Education AI

As the head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, Juan Lavista Ferres and his researchers can spend months building real-world AI solutions. Fifth graders that he teaches built an accessibility tool in …

Colleen Reed, an educational consultant, has heard high schoolers make “odd” — and misguided — declarations about institutions.“This school doesn’t have what I want.”“It’s not in a safe neighborhood.”…

An experiment in a Turkish high school shows that using ChatGPT in math can “substantially inhibit learning.” Even a fine-tuned version of ChatGPT designed to mimic a tutor doesn’t necessarily help.

Now capable of writing a report or solving a complex equation, generative artificial intelligence is seen by some as a revolutionary tool that will transform the way we learn, while others fear it could lead to cognitive decline in future generations. One thing is certain: education, which also serves to socialize and develop critical thinking, remains irreplaceable.

New research suggests artificial intelligence may not yet be improving student outcomes, but it may already be reshaping teacher workload and the teaching profession.

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout.

This year the development team at Canva has been hard at work adding the power of artificial intelligence to its creation systems and applications. Enabling users to harness the power of AI to create …

Student View: School AI policies directly affect students’ outcomes and futures. To exclude them from the conversation is simply undemocratic.Three years ago, schools took a side.Within weeks of …

A massive disconnect has emerged in American education as a majority of students adopt artificial intelligence tools without the knowledge of their parents or the guidance of their schools. New data reveals that while teenagers are fluently integrating AI into their daily study habits, the adults res

From chained manuscripts in 16th-century Florence to ChatGPT in the classroom, every information revolution has changed what teachers do, but never made them obsolete—and this one won't either.If you …

Personal notebooks and AI chats now work together in one unified workspace.NotebookLM is now inside Gemini, marking a shift in how Google handles personal research in its AI tools. Starting today, …

School leaders Cady Ching and Dan Effland join Class Disrupted to discuss visions of ‘Summit 3.0.’In the latest episode exploring new school models powered by artificial intelligence, Summit Public …

There are people who fear that artificial intelligence will render human beings irrelevant in the workforce. Denise Kleinrichert is not one of those people.A management professor at San Francisco State University, Kleinrichert predicts that the use of AI will become as common as the use of cell phone

Explore the phased approach to responsible AI integration in schools. See key guardrails and adopt practical implementation strategies.

Review the five responsible AI adoption phases for schools and districts and how to assess your organization's current level.

The SHINE framework helps schools evaluate AI tools responsibly. Learn how this 5-step process makes it easy to adopt AI.

The PROTECT rubric empowers K-12 tech leaders to evaluate and enhance student data privacy. Learn how to use it.

Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.

OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for forever: a $100/month plan. Until now, plans were priced at: free (which now includes ads), an $8/month Go plan (that also includes ads), a $20/month Plus plan (ad free), and then all the way up to a $200 Pro plan (also ad f

You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real-time.Google’s latest upgrade for Gemini will allow the chatbot to generate interactive 3D models and simulations in response to your questions. With the new feature, you may see options to rotate the AI-generated model, manually adjust

We love NotebookLM here at XDA. There isn't a week when someone in the team isn't playing around with it and finding new ways to boost their productivity with the handy app. Turns out, letting an AI manage your project notes and documents essentially turns it into a first-class assistant that helps y

A wise first step would be a voluntary moratorium on new AI implementation contracts until independent researchers have assessed their impact.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now …

Is it weird that Gemini can’t actually create its own logo? Google isn’t just competing in education technology—they’re dominating the field. With the launch of Learn LM, enhanced…

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Research on 74,000 educator conversations shows how faculty use Claude for teaching, research, and building interactive learning tools.

Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and research in the long term. But it’s already safe to conclude that one popular use case is, in fact, a bad one: AI-generated summaries.

Educators and researchers are only beginning to understand the implications of the technology.