Learning with 'e's

JULY 12, 2017

Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. These young people - sometimes referred to as Generation Z, or Centennials - will redefine our understanding of learning, and will challenge the way university education is conducted.

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Robotics Social Media Study Technology 54

techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

. · Multi-language elementary math programs: New content in the series “Pharaohs and the Robot” is now available in English and Arabic in DE Streaming Plus Global. Students meet two young pharaohs in ancient Egypt who learn core math concepts from a time-traveling robot.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship Video 315

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). On Twitter several people, on site and out of country, praised open as a business model.

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Tom Murray

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Scan social media on any given day and you’ll find end users pridefully holding the latest “cool” print in the palm of their hand, hashtagging some synonyms of “innovation.” As seen with these 3D printers, full classes of students can venture on a field trip to the library or makerspace. Cost: HIGH.

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Social Media Robotics EdTech Libraries 280

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Should schools ban/allow access to social media websites ? Which do you prefer: to socialize online or hang out with friends in real life? Are social media websites making people asocial? Robots will soon take all human jobs. Schools should/should not be given the freedom to ban books from their libraries.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. No surprise news shows are littered with references to listener’s tweets and presidential candidates break stories via their Twitter stream. Library Spot. Apparently a lot of adults.

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Facebook Social Media Edmodo Twitter 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. A randomized lottery for each school sorts out the rest, which leads to the entire system being referred to locally as “the lottery.” After that, living near a school often confers priority.

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 127

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

In short, by “disruption,” we are referring to something that causes the kind of impact that leads to change. I’ve listed some examples of disruption in education below, and ranked them (though obviously the ranking is entirely subjective and only useful as a crude reference point to start your own thinking).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!),

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. politician roils USC , which referred case to federal prosecutors.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Their voices often echoed across social media and fueled viral news segments. Vega Zaman walked into a middle school robotics class last year to find a fellow student playing with a Lego truck. This story also appeared in AL.com and The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. Vega Zaman, Decatur, Alabama. It’s not porn.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“ New York City libraries have announced they plan to forgive the late fees of all children aged 17 and under in a one-time amnesty event,” The AP reports. Anyway, looks like we’re back to referring to SoFi as a “student loan provider” and not some other new-fangled fin-tech darling. Pay attention.). .

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48