THE Journal Insider: K-12 Ed Tech Trends & Hot Topics

Mar 07 2025 14 ep. 18 mins 3
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THE Journal Insider podcast explores current ed tech trends and issues impacting K–12 educators, IT professionals, instructional technologists, education leaders, and ed tech providers. Listen in as THEJournal.com Editor Kristal Kuykendall chats with ed tech experts, educators, and industry leaders about how they are 'meeting the moment' in the U.S. public education system. Find podcast transcripts & ed tech news updated daily at THEJournal.com.

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Essential Skills for K-12 Students, AI-Powered Writing Assistance, AI Adoption Trends: THE Journal News of the Week (3/7/2025)

Mar 07 2025 1 mins  
In this episode of THE Journal Insider Podcast Shorts, Rhea Kelly highlights key updates in education technology. Discover ReDesign's updated Future9 Competency Framework for K-12 student success, introducing nine essential skills and providing free guides for educators. Learn about Turnitin's new AI-powered writing assistance tool, Turnitin Clarity, which supports students and ins

Shorts: THE Journal News of the Week (2/28/2025)

Feb 28 2025 2 mins  
In this week's episode of THE Journal Insider Podcast Shorts, Rhea Kelly discusses the U.S. Department of Education's new policy for elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds requiring states to pay for approved services upfront. Also covered are the Southern Regional Education Board's six key recommendations for AI adoption in education and Innovate Tech X's new AI en

Shorts: THE Journal News of the Week (2/21/2025)

Feb 21 2025 2 mins  
In this episode of THE Journal Insider Podcast Shorts, Rhea Kelly discusses the key issues in educational technology and K-12 innovation this week. The latest CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation Report highlights staffing challenges in schools, with a focus on low compensation, emotional burnout, and inflexible work schedules. Microsoft has ended hardware development for its HoloLens mixe

Shorts: THE Journal News of the Week (2/14/2025)

Feb 14 2025 2 mins  
Join Rhea Kelly in this week's episode of THE Journal Insider Podcast Shorts, bringing you the latest news in education technology. Learn about PBL Works' new project-based learning program in NYC, a shift in ransomware tactics as reported by Chainalysis, and the registration opening for the Tech Tactics in Education Virtual Conference focused on AI in education. Stay updated and v

Shorts: THE Journal News of the Week (2/7/2025)

Feb 07 2025 2 mins  
This week on THEJournal.com: 3 in 4 Administrators Expect a Security Incident to Impact Their School This Year 2025 Young Scientist Challenge Seeks Students Using Science to Solve Everyday Problems Community School of Digital and Visual Arts Selects DreamBox Reading Plus THE Journal Insider Shorts are curated by humans and narrated by AI.

Shorts: THE Journal News of the Week (1/31/2025)

Jan 31 2025 2 mins  
This week on THEJournal.com: Partnership Brings AI Credentialing Product to Minecraft Education Platform Discovery Education Announces Accessibility Enhancements for DreamBox Math Chinese Startup Disrupts AI Market THE Journal Insider Shorts are curated by humans and narrated by AI.

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

Mar 27 2023 29 mins  
In 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 edu

Tutoring Triumphs in Texas: Ector County ISD’s Unique Approach is Yielding Remarkable Results

Feb 16 2023 24 mins  
THEJournal.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 indic

A High School Class on the History of Poison and Murder As a Mini-Case Study for Competency-Based Education

Jan 01 2023 30 mins  
Cypher 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

Drones as Competitive Flying Robots? Robotics Education Foundation Embraces More Computer Science Including Drones, Automation, Industry Certifications & More

Dec 12 2022 37 mins  
As 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 h