Goshen schools adopt Magic School AI, new classroom tablets and cameras for teachers

Mark Slagle, invited to give technology and communications updates, outlined a district technology package the board will make available to teachers this school year, including high-resolution document cameras, Wacom education tablets and an enterprise subscription to Magic School, an AI classroom platform. Slagle said the district built teacher-led “Technology Explorers” teams over the summer and will deliver two tiers of training next week: building-level sessions for beginners and centralized sessions for advanced users.

The presentation matters because the district ties the purchase and training to two goals: making classroom technology more usable for teachers and giving teachers safe, privacy-compliant AI tools that can automate time-consuming tasks. "We invested in Google as a platform with Gemini and then a a platform called Magic School," Slagle said, adding that the district secured…