Edsurge
JUNE 21, 2017
The robots are coming, and some of them are charming. That was my reaction on a recent visit to Singularity University, when I met two robots named Pris and Pepper. PwC explains that the cost of DNA sequencing per genome has fallen from $96 million in 2001 to less than $6,000 in 2013. We cannot simply will it to let up.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University. What’s more, for each of these choices, there are additional decisions about which media to use (video, audio, hands-on), whether to give concrete examples, and more.
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Digital Promise
JANUARY 19, 2016
A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. So, what can be done?
edWeb.net
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Examples include the opportunity for high school students taking health classes to observe and interact with medical personnel as they perform procedures, or a musician in a distant city teaching classes and leading rehearsals while online.
MindShift
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Photographs, a bridge to nowhere , self-portraits, full-size boats, weather balloons, robots — beautiful work is celebrated at the school and its constant presence reminds students of the high expectations their teachers set for them. For example, Aaron Price is in the same humanities-Spanish class as Caroline Egler.
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. Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement.
Hack Education
JUNE 21, 2020
Take Nicholas Negroponte, for example, the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab who in his 2014 TED Talk predicted that in 30 years time (that is, 24 years from now), you will swallow a pill and "know English," swallow a pill and "know Shakespeare. Another example of the ed-tech imaginary from post-war America: The Jetsons.
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