Digital paper app Goodnotes has launched Goodnotes 6 exclusively on Apple platforms with AI-powered Spellcheck, handwriting capabilities, and AI Math Assistance, according to a news release.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/29/23
Discovery Education reported today that it will acquire ed tech company DreamBox Learning, the maker of DreamBox Math and DreamBox Reading. Its tools are in use by some 600,000 educators and 6 million students, according to the companies.
Tech Tactics in Education speaker Kevin Lewis on his journey from school security and IT support staffer to data privacy advocate — and his mission to bring greater transparency and accountability to ed tech privacy practices
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/15/23
SmartPass has launched three new options for its SmartPass Hall Pass solution including SmartPass Flex, SmartPass Attendance, and SmartPass ID Cards, with the latter offered free for K–12 schools, according to a news release.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/13/23
A new report from Motorola Solutions reveals parents’ and teachers’ top concerns and how much they know about and are confident in their schools’ safety planning and emergency response preparation.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/08/23
Online academic tutoring company Skooli has announced its collaboration with cloud-based learning provider PowerSchool to offer personalized tutoring for K–12 students at schools that use Schoology Learning. Tutors are licensed teachers who have passed a Level 2 criminal background check as outlined by the International Task Force for Child Protection, Skooli said.
- By Kate Lucariello
- 08/08/23
A new in-depth analysis from Internet Safety Labs’ 2022 K–12 EdTech Safety Benchmark Findings reveals alarming data about advertising in apps widely used by schools and finds that state privacy laws and third-party certifications claiming to keep students’ data private are often not making kids any safer.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/02/23
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Lincoln Learning Solutions have announced their collaborative creation of the Lincoln Learning Content Bank, a preK–12 materials library for the coming 2023-2024 school year. The library boasts 110,000 multi-modal educational assets to help teachers create courses and individual resources for their students.
- By Kate Lucariello
- 07/27/23
Having reviewed over 65 million student papers between the April launch of Turnitin’s AI detection tool through June 30, the company revealed today that over 2 million — or 3.3% of all papers reviewed — were flagged as containing 80% or more text written by AI, according to a news release.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 07/25/23
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has introduced a proposal to create a “voluntary cybersecurity labeling program” for smart devices in an effort to boost transparency and protection against cyber threats in the growing Internet of Things market.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 07/24/23