Abby Sourwine
Journalist at Center for Digital Education (CDE)
journalist, currently: @centerdigitaled // formerly: @coastnewsgroup @dailyastorian // typically: eating ice cream & reading mystery novels
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6 days ago |
govtech.com | Abby Sourwine
In the wake of major cuts to federal education research infrastructure, America's systems for studying educational tools and practices and bringing them up to scale face an uncertain future, panelists at the ASU+GSV AI Show said earlier this month. In February, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) lost about 90 percent of its staff and $900 million in active contracts.
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Abby Sourwine
He instantly saw the academic integrity challenges that would arise, and ultimately the work that teachers like him would have to do to redesign curriculum in response. In the time since, Watson has studied and written about the ways AI is changing our relationship to information, work and problem-solving. At the ASU+GSV AI Show April 6, he presented strategies to embrace those changes and accept AI as an essential component of teaching and learning today.
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Abby Sourwine
Addressing attendees at the ASU+GSV AI Show in San Diego this month, Matt Winters, Utah’s AI education specialist — the first state-level position of its kind in the U.S., he said — summarized this work as a reaction that turned proactive. He said the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) created his role to address the rapid rise of generative AI and guide schools through its implementation.
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Abby Sourwine
Jeff Livingston, a longtime executive in educational publishing and founder of the nonprofit Center for Education Market Dynamics, said the market has rewarded superficial engagement over effectiveness by “selling clicks and views.” He said some ed-tech tools have been funded and sold with minimal evidence of effectiveness and having only been tested in narrow, unrepresentative environments, like Palo Alto, Calif.
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1 week ago |
govtech.com | Abby Sourwine
“I’m guessing most of you really can’t tell who is the Democrat and who’s the Republican, and you shouldn't, because this is not a Democratic/Republican issue,” Jack Markell, former governor of Delaware and former U.S. ambassador to the Italian Republic, said.
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Thinking about the time I didn’t catch a source’s name and asked him if he was Chris Colfer https://t.co/Gn5eWQqytj
Gary Henley has served this community for almost 25 years through sports reporting. Picking his brain was a joy and writing this story was truly a privilege. I especially loved his evergreen advice: "Try to spell the names right." @UO_Snowden
Everyday People: A voice for local sports https://t.co/S3FHWiogY0 (@absourr)
Last week I got to dig into everybody's favorite subject: taxes! The Shilo Inn has a history of defaulting on travel taxes, and a recent dispute over almost $240,000 is the latest installment. @UO_Snowden https://t.co/z4DGTvrA0T
