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Friday 5: K-12 coding

eSchool News

And Singapore launched a tailored coding class for primary and secondary school students as early as 2014. Moreover, programming languages such as SQL, Java, JavaScript, C#, and Python are increasingly important to master regardless of profession or industry. Why is coding in the K-12 classroom important?

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ISTE 2019: Everything You Need to Know Before the First Day

EdTech Magazine

The event program is packed with options, ranging from a field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to an esports outing at a local arena to dozens of “playgrounds” focused on topics such as robotics and mobile learning. . On Tuesday, ISTE CEO Richard Culatta will join a slate of educators for a main stage session. .

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

Hack Education

TurnItIn became a huge business, bought and sold several times over by private equity firms since 2008: first by Warburg Pincus, then by GIC, and then, in 2014, by Insight Partners — the price tag for that sale: $754 million. Well-known names in the industry include ProctorU, Proctorio, and Examity. That robot grading is degrading.

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When It Comes to Technology and Engineering, National Report Card Confirms: Girls Rule

Edsurge

And it’s good news: Students tested in 2018 showed improvements over those in 2014, the year the first NAEP Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) assessment was administered. Out of a possible 300 points, students in 2018 scored an overall average of 152, compared with 150 in 2014. Eight points higher (156 to 148), to be exact.

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal has changed since Digital Leadership was published in 2014. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book. What I have described above only accounts for a small subset of the changes we have seen since 2014.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

And in this environment, the education industry sees an unprecedented transformation due in part to a new industrial revolution. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality.

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?Making A New Era: How A High-Tech Facility Is Shifting Students’ Mindset Around Manufacturing

Edsurge

In the push to get more students into college and on career-ready tracks, fewer and fewer high school students are making the jump into one of the industries that employs the most Americans : manufacturing. billion in goods in 2014—employers struggle to find high-skilled employees they need to operate, program and build factory equipment.