The Role of AI in Education in Retaining Gen Z Talent -

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🧠 Midsize cities are launching new programs to retain young talent and reverse brain drain trends.

📚 Chart types for visualizing geospatial data effectively and engagingly. Learn how data visualization plays a vital role in AI in education.

📉 Meta faces major antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, potentially reshaping future tech regulation.

📱 Weekly Tech Tip: Top iOS 18.4 features you’ll want to try.

🚀 What’s New: Improved learning resources, LTI 1.3 integration, and fill-in-the-blank questions that support coding and interactivity—key components of modern AI in education.

📕 Book of the Week: “Your Next Five Moves” by Patrick Bet-David.

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The New Playbook for Retaining Graduates

Across the country, midsize cities are finding fresh momentum in the race to retain early-career talent.

From strengthening ties between campuses and local employers to creating internship pipelines that lead to full-time hires, a wave of new initiatives is turning brain drain into brain gain.

In Alabama, even high school students are getting a head start through QuantHub’s and Innovate Alabama’s Data Scholars program—an example of how AI in education is transforming workforce readiness.

Lesson of the Week

Our lesson of the week, sourced from our skill “Selecting charts,” spotlights five powerful ways to visualize geospatial patterns—choropleth, cartogram, bubble map, flow map, and isopleth. These tools are increasingly used in AI in education to make location-based data engaging and understandable.

Question of the Week:

What best describes the issue with using a cartogram for this task?

Select one:

A) It cannot display multiple data series.

B) It is intended for geographical data.

C) It is limited to year-end sales figures.

D) It simplifies the data by converting categorical variables into a binary format.

See if you’re right–the answer is at the bottom!

Meta Faces Landmark Antitrust Trial

Meta is heading into a major antitrust trial against the FTC, which seeks to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

The case, centered on allegations of monopolistic behavior in the personal social networking space, could set a precedent for future tech regulation—a topic increasingly relevant as AI in education and other sectors evolve.

Weekly Tech Tip

Top iOS 18.4 Features You’ll Want to Try

🔦 Adjust Your Flashlight Beam – Narrow or widen the beam, not just the brightness, for better lighting control.

📶 Share Wi-Fi with a QR Code – Instantly let anyone join your network—no contacts or passwords needed.

🔋 Set a Charging Cap – Choose how full your battery charges (e.g., 80%) to extend its lifespan.

🎙️ Transcribe and Search Voice Memos – Turn voice notes into searchable text—perfect for quick ideas or reminders.

🎵 Use the Action Button for Song ID – Instantly recognize music discreetly, no Siri or Control Center needed.

Read more to discover all 13 hidden iOS 18.4 gems.

What's New

The latest updates include enhanced LTI 1.3 integration for improved LMS connectivity and expanded interactive learning features.

These enhancements add support for code and tables in fill-in-the-blank questions and introduce upgraded learning resources with charts and improved formatting.