Learning management systems streamline administrative tasks, allowing educators to organize, distribute, and assess coursework efficiently. Virtual reality and simulations transport students to immersive educational environments, enhancing experiential learning. Adaptive learning platforms tailor instruction to individual needs, promoting personalized learning experiences. Collaboration tools facilitate real-time communication and teamwork, essential skills in a digital world.…Read More

Progress toward academic recovery stalled in 2022-23

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While students grew academically in the 2022-23 school year, achievement gains fell short of pre-pandemic trends in most grades, with the exception of the youngest students who bucked this trend and made above average achievement gains, according to a new report from nonprofit K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA

The report is the latest in NWEA’s efforts to track the impact of pandemic disruptions on academic gains and achievement levels for U.S. students using data from the 2022-23 academic year. This analysis provides the most current evidence to help guide recovery efforts and resource allocations in support of schools. While the pandemic is now deemed over, the impacts on students based on two markers, achievement in reading and mathematics, are still apparent.…Read More

Lexia Core5 and PowerUp Helped Students and Teachers Succeed with Remote Blended Learning

The 2019-20 school year drew concern for students’ learning when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to rapidly transition to remote learning. To understand the impact to student learning, Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company (NYSE: RST), surveyed 3,500 educators and found that

during the educational disruption period brought on by school closures during the spring semester, 86% of survey respondents using Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) or Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® (PowerUp) with their students felt that the products helped them more efficiently support student needs and learning. Moreover, those students who were able to access Lexia Learning products during the disruption were able to spend more time using the products each week, resulting in increased progress.

“During the stress and uncertainty of COVID, teachers were able to not only provide continuity of instruction, but they were able to support students in making independent progress in these extraordinary times,” said Dr. Liz Brooke, chief learning officer of Rosetta Stone. “Districts need to remain vigilant in choosing blended learning tools that provide some method for monitoring student learning/progress and deliver results in a variety of learning environments. Providing products that are proven to drive progress in closing literacy gaps, and support educators with actionable, real-time data on student progress, whether used in the classroom or at home remains our top priority.”…Read More

U.S. schools struggle with basic human need

It’s not iPads, SMART boards or after school activity programs that the majority of U.S. schools are struggling to provide, it’s something much more basic, and somewhat shocking: Access to water, the Huffington Post reports. Sparked by a new federal requirement that all public schools provide access to free drinking water at lunchtime, administrators are having trouble finding the funds in the midst of widespread budget cuts, MSNBC’s Vitals reported. Almost a year ago, President Barack Obama signed the Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

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President Obama gives back-to-school interview to kids

President Obama is a busy man, but not too busy to give a back-to-school interview to members of Scholastic’s Kids Press Corps, the Washington Post reports. The corps is a team of about 50 kids, ages 10-14, from across the country who report on news, entertainment, and sports from their hometowns. Obama sat down at the White House with kid reporters Jacob Schroeder and Topanga Sena for an exclusive back-to-school interview…

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