A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2014

Talk about throwing a wrench into the system. Image credit: [link] Fast forward to 2014 and my district, like many others, now uses an automated notification service. This message is then delivered by a polite robotic voice basically telling me that I can sleep in if I wish or spend the day slaving over my snow shovel.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I shared the stage that day in Iceland with a person who gave their talk on how, in the future, robots will love us -- how they will take care of us in our old age; how they will teach our classes; how they will raise our children. Robots aren't coming for your jobs, but management may well be. Why do you? " A word, please.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

Since the school’s launch in 2014, their vision has come to life and the school has grown to serve 479 students in grades 6-8. During the 2014 to 2015 school year, LAB’s first operational year, school leaders focused on implementing an academic model that supported both student and adult learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Kibby also criticized Ferreira’s highly abstract and “complex” public statements about Knewton’s technology (referencing one NPR interview in which the former CEO called Knewton “ a robot tutor in the sky ”). Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart. It’s just out there.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

NASA astronauts would test the device, which analyzes the effects of weightlessness on cooling and heating systems, and send data back to the students. Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Learn more or connect with Amanda on Twitter @ AmandaFoxSTEM Brad Weinstein Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 as a way to inspire educators that do such important work with students. But I think expect that as a teacher, if all you're asking students to do is work that an AI robot can do.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2016

In an essay linking cognitive bias and design thinking, Liedtka (2014) warns that “innovators seeking to produce and assess more novel, value-creating, and differentiated ideas face significant challenges from different sources of cognitive bias” (p. Dancing with robots: Human skills for computerized work. Gordon, E.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. The chatbot addition to courses at BI next semester is part of a larger project the school is running to test out a new learning management system.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. The issue was why in 2014 Praveen Shanbhag started NameCoach, a platform that allows schools and companies to gather and practice correct name pronunciation. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based based startup is raising $300,000 by July 2018.

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Kyle Pace

AUGUST 26, 2014

Schools and districts are going 1:1 (or BYOD), we’re creating makerspaces, and offering new courses on things like programming or robotics. I don’t need to list the “whys” because there’s many and we all can generate our own lists that are unique to our systems and situations. Switch the vocabulary!

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” “ Unique International College used a misleading and unlawful scheme to target vulnerable communities in 2014 and 2015, pushing individuals to enrol in courses in management, salon management and marketing.” “Need jobs? .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 19th, 2014 Perhaps the greatest joy is learning how to motivate yourself. When done well, games can foster collaboration, strengthen critical and systems thinking, pose adaptive challenges, and spark inquiry. Floyd Maxwell The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0"

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A 5-foot-tall functioning robot leads a phalanx of smaller, award-winning robots—all built by students—stacked high on wire shelves behind it. In addition to project-based learning, SR1 kids travel statewide and compete in robotics tournaments and visit college campuses. 16 press release, MDE announced it would give only $5.6

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Champions are the organizational mavericks, they exist within a system but are given autonomy to explore alternative, creative solutions. Innovators are interested in new ideas from outside of established local social system. The Maker Movement’s Innovator may also be the Robotic’s Laggard, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 5th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. Deadlines Gaming in Ed , September 15th - 19th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: The Call for Proposals for the inaugural Gaming in Ed conference is now open. RSVP at [link].

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

It’s a system that Lee wants to scale across the country, to help other cities tap into the local education and business communities to develop their own talent pipeline. One group devised a way to create an autonomous system of boats to clean up trash in the nearby river delta.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

We encourage folks to still look at the data but kind of flip the look so you’re not criticizing students but [asking] how is our system and where is our system failing to set up students for success.”. She is co-author of the book Digital Solidary in Education (2014). This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

I met Trevor (name has been changed) when he was a high school senior in 2014. Our situation is not that unique for rural communities—neither is the story of one youth getting lost in the system. From a coal mining family in western Kentucky, he’d just suffered a major family crisis and his mother was struggling with mental illness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Her research focuses on emerging technologies such as drones, robotics, driverless vehicles, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and their use in libraries and education. In Fall 2014 she led a MOOC, The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends, that attracted over 1700 global participants.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

Thursday, May 15th in Indianapolis, IN CoSN - 2014 Indiana CTO Clinic , This year''s Indiana CTO Clinic will focus on "Constantly Learning. Deadlines Future of Museums , July 24th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and July 21st for the Future of Museums conference. Read more at [link].

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

You an start with just one Sphero Mini : The App-Controlled Robot Ball Photo by: Jenny of The Brick Castle "Little robot. Sphero Mini fits a huge experience into a tiny robot the size of a ping pong ball. Sure, you can can add lots more to a Robotics area in a Makerspace. And they did! Yes, please! Ridiculously Humble.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

In the second scenario, you do homework in an online system that automatically grades each practice problem in real time and provides you with feedback about your performance. We need more efforts to provide the benefits of publishers’ “adaptive” systems while honoring and enabling the values of the OER community (e.g., Just don’t.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

In the second scenario, you do homework in an online system that automatically grades each practice problem in real time and provides you with feedback about your performance. We need more efforts to provide the benefits of publishers’ “adaptive” systems while honoring and enabling the values of the OER community (e.g.,

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

NASA astronauts would test the device, which analyzes the effects of weightlessness on cooling and heating systems, and send data back to the students. Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person.

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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. The attempt here is to try to move closer towards an idealized system that’s not feasible because of costs,” said John Pane, one of the study’s five authors. “The

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

RSCON5 will take place July 11th - 13th, 2014 and will feature 60+ presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more. member, Nicole Lakusta, shares the 21st Century School Systems – Engaging and Inspiring Leaders and Learners event with us. Education Revolution Google+ Community 2014 MoonBots Challenge.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Last month, the first 31 students in Bergen County entered the program, known as MechaForce, which is loosely based on a German vocational training system in which employers and educators work closely to shape the workforce. You are using robots, geometry, algebra, science.”. There are more of them than there used to be.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The area has lost thousands more jobs since mid-2014 , when plummeting oil prices sparked layoffs. It’s one of those things that our systems are not super well designed to handle.”. For a recent school project, Izzy and some of her classmates designed a robot that would move sandbags to help protect the coast from storms.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 10, 2016

We have also now added mechatronics robotics and dance for next year. Updated Visual) November 