The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

Last month, a few hand-sized, hexagonal robots took over a third-grade classroom in Southborough, Massachusetts. Meet Root — a robot being beta-tested by its creators at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. But then you have to keep buying new robots as the kids get older.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2020

Students can repair “Goldibot” in a robot circuitry experiment, harness solar power for a cell phone battery boost, or solve “Electri-City’s” smart power grid puzzle. “We Learning Power, Georgia Power’s signature education program, is proud to partner with Georgia educators to electrify classrooms with lessons on energy and energy efficiency.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2019

Quizlet , the studying tool he built in 2005, is now one of the most widely used education apps, claiming more than 50 million active users in 130 countries who have created over 300 million study sets. Andrew Sutherland (circa 2011), Quizlet founder and chief technology officer. Fast forward 14 years.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

They are most often associated with STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). But really, they’re interdisciplinary, promoting important educational principles such as inquiry, play, imagination, innovation, critical thinking , problem solving and passion-based learning. Makerspaces in Ontario Schools.

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100mentors

AUGUST 16, 2018

Educating a new generation of citizens of the world means rethinking the process of value, attitude, and behavioral acquisition (Wells, 2011), and this is no small feat. Let’s take a trending topic like Robots and Artificial Intelligence, related to IB coursework in Biology or Physics. Practicing Listening to Different Answers.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I have never been able to make it to this event -- it's always coincided with the end-of-the-year series I've traditionally written for Hack Education. They didn't like when I admonished other speakers for using the "Uber for education" catchphrase, or something. I'm also thrilled that the book is mostly done.). Why do you?

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Yet as schools break away from traditional models of education, new challenges emerge. We wanted to know: what do educators see as their top challenges? What kinds of solutions can be created to help? ” Participants could vote multiple times for one of two possible answers (i.e. Why is this so challenging?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In popular culture, artificial intelligence is used to describe anything from product recommendations to self-driving cars and futuristic robotic overlords. In 2011, he founded the Google Brain Deep Learning project and later went on to start Coursera with fellow Stanford professor, Daphne Koller in 2012.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Since 2011, St. Andrew's has been home to the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), a research center that trains public, charter and private school teachers in mind, brain and education science. Andrew’s are trained in educational neuroscience. Andrew's students building robots; Image credit: St.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s hot in education technology? Will investing in flashy new education technology better prepare your students for success in higher education and their future careers? For educators and administrators, thoughts likely go straight to – how can we afford this? By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

It became so obvious to us this is not a scalable market for education.” The idea hinged on Rivard Dexter’s initial theory that if she could develop an educational game that was as engaging and addictive as popular consumer games, kids would love playing it so much that they’d go home and ask their parents to buy it for them.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

In 2011, Cat Campos was a senior at Immaculata-La Salle High School , struggling to see how the iPod touch devices they were testing in her AP Literature class could support learning. Digital arts students create designs for the drama club’s school production while engineering students help with the robotic aspect of props for the production.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like Lego blocks clicked together, two educational robot companies have combined to offer their collective programming and robotics lessons to students spanning from 4 years old to college. Modular Robotics , the Boulder, Colo.-based based maker of Cubelet robot blocks, has acquired Dexter Industries , a Stafford, Va.-based

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Using mostly recyclable materials, equipment and furniture, these educators are providing learning opportunities for students and teachers that have changed the school climate and culture. Through a five-year radical book-weeding process from 2011- 2016, the NCHS library had eliminated all of the library’s free-standing bookshelves.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The end of the report is stuffed with tantalizing promise about how future learners will engage with robots, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and wearable tech (think data-collecting headbands, and skill-tracking sensors) that could explode into classrooms in as little as four to five years. Sometimes the panelists get it right.

