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

Neo LMS

For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. Online learning.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Illinois’ effort to bring online learning to juvenile justice facility classrooms is rare nationwide. Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

But then you see so many kids who might show up in kindergarten the first day—and this was eye-opening to me—who haven't seen a book, some of them have never been read to. I literally used to tell people that if we ever do something in early learning, it should be as good as what the Duck Duck Moose team does. They were real education.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

Some of these other examples appear in the introduction of my forthcoming book, which I won't spoil since I have to save a chapter like that for the book tour — if we can do book tours. AllLearn wasn't the only online education failure of the early 2000s, of course. What kind of company culture sanctions that?

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Little Passports Vs. KiwiCo – Monthly Subscription Box Comparison – Is Kiwico or Little Passports The Best Educational Toy For Your Child?

Fractus Learning

We’ve got a lot of experience with both companies products. Two moms launched Little Passports in 2009, and since then, the company has become an international brand with exciting choices to keep kids entertained and engaged. More online content access. How Do Little Passports Subscriptions Work? Check It Out!

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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June 1 - Panel Discussion on "Unschooling"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We''ll use Clark''s recently-published book, Unschooling Rules , as the basis for the conversation. His experience ranges from spending years working with children at a leading environmental education foundation to serving on boards of universities, of companies, and in the intelligence community. BusinessWeek, U.S.