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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. Digital libraries. They are patient and unbiased. Conclusion.

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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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50 Ways to Teach Using Music in Your Classroom

Waterford

If you have a copy of the picture book at your school library, try this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom-themed rhythm game. Do the robot dance for an exciting way to practice gross motor skills. Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, July 2009, 37(4), pp. 10 Picture Books About Music. Wetter, O.

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

Allan Wilger, a regular parent volunteer at Edmondson Elementary, helps (left to right) fifth graders Gabe Wooten and Aresa Rodriguez, and third grader Tyler Goyne, in the after-school LEGO Robotics Club. The six-week session, conducted in Spanish, her primary language, was held at the Loveland Public Library.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. “As LinkedIn’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges,” Edsurge reported in June.

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The age of disintegrated computing and thoughts on education

Bryan Alexander

A swarm of mobile devices **in 2009**. Not to mention robots, which we can’t carry, but are portable on their own terms. IT and academic computing departments, plus the library, would be revolutionized. The mobile phone was the first major step in that direction, followed by PDAs, mp3 players, ereaders, then tablets.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 The Charter was launched in November 2009. but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too!