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techlearning

APRIL 11, 2018

(Dallas, TX) April 11, 2018 — RoboKind , the world leader in social robotics and the creator of Milo and robots4autism , today announced its partnership with Tom C. When I first met Milo, RoboKind's humanoid robot, I was blown away by its ability to help kids with autism unpack social and emotional skills.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

From 2006-2011, I supported and advised over 2,500 teachers. The app encompasses various resources, from the beginning of the college search process, discovering and improving your admission chances, and the best ways to find and finance your college education. in Curriculum and Instruction. Student Loan Regret. Using Schoold.,

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 1, 2013

GRIN stands for Genetics, Robotics, Information technology, and Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is so new that no-one is really sure what will come of it ( Bonsor and Strickland , 2011), whilst robotics is so mature a science that we now know almost too much about it. Combined, GRIN technologies are advancing exponentially.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” In virtual education, pedagogy, not technology, drives the metamorphosis from absence to presence, illusion into reality.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

March is Women’s History Month, and what better time to recognize women who are making and shaping education history than right now? At NewSchools Venture Fund , we invest in teams of educators and entrepreneurs whose bold ideas are reimagining learning. I’m proud many of these pioneering leaders are women. I play big. pinktowerforall.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ? While there are several education models that promote this idea, it is a necessity in a well-planned Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit. A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom. John Dewey. Check out Pen Pals School.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 2, 2016

At libraries and museums around the country, there are dedicated spaces for teenagers to plunge into digital learning projects as varied as audio recording and robotics. Educators craft at a YOUmedia retreat. I wrote out the prosecutor’s announcement on our [classroom] white board wall,” one educator wrote in a post.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Notes from a TCEA 2011 Concurrent Session Dr. Stephen Waddell Superintendent of Schools Birdville ISD Kelli Montgomery Coordinator of Instructional Technology Birdville ISD "OMG, I CNT BLIEVE WE R REALLY GTTNG 2 TXT WILE WE LRN!" Robots in warehouses now move the shelves and racks. 21st century learning tcea tcea 2011 web 2.0'

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The Principal of Change

MAY 28, 2017

Helping students reach their fullest potential and help them achieve their dreams is a lot harder to do long-term, and will take a significant amount of dedication from both student and educator. When I leave educational institutionalism, will I be successful or forever lost? This doesn’t stop at adulthood. Iron sharpens iron.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Steven Hightower, who graduated from North Star this spring, works on his robotic car; Hightower will attend Brandeis University in the fall, where he plans to study computer science. North Star added AP Biology in 2011, AP Calculus BC in 2013, AP Computer Science in 2014, AP Chemistry in 2015, and AP Physics last year.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 13, 2019

Most people wouldn’t think of science as quirky, but if they’d witnessed a posse of orange, papier-maché robotic pumpkins racing down the hall at the Science Museum of Virginia (SMV), in Richmond, Virginia, they might re-think that image. Now the network has grown to some 30 spaces across the U.S. Courtesy Science Museum of Virginia).

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ? While there are several education models that promote this idea, it is a necessity in a well-planned Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit. Global School Net – Explore a site that combines education and technology to strengthen communities and benefit humanity.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 6, 2014

The program is designed specifically to provide STEM education, based on a partnership with a school district, a community college, and a business. IBM was the inaugural partner of the Brooklyn P-TECH pilot in 2011. The New York Times has pointed to P-TECH as “the future of the country’s vocational education.” Among all U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. Mr. Durchslag seeks to reassure them. “I

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 20, 2015

When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. However, with the need to develop more students ready to step into STEM careers, and the corresponding efforts to grow educational foundations in those area elementary science will play a pivotal role.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” Is this really a trend?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.). Any day now.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. Since 2011, families have been able to apply to any of the city’s 72 public elementary schools, submitting a ranked list of choices. The same goes for middle and high school options.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. The pair launched the first CoderDojo in June 2011, hosted by the National Software Centre in Cork. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a world that is ever-changing rapidly before our eyes, our needs in education are changing as well; in comes Draper University. Tim Draper, ABC and his promising entrepreneurs are ready to bring you the fast-paced world of a new type of education. Twitter: @malcolmtyson. Sharon Winter. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA.

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