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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your science and reading research blocks are already doing cybersecurity work. One habit can ride along with them. Free CYBER.ORG Keys to Cybersecurity activities for elementary classrooms: cyber.org
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Teen phone use in the school day rose from 28% to 42% in one school year. Nearly half of teens said enforcement loosened. Bell-to-bell policies held up best. Where does yours leak by spring? www.k12dive.com/news/cellpho...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cheshire Academy labels each assignment green, yellow, or red. Green means AI fully allowed. Red bans it. Yellow permits some tools and blocks others. Teachers pick their tools, and a Student AI Council sets norms. www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/24/1...
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How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom
One school is using a traffic light metaphor to explain when students can use AI for their assignments.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
More data on AI in grading: AI marked essays up to 40 points higher than humans, inflating lower-scoring work most. Read before you trust a score: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Study: AI Tends to Mark Students’ Essays Higher Than Humans
LLMs cannot be relied on to give accurate indication of student performance, researchers find, as universities explore ways to relieve pressure on graders.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jen Roberts, 30-year teacher, treats AI as a second scorer. Feedback in days, not weeks. Guardrails: Google Docs version history, writing groups, and ethical use taught on purpose. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ve...
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A veteran teacher explains how to use AI in the classroom the right way
Veteran teacher Jen Roberts explains why generative tools are more than just a platform for cheating—they’re a way to make classrooms fairer and more human
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
More early data on AI tutoring, this time from several studies. A 50-study meta-review: intelligent tutoring systems can match human tutoring. The catch: AI should complement teaching, not replace it. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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What the research shows about generative AI in tutoring | Brookings
Mary Burns unpacks the evidence of generative AI in tutoring and how it should work alongside human tutors for success.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More early data on AI in K-12. Stanford reviewed 800+ papers: 20 with strong causal evidence, zero US student studies. Guardrailed tutors beat general chatbots. scale.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...
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https://scale.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Evidence%20Base%20on%20AI%20in%20K-12%20Report.pdf
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Almost half of kids never opened their AI tutor. Weekly use averaged 2-5 minutes, below the 30-minute dosage. Kids need motivation, and AI may work best coaching human tutors. www.the74million.org/article/even...
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Even With Human Help, Kids Need Motivation to Use AI Tutors. The Question Is What
McCormick & Robinson: Our research found having human support didn't get kids engaged. New studies must figure out how to build tools they'll use.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI detectors can't control false positives, and they bias against non-native speakers. Vanderbilt disabled its detector. Penn's watermarking works across seven AI editing levels. arxiv.org/html/2507.23... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Watermark in the Classroom: A Conformal Framework for Adaptive AI Usage Detection
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Students made sexualized AI deepfakes of their teachers. The scarier part: they didn't see it as harm. It's already illegal under the Take It Down Act. Districts need a response plan. www.wired.com/story/teache...
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They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Takeaways from the OECD Digital Education Outlook: • Task completion is not learning: practice +48% with AI, exams -17%. • 37% of teachers already use AI. • Design decides. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026
The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 explores emerging research on the use of generative AI in education and presents innovative tools and applications that show promise. The report examines the…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More early data on AI tutoring. Wharton RCT: personalized problem sequences lifted exam scores by 0.15 SD in 10 Taipei high schools, about 6 to 9 months of learning, no extra teacher workload. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-...
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How Personalized AI Tutors Can Help Students Learn
New Wharton research reveals how AI tutoring can improve learning by emulating the most effective practices of human instructors.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Stanford SCALE ran two RCTs on AI tutoring. Nearly half never used the platform. Human tutors boosted engagement 71-80%, but reading outcomes did not improve. One study, but worth the read. scale.stanford.edu/publications...
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Access is Not Enough: Human Support Improves Engagement with AI Tutoring
AI tutoring platforms offer a promising path to scaling personalized instruction, but only if students use them. We report findings from two randomized controlled trials in which elementary students…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Seven Washington districts just won up to $45K each to pilot AI on district data systems, connecting siloed records on achievement, attendance, behavior, and well-being. Privacy stays in the loop. crpe.org/seven-washin...
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Seven Washington Districts Chosen to Pilot AI-Enabled Data Solutions – Center on Reinventing Public Education
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), in partnership with Education First and StrategicEDU, has selected seven Washington districts to join a second phase of their Washington K-12…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Use AI to sharpen thinking, not outsource it. Tactics: devil's advocate, voice-to-outline, role-play perspectives, spot blind spots. Best prompt: "challenge my thinking on this." www.fastcompany.com/91264105/5-w...
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https://www.fastcompany.com/91264105/5-ways-to-use-ai-to-sharpen-your-thinking
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Perfectionism is rising: 300+ studies, 82,000 college students, 35 years. Screens are part of it, but competitive academics and performance pressure matter too. www.fastcompany.com/91266798/kid...
