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RobotLAB Inks Landmark Robotics Partnership with American Samoa Department of Education

eSchool News

DALLAS, TX – RobotLAB , an award-winning robotics integrator that delivers impactful technological innovations and solutions for educators and business owners across the globe, has inked a momentous partnership with the American Samoa Department of Education.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

Beginning in 2007, the district’s financial situation and declining enrollment were impeding its ability to equitably serve the student population. To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers.

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When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers

Edsurge

Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007. For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. It’s a challenge that is complicated as the touchscreen generation enters middle school.

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Automation is remaking Mississippi jobs: Are workers ready?

The Hechinger Report

Experts and educators point to a few strategies — some of which are already being explored by leaders within the state: Increase access to post-secondary education. Related: Ten jobs that are safe from robots. But not all Mississippi students have access to high-quality career education programs.

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Edsurge

Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous. Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship—or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role—by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed.

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Iterating Toward Openness

Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous. You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).

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