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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

Robot teachers. The idea of a robot teacher may seem like a too futuristic concept at the moment, but it’s really an ongoing project in many schools and colleges worldwide. Robot teachers are able to work 24/7 without taking a break and don’t need a salary. They are patient and unbiased.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

Ask a Tech Teacher

The New York Post reported in 2018 that as many as 5 million schoolage children have no Internet access. No, it won’t, despite the 2009 robot who taught a Tokyo class and Elias, the Finnish primary school robot. It will be years before that can be incorporated into a robot or AI (artificial intelligence).

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PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

The Hechinger Report

They scrutinized a large federal dataset of more than 20,000 students across the nation who started high school in 2009 and were surveyed through to their third year of college in 2016. For example, 63 percent of rural students had access to an in-person calculus class at their school compared with 83 percent of suburban students.

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The path to a career could start in middle school

The Hechinger Report

A whole bunch of robots,” one boy suggested. Others offer introductory courses in specific careers, like engineering or robotics. As a first-year Teach for America corps member in Dallas, in the 2009-10 school year, Batchelder had been named a teacher of the year. “What do you think the future job market will look like?”

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It’s Still About 1:1 #CETPA2016

There is no box

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. This is infinitely harder if students don’t have access to their own device. We should be providing students access to these experiences.

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Here Are the 10 Michelson Runway Startups Vying For Future Funders

Edsurge

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. Though the startups presented a wide range of ideas, Runway co-founder Phil Kim said what connected them all is an effort to “tackle access and equity.” The four-month program is capped with a pitch night in front of edtech investors.

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It’s Still About 1:1 #CETPA2016

There is no box

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. This is infinitely harder if students don’t have access to their own device. We should be providing students access to these experiences.