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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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million (Seed) 2016 TAL Education Wonder Workshop $20 million (B) 2016 Sinovation Ventures, WI Harper Group Source: EdSurge, Crunchbase Where Business Booms. Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) Wonder Workshop , which develops robot toys that teach kids how to code.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

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Since the 1960s, as computers have become cheaper, smaller, and faster, they have replaced many of the routine tasks that people had previously completed, fundamentally changing the task composition of the labor market (Autor, Levy, & Murnane, 2003). Dancing with robots: Human skills for computerized work. References. Washington.

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The Greatest EdTech Generation Ever – LIVE Blog of Justin Reich’s Keynote

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To begin, Justin recommends reading Frank Levy and Richard Murnane’s work, Dancing with Robots. Computers can increasingly solve routine tasks, so the question becomes, what are the kinds of things that computers and robots can’t do. By thinking beyond school, we can start thinking more creatively within school.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. Karen also taught 7th grade Math at The Dalton School and 7th/8th grade Math at LaBrum Middle School, a public school in Philadelphia. Father Goose).Sea

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Hack Education Weekly News

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This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The workshop space for “makers” had raised $4.7 ” Still more student loan news in the legal section above. Via Edsurge : “Help!