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THE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsThe Sky Is Not Falling: Turnitin Urges Educators to ‘Meet the Moment’ of ChatGPTIn this episode of THE Journal Insider podcast, host and THEJournal.com editor Kristal Kuykendall welcomes two former teachers who have been working on AI writing tools at Turnitin, a plagiarism-detection software used by thousands of K–12 schools and institutions of higher education. Turnitin is expected to launch a new AI writing detector and additional related features for educators in the next few weeks. David Adamson, principal machine learning scientist at Turnitin, and Patti West-Smith, senior director of customer engagement, have been working on Turnitin’s AI writing detection feature and related new tools to help...
2023-03-2829 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsTutoring Triumphs in Texas: Ector County ISD’s Unique Approach is Yielding Remarkable ResultsTHEJournal.com editor and podcast host Kristal Kuykendall digs into a story of tutoring triumphs in Odessa, Texas, with guest Dr. Scott Muri, superintendent of Ector County Independent School District, which has 33,500 students and 44 schools. ECISD entered the pandemic already ramping up to tackle big challenges; the district was failing many of the state’s academic growth indicators. Under Muri — who took the helm at ECISD in summer 2019 — the district has implemented district-wide high-dosage tutoring strategically and quickly, with some unusual features such as pegging the tutoring providers’ payments to how much the students being tutored actually grow in...
2023-02-1724 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsA High School Class on the History of Poison and Murder As a Mini-Case Study for Competency-Based EducationCypher Learning, the company behind the NEO K–20 learning management system, was founded on the idea that the modern instructional model of public education is not, in fact, modern at all. Former classroom teacher Todd Ryckman, now global director of customer success at Cypher Learning, felt the same way when he was in a traditional classroom; he eventually attended an education conference that sparked a new vision of what education could be, and he helped start a competency-based education academy in his district. How, he's a full-fledged proponent of the CBE model of instruction and helps schools al...
2023-01-0230 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsDrones as Competitive Flying Robots? Robotics Education Foundation Embraces More Computer Science Including Drones, Automation, Industry Certifications & MoreAs education leaders around the globe call for more emphasis on STEM education, and as government statistics project millions more tech jobs than trained workers in the next decade, the REC Foundation is changing the way K–12 students learn about technology by making robotics both accessible and fun for students from every background, all over the world. REC Foundation has been helping K–12 schools start their own VEX Robotics education programs and participate in competitions since 2008 — and over 1 million students each year now participate in more than 70 countries, about three-quarters of those coming from the United States. ...
2022-12-1337 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsHow Apple Learning Coach is Sparking a New Enthusiasm in K-12 EducationIn this episode of THE Journal Insider podcast, editor Kristal Kuykendall visits with several K–12 educators, instructional coaches, and education technology specialists who participated in the Apple Learning Coach pilot program last year before it was launched publicly this past March. Apple Learning Coach has just opened up applications for its fourth cohort, and any U.S. educator with the capacity to coach K–12 teachers can apply through Nov. 16, 2022, or learn more at Apple.co/alc-apply. This episode’s guests share deep insights and inspiring stories about how the Apple Learning Coach program has been a chang...
2022-10-3129 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsHow Aptitude Assessments Provide Data-Driven Direction to K-12 Educators and Help Students See Brighter FuturesIn this episode of THE Journal Insider podcast, host and editor Kristal Kuykendall talks with YouScience Chief Operating Officer Jeri Larsen about how their Discovery aptitude assessment platform works and why it helps both educators and students. We learn how the assessment insights help students "discover" their aptitudes and then take ownership of their learning and their futures by more closely connecting their schoolwork to their skills and aspirations. NOTE: This episode includes a few minutes of video, where Larsen demonstrates the YouScience Discovery assessment results and platform. Listen and watch on YouTube (https://youtu.be/WrKDxbKMuW8...
2022-09-2923 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsWay Beyond Virtual Field Trips: The Surprising & Incredible Ways Educators are Using ClassVR Virtual Reality Technology in SchoolsKristal Kuykendall, podcast host and editor at K-12 ed tech news site THEJournal.com, digs into the ways that ClassVR virtual reality headsets are helping educators get students excited about learning — and some incredible and surprising benefits of using ClassVR in schools, particularly for special education students, students with autism, and those with limited mobility. Guests are digital learning specialist Charley Suter from Spaulding Academy & Family Services, a special education school in Northfield, New Hampshire, and Michael “GoogleMan” Jaber, instructional technology coordinator at Sheboygan Area School District in Wisconsin. Jaber and Suter explain their vetting proces...
2022-08-1934 minTHE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot TopicsWhy Student Data Breaches are Dangerous & How They Are Leading to Marketplace ChangesSince January, two reported cyberattacks targeting ed tech providers have resulted in the breach of private information of more than 3.5 million U.S. K–12 students — and likely millions more. No one knows for certain how many students had their personal data compromised, and it’s probable that we will never know. Such data breaches — even if they don’t include a Social Security number — are very dangerous for students and can impact their financial futures for many years to come, explains podcast guest Doug Levin, national director of K12 Security Information Exchange, the leading nonprofit advocate for K–12 cyberse...
2022-07-1138 min
Rikos ja RatkaisuIrlanti: 6. Anastasia Kriégelin murhaVain 14 vuotias koulukiusattu Anastasia Kriégel katosi 14 toukokuuta vuonna 2018. Hän löytyi 3 päivää myöhemmin hylätystä kartanosta raa’an murhan uhriksi joutuneena. Tekijöiden paljastuminen herätti kansan keskuudessa paljon synkkiä kysymyksiä syyllisyydestä, viattomuudesta ja lasten vaarallisuudesta.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/woman-posted-in-pure-anger-photo-of-boy-who-murdered-ana-kri%C3%A9gel-1.4719567
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40286621.html
https://www.thesun.ie/news/7934093/dublin-mum-identified-ana-kriegel-killer-suspended-sentence/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/mum-who-posted-photo-ana-25382736
https://www.independent.ie/topics/ana-kriegel-40399611/?page=1
https://www.rte.ie...
2022-04-1444 min