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Exploring the most popular smart speakers for the classroom

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Use automation to reduce routine tasks, including scheduling school events in the calendar. alone, 66 million units have been installed as of December 2018. The post Exploring the most popular smart speakers for the classroom appeared first on NEO BLOG. Quiz students about a topic. Play trivia games and other educational apps.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

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To be fair, kids who use technology regularly at home do have both a baseline set of skills and a fearless enthusiasm for anything with a screen and a power button. The New York Post reported in 2018 that as many as 5 million schoolage children have no Internet access. But what kids possess is bravado, not knowledge.

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Teachers Explore Innovative Education in South Korea

Digital Promise

Four teachers from across the United States were invited to join Digital Promise at the e-Learning 2018 Korea International Conference in Seoul, South Korea. Kennan Scott and Josh Weisgrau (right) learn about cutting-edge tools for making at the EduTech Fair. Educating for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Need To Know: AI and Machine Learning

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I believe 2018 is the year that this will start to become mainstream, to begin to impact many aspects of our lives in a truly ubiquitous and meaningful way.” IMPACT ON JOBS One of the more universal drivers for AI is centered around automation—a word often which spreads fear when discussing the risks to people’s professions.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (In fairness, I’m not sure what the typical work-week looks like for a Secretary of Education.). Via Education Week : “ Trump Nominee for Career-Tech Position Being Pulled Due to Offensive Blog Posts.” Via MIT Technology Review : “ Andrew Ng Wants a New ‘ New Deal ’ to Combat Job Automation.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” ” “ College Admissions Will Never Be Fair,” says “MathBabe” Cathy O’Neil. ” There’s more MOOC-related news in the nanodegree section below.