article thumbnail

Are classroom robots the NextGen of learning?

Neo LMS

Technology has the potential to further transform the way we learn, as is apparent by the advancements in robotics and its use in classrooms. Let’s take a look at how robots are currently being used in classrooms and try answering the question of the hour: Do robots have the potential to teach students in the future?

Robotics 323
article thumbnail

Alan November Shares A Mind Blowing New Idea in Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Assess Learning in a Pandemic

Edsurge

Even during the pandemic’s early days, some professors decided to toss out their grade books , figuring that high-stress assessments weren’t appropriate given the uncertain circumstances, which saw students sent away from campuses, sometimes without tech tools or internet access. That's a kind of assessment. What do they want to do?

article thumbnail

Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

Edsurge

The fervor around AI was on full display at the SXSW EDU conference held in Austin, Texas, during the first week of March. It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything. It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything.

Education 186
article thumbnail

Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

What started as a conference room became the Creation Station, a large open-concept space for students in Grades Pre K-2. Finally, in 2018, a Coding and Robotics Lab (CAB Lab) was born out of a former art room to better serve as a space where students learn about programming and circuitry while experimenting with robotics.

article thumbnail

MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). The techniques outlined below can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students are assessed on a range of skills: comprehension, application, identification, etc.

article thumbnail

This is What Powerful Learning Looks Like, Students Share Their Stories

Digital Promise

Last week, Digital Promise co-hosted the EdSurge Fusion conference. They are empowered to “DO SOMETHING” – and then do it, assess and adjust along the way, and they share their victories, lessons learned, and any needs and concerns. Zaina: The Saturday Robotics Teacher.

Robotics 466