Kevin Scott is Microsoft’s chief technology officer, its executive vice president of AI and Research, and the author, with Greg Shaw, of the new book, “Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley, Making AI Serve Us All.” Scott, who joined Microsoft with its acquisition of…
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Education Week American Education News Site of Record
Find breaking news, analysis, and opinion on K-12 education issues affecting school and district leaders, teachers, policymakers, and ed-tech professionals.
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7 Guiding Principles For Parents Teaching From Home | Edutopia
Understanding the “why” behind teaching practices can help parents create meaningful and effective at-home learning opportunities during the pandemic.
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Control Alt Achieve: How to Create Self-Grading Quizzes in Google Classroom
Control Alt Achieve: How to Create Self-Grading Quizzes in Google Classroom
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What Back to the Future’s time travel looks like – BBC Future
A visual guide to the Delorean’s trips through the space-time continuum
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9 Future Predictions For A Post-Coronavirus World
Our world is changing dramatically as our global community deals with COVID-19. While the experience is far from easy, it’s building resilience and extending our minds to see new possibilities.
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Want To Teach Online? Change The Way You Think About It
Let’s not remember 2020 as “the year we lost a course”, but instead, “the year we learned to teach online.” We can do much more and much better. And as educational institutions and teachers, we have an obligation to do so.
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The Artificial Intelligence Index – CIO Journal. – WSJ
AI is already reshaping the economy, society, our personal lives and the very nature of work, with much more to come, CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes.
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Seattle machine learning startup OctoML raises $15M from Amplify and Madrona – GeekWire
OctoML is charging ahead with its machine learning deployment software and on Friday announced a $15 million investment round to help support growth. The Seattle startup spun out of the University of Washington this past July, when it raised a $3.9 million seed round. Founded by a group of computer…
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Use Zoom? Here Are 7 Essential Steps You Can Take To Secure It
Zoom’s lack of security and privacy are no secret. However, there are some simple steps you can take to secure your meetings and chats…
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