The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 24, 2017

Want to hear another episode on elementary portfolios with SeeSaw? Listen to Suzy Lolley talk about elementary portfolios with SeeSaw. Episode 27 – Using SeeSaw for Elementary Portfolios. Carrie is an Apple Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator, DEN STAR, Wonder Innovation Squad member, and all-around techie.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2016

10 million from Microsoft for broadening access to K-12 computer science education. The elementary-level curricula will include coding, digital literacy, keyboarding and robotics. 10 million from Google for new funding for computer science education efforts in 2017. $10

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Not 3D Printers On a panel with edtech executives from Microsoft, Google and IBM, Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google, reflected fondly on his past obsession with 3D printers, noting that the tool never reached the level of usefulness in homes and classrooms that he hoped for. Edtech's Next Big Thing?

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

MICROSOFT & FLIPGRID ( www.microsoft.com ) & ( flipgrid.com ) Microsoft Corp. Microsoft will also be making Flipgrid free for schools so it’s easy for any school to utilize the software. announced it has acquired Flipgrid Inc.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Related : Computer science classes have an equity issue–some NYC educators are trying to change that How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 11, 2015

Sphero Challenges that were provided to me by other teachers who had their students use their coding skills to make Sphero the robot to do the hokey pokey as well as navigate an obstacle course. A snapshot of one of my memos. My advice to new administrators is not to think that every teacher will embrace every item in the tech memo overnight.

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techlearning

JULY 18, 2018

This year alone 613 booths crowded the floor, from mega-booths like Google and Microsoft to tiny, easy-to-miss tables. This platform is designed to develop elementary writing skills through a world-building game environment. While this all sounds great, there's a serious investment to get all the robots, sensors, maps, and cameras.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

This year alone 613 booths crowded the floor, from mega-booths like Google and Microsoft to tiny, easy-to-miss tables. This platform is designed to develop elementary writing skills through a world-building game environment. While this all sounds great, there's a serious investment to get all the robots, sensors, maps, and cameras.

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Assessment Robotics Tools Digital Citizenship 40

Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

This year alone 613 booths crowded the floor, from mega-booths like Google and Microsoft to tiny, easy-to-miss tables. This platform is designed to develop elementary writing skills through a world-building game environment. While this all sounds great, there's a serious investment to get all the robots, sensors, maps, and cameras.

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Assessment Robotics Tools Digital Citizenship 40

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

If your school or district has already contracted with one of the big three -- Microsoft's MakeCode , Apple's Swift Playgrounds , or Google's CS First -- then of course you'll start there. Our Best Coding Tools lists for elementary , middle , and high school include the most highly rated options and detailed reviews.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Sari Levy, an elementary school teacher at Bricolage Academy, is one of 22 teachers from 18 New Orleans schools who are taking part in the Personalized Learning Fellowship. He also described his product as “a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind and figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are, down to the percentile.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaching coding with robotics allows for that perception; toys in the classroom. While students are using iPads to program robots like the Wonder Workshop Dash , they do not recognize they are learning things like sequencing, problem solving, collaboration, and maybe even the robo-boogie. What are some famous robots you know of?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty''s technology and integration needs. Brandon holds degrees from the State University of New York at Fredonia in elementary education, curriculum and instruction, and educational administration.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Via Edsurge : “Transcription and Accessibility – New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” The next day after the administration’s announcement, several tech giants – Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, and other – said they would help fund the White House’s commitment to CS, to the tune of $300 million more.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” This a **e is trying to get the parents whose children died at Sandy Hook Elementary to pay for his court costs. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. More via AJC.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. ” “Universities are changing their business model,” Microsoft’s Ray Fleming claims. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” NYU. .”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Something something robots something something. IP concerns. ” No.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Microsoft Moves to Enable Streamlined Purchasing of Bundled Products for Education.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “Should children get to have cellphones in elementary school?” Via Education Week : “The Iowa Department of Education is disputing $1.6

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