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Adapting to the New Classroom

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Google Classroom ? The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. Google Classroom ? Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. Google voice typing ? Microsoft Office 365 ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Fines Google $5.1 ” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?”

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” “ University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS” by Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Google had a big media to-do this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.” ” Credentialing and Competencies.

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“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” ” Via Education Week : “ Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” ” Via the Khan Academy blog : “Teachers using Google Classroom can now quickly and easily import their class roster to Khan Academy.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Via The Outline : “ Google ’s featured snippets are worse than fake news.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.