Lauraine Langreo is an Education Week staff writer, covering education technology, learning environments, future of work and student wellness issues. She previously worked as a digital producer and Morning Education newsletter writer at Politico.
Sawyer Wendt, who's been a student intern for the Altoona district's tech department since junior year, is now studying IT software development in college.
Courtesy of Jevin Stangel, IT technician for the Altoona school district
Left: Protesters wave Israeli flags during a rally in support of Israel and against Hamas' attack on Oct. 9, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Right: Palestinian supporters march during a protest at Columbia University on Oct. 12, 2023, in New York.
Michael Burton-Straub, left, and Declan Lewis attempt to "Find the Bot" in Donnie Piercey's class at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Students in the class each summarized a text about boxing champion and Kentucky icon Muhammad Ali and then tried to figure out which summaries were penned by classmates and which were written by the chatbot. The chatbot was the new artificial intelligence tool, ChatGPT, which can generate everything from essays and haikus to term papers in a matter of seconds.<br/>