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  • Google Announces Classroom Updates, New Tools for Chromebooks

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    Google has introduced a variety of features across its products for education, announced recently at the 2025 BETT ed tech event in London. Among the additions are enhancements to Google Classroom and new tools for Chromebooks, "designed to help address the diverse needs of students around the world," Google said in a blog post.

  • Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for the 'Great Chromebook Refresh'

    During the pandemic, the education community scrambled to provide students with laptops to promote online learning equity and mitigate learning loss. Today, those devices are approaching the end of their useful lives — and a "great Chromebook refresh" has been predicted as schools seek to replace them with newer models.  

  • LEGO Education Debuts Science Kits for Hands-on Learning

    LEGO Education has announced a new learning solution to engage students in hands-on science learning. Available in three kits by grade band, LEGO Education Science provides 120-plus standards-aligned science lessons, teacher materials, and select LEGO bricks and hardware.

  • KinderLab Robotics Expands Curriculum to Serve Upper Elementary Students

    KinderLab Robotics has expanded its STEAM robotics offerings with a new curriculum to develop computational thinking and computer science skills for students in grades 3-5.

  • Ed Tech Wishes and Worries for 2025

    How will evolutions in education technology impact schools and districts in the coming year? Here's what the experts told us.

  • zSpace Debuts Headset-Free AR/VR System

    Immersive learning company zSpace has announced the zSpace Imagine Learning Solution, a headset-free AR/VR laptop system designed for elementary education. The all-in-one platform integrates hardware, software, and hands-on lessons to create dynamic learning experiences for young students.


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  • The Sky Is Not Falling: Turnitin Urges Educators to ‘Meet the Moment’ of ChatGPT

    Turnitin is preparing to launch its new AI writing detection tool and related features to help educators better understand ChatGPT — and show them teachers how to use AI to save themselves time and how to tweak assignments so that ChatGPT cannot earn a good grade on writing homework. Hear why the former teachers working on these tools at Turnitin believe that ChatGPT has presented a growth opportunity for writing instruction.

  • Tutoring Triumphs in Texas: Ector County ISD's Unique Approach Yielding Remarkable Progress

    Over the three years since Ector County ISD launched its tutoring program, the district has achieved remarkable growth, and superintendent Scott Muri recently joined THE Journal Insider podcast host Kristal Kuykendall to share some of the lessons learned during the pilot and implementation, such as its use of outcomes-based tutoring contracts, highly structured tutoring sessions, and teacher involvement.


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