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https://www.fastcompany.com/91266798/kids-screen-time-isnt-the-only-cause-of-more-anxiety-perfectionism
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
OpenAI released ChatGPT Teens recently. Study Mode gives students guiding questions and step-by-step help, not answers. Pew: more than half of teens already use AI for schoolwork. Design choices decide how that plays out. news.northeastern.edu/2026/08/21/c...
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OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Teens. What do teachers think?
ChatGPT for Teens debuts and has teachers divided on AI in the classroom. Northeastern experts weight the benefits and risks.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Students treat chatbots like search bars. One vague prompt, whatever comes back. A new study taught prompting in 11 real classrooms through scenario practice with instant feedback. Skill and confidence both went up. ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AA...
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https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/41520
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A 'no direct answers' rule in a teacher's prompt cut the AI's answer-giving by 8.5 points. 20 teachers, 1,479 student-AI conversations, spring 2025 pilot. The prompt is the steering wheel: arxiv.org/abs/2604.16738
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Teacher-Authored Prompts for Configuring Student-AI Dialogue: K-12 Classroom Implementation
GenAI has rapidly entered instructional and learning settings as a teaching assistant or AI tutor. However, less is known about how pedagogical intent connects to the learning generated within these…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Students cheated before AI. 32.7% copied homework the old way. Today, 32.8% use AI to do it. The number barely moved. So what changed? www.the74million.org/article/home...
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The End of Homework? Teachers Grapple With Cheating in the Age of AI
Teachers say generative AI is forcing them to rethink one of school's oldest institutions.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Back to school time? Sure... but even MORE importantly? These amazing NCCE Professional Learning Specialists are celebrating their birthday this month. Won't you join us in honoring these truly wonderful people? 🎂🥳
August birthday announcement for NCCE staff with a large "Happy Birthday!" headline, colorful confetti border, and a two-column list of four team members celebrating birthdays this month, Jill, Jennifer, Maria, Jamie.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Adobe launched Aqua (a free, ad-free, no-login-needed creative app for young learners). Drawing, tracing, coloring, safe generative AI. Built from the ground up for elementary, not dumbed-down pro software. #ISTERecap www.techlearning.com/awards/tech-...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stretch is finally live (a chatbot trained exclusively on vetted ISTE/ASCD content). No hallucinations, no irrelevant web data. Includes a built-in wellness coach for overwhelmed educators. Piloted in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. #ISTERecap www.edweek.org/technology/b...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
ClassDojo launched websites that update themselves. Post announcements once (they push everywhere, translated, across every channel). Closes the school-to-home communication gap without burning out office staff. #ISTERecap www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Microsoft launched a free Socratic tutor in Copilot for students 13+. It's a coach, not an answer engine. Spaced retrieval, flashcards, scaffolded questions. Built to protect cognitive development, not bypass it. #ISTERecap www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Canva hit 100M monthly education users and launched Learn Grid (50K curriculum-mapped resources that transform into 30+ interactive formats across 16 languages). Offline mode for classrooms without reliable internet. #ISTERecap www.canva.com/newsroom/new...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Apple Intelligence is baked into the OS. Siri AI, Writing Tools, Image Playground (all native, no third-party needed). Screen Time now has clinically guided recommendations. Blocking websites won't stop AI when it's in the keyboard. #ISTERecap www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Cut E-Rate and the bill lands on district budgets. Washington schools and libraries received nearly $285M over 5 years. Oregon $324M. Idaho $61M. Montana $114M. Districts would absorb the cost. #SaveERate www.npr.org/2026/07/10/n...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ISTE released the AI-Ready Graduate framework: 6 roles students need to master (Learner, Researcher, Synthesizer, Problem Solver, Connector, Storyteller). Not about using AI. About directing it. #ISTERecap edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
SMART launched accessories built around how teachers actually teach. A battery-free stylus that works from anywhere in the room. A wireless lapel mic that routes through the board's speakers. Finally, hardware that solves real teaching problems. #ISTERecap www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Free webinar Thu July 16, 11AM PT / 2PM ET. The SHLB Coalition walks through the FCC's E-Rate proposal and how to file a comment. One hour, free, and worth your time. #SaveERate www.shlb.org/events/the-f...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
E-Rate keeps the lights on for school internet. Since 1996 it has delivered billions in annual discounts to 100K+ schools and 11K libraries, with the largest discounts going where need is greatest. #SaveERate www.shlb.org/save-our-e-r...
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SHLB Coalition
The SHLB Coalition advocates for policies and programs that enable anchor institutions to obtain and promote open, secure, high-quality broadband services to support connectivity and opportunity for…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Google now connects Gemini directly to Classroom assignments and rubrics. No more context-switching. Plus free SAT/ACT prep built into Study notebooks. AI that knows what your class is actually studying. #ISTERecap blog.google/products-and...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A parent caught her son using AI to solve homework. She joined her district's task force. When schools invite parents into emerging tech conversations, the policies get stronger. www.businessinsider.com/teenager-use...
