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eLearning Brothers Expands Family with Two Corporate Training Acquisitions

Edsurge

The United States may not have had robot invaders from space in mind when drafting federal cybersecurity standards for the utility industry. And yet, a robot invasion is the very premise for a game that aims to teach utilities employees those standards and why they’re important. This is a big leap for us,” says Scivally. “We

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Don’t Rely on Cute Apps and Games to Teach Coding. Turn to Your Students Instead.

Edsurge

I hear the kids are going to make a robot move to the right, stop, and turn around. Today, K-12 coding education offerings often include edutainment: some brand’s robotic-design, game-design and app-design program, packaged as engaging, entertaining experiences for students. How cool is that? The reality: It’s not that cool.

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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

Earlier this year, the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company released the report “ The Future of Work in Black America ,” on the potential impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and automation on specific racial groups — and it spells gloom and doom for African Americans. workforce in all industries since 2001.

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How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

The Hechinger Report

Their visions represent a journey into cybersecurity and space travel, racism and robots. All four students say they think humanoid robots are “creepy.”) Noelani Velasco Polley, 10, imagines that robots will take over a lot of jobs and hopes to pick one in science or engineering that will be robot-proof and earn plenty of money.

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How Silicon Valley schools are trying to boost lower-income students into high-tech jobs

The Hechinger Report

Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person. As a high schooler, Kateryn Raymundo interned at Salesforce, a tech company, through the nonprofit Genesys Works. The Hechinger Report/Joanne Jacobs.

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How Internships Connect First Generation College Bound Students to STEM Careers

MindShift

Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person. The program, founded in Houston in 2002, plans to train and place 150 interns in the Bay Area this fall. Joanne Jacobs for The Hechinger Report).

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

Earlier we talked to educators who feel disillusioned by edtech companies’ seemingly disingenuous engagement tactics or feel invisible in the edtech choices made at their schools. At the start of our journey to pull back some of the edtech curtain, we set out to survey roughly 30 edtech companies of varying sizes and subject areas.

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