Latest articles by Erik Ofgang
Students in U.S. schools have already created deepfakes of classmates, including deepfake pornography
A new study found that when students read digital texts for leisure it had almost no impact on their reading comprehension. Here’s everything you need to know.
I tested GPT-4o, the new model powering some versions of ChatGPT. It combines text, audio, visual, and video outputs and inputs, and is faster and more natural in its responses, which has many implications for teachers.
AI chatbots could potentially assist flipped classroom instructors, both during class time and when students are watching videos, but the tech needs to solve its bias problem first
More students are reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks than ever before but more can still be done to increase awareness of these platforms
Spring is the time of year when even normally diligent students (and even some faculty) start struggling to pay attention.
Students generally have pristine credit records, which makes student data an appealing target for criminals. The good news is, there are ways they can help keep student data safe.
With Star Wars Day (May the 4th) fast approaching, it's a good time to appreciate how far edtech has come
More than two million papers reviewed by Turnitin's AI detection tool had at least 80% AI-generated content
AI chatbots show promise in helping college students but are less effective for K-12, with the impact on learning seeming to decrease over time
More states are adopting financial literacy requirements for students. Here are tips for teaching the topic.
The nonprofit EcoRise and AT&T have partnered to make robust climate change mapping data available to students.
Khan Academy’s Khanmigo learning guide is powered by GPT-4 and Sal Khan says it is so powerful that it feels like it has passed the Turing Test
Yale doctoral student Rebecca Ramnauth studies the ways in which AI and robots can increase connections between humans
Using AI for writing has the potential to improve education but we need to make sure it truly benefits students
The ISTELive and ASCD annual conferences will take place together in a joint convention in San Antonio in the summer of 2025
An influx of robotics carts has allowed schools in American Samoa to integrate AI into the curriculum
In certain AI bias tests, AI models generated discriminatory content more than 50 percent of the time.
CTE educators should embrace AI as well as virtual reality as they help their students develop practical skills.
Sal Khan has embraced AI to help support Khan Academy, but he also uses it in his own teaching practice.
Recent research found that 78% of required or recommended school apps were “very high risk” in terms of student privacy, suggesting a need for greater protections at schools.
To better understand the science of reading and some of the intense debate around it, we spoke with literacy expert and psychology and education professor Nell K. Duke
Simple strategies for effectively teaching AI to girls from Tara Chklovski, Founder and CEO of Technovation, and Shanika Hope, Director of Tech Education at Google