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My teenage son is using AI to do his math homework. I'm now helping his school write its first AI policy.
When I noticed my son using AI to solve his math homework, I didn't know how to feel. I then helped the school implement a creative AI policy.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Lance Key's Tennessee classroom before AI: bouncing desk to desk answering the same question 30 times. Now each student has an AI tutor. Key's dashboard flags who's stuck. He walks over. Real conversation. AI grades 150 essays. Flags plagiarism. Drafts feedback. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB-D...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
20% of kids get AI to do all their homework. Priya Lakhani's TED talk makes the case for productive struggle instead. Retrieval, spacing, generation, and reflection improve learning. They're harder. That's the point. Good AI makes kids struggle on purpose. www.edsurge.com/news/2026-05...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Both groups of student teachers knew what AI was. Only one learned to use it. A new study from former NCCE Board Member David Wicks tested QUEST, a 5-phase model that coaches students to use AI as a partner, not an answer key. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X26000925
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"AI outputs the average." Figma CEO Dylan Field on Hard Fork: AI gives you the probable. People with voice and taste who push past the first draft stand out more. Same in teaching. AI drafts are fine, and average. The teacher who pushes past them wins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1q4...
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Why the Figma CEO Isn't Worried About AI Taking Design Jobs
We’re back with more from Hard Fork's live event in San Francisco! We sit down with Dylan Field, a founder and the chief executive of the design company Figma, for what he describes as a “roller…
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
916 AI terms. One plain-language dictionary. Open source, CC BY 4.0, built by a university CIO who got tired of the jargon. Search a word, read a clear definition, follow the links. alphabetsoup.ai
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AI Alphabet Soup — the plain-language AI dictionary
AI Alphabet Soup is a free, plain-language dictionary of artificial-intelligence terms, acronyms, and jargon — clear definitions anyone can understand.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TikTok's fresh-account feed is 59% AI slop. Over half of the kids category is automated junk that gets basic facts wrong. Students are swimming in synthetic media. We have to teach them how to spot it. www.digitaltrends.com/social-media...
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TikTok’s AI slop problem is worse than you think — and kids are seeing the most of it
A new study suggests AI-generated junk content has become one of TikTok's defining features. Worse still, children and educational content appear to be among the platform's hardest-hit corners.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
AI commoditizes procedural knowledge. Prompt engineering is no longer a durable skill. For specialists, the priority is technical transparency. Can the user verify what is true, spot the bias baked in, and keep retraining as methods change? Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKO1...
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Merry Hofmeister @themerryhof.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Copilot can transform the way you work, and @ncce-edtech.bsky.social can show you how. From everyday tasks to advanced workflows using agents, we can help you unlock what is possible. Shoutout to @msftcopilot.bsky.social for making AI more accessible for everyone! #IAmNCCE
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy May, friends! Happy birthday to our professional learning specialist celebrating this month. Happy birthday, Kristin!!
May Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to NCCE family members celebrating this month. Kristin Harrington.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Teachers across the country are still asking... how do I actually use AI in my classroom in a way that helps students? That's the right question... and it's where professional development can make the biggest difference. www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03...
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.A fourth-grade teacher asked a simple ...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
New from RAND: AI homework use is surging, and students are raising the critical thinking alarm themselves. What does your school's guidance say about this? www.rand.org/news/press/2...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Teachers are teaching AI, but not how to build it. They're teaching students to *understand* it: How data shapes outputs. Where bias hides. Why guardrails matter. We can help! www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03... Start here ncce.org/professional...
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.A fourth-grade teacher asked a simple ...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
YOU need research-backed guidance, not marketing hype. NCCE is tracking the Stanford report closely and will help schools ask the right questions about AI tools before investing. This read is worth your time! scale.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Happy April 1st! Please join NCCE in honoring the birthdays of these outstanding professional learning specialists throughout the entire month!
April birthdays: Lisa Abbett, Randy Hawkins, Aaron Hubler, Wendy Huriaux.
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
GOOOODDDD morning, Seattle! WE ARE ready to go for summits across #NCCE26. We can't wait to see you! #IAmNCCE #Seattle #edtech #edtechchat
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Northwest Council for Computer Education @ncce-edtech.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Happy February! 🎉 We’re celebrating all the amazing NCCE birthdays this month. If that’s you: 🎂 You rock. 🎈 We appreciate you. 🎁 We’re partying in your honor (virtually). Let’s hear it for the birthday crew! 🥳 #IAmNCCE #EdTech #FebruaryBirthdays #CelebrateYourPeople
Happy Birthday! February NCCE birthdays: Adam Blair, Julie Combs, Scott Davis, Tammy Dunbar.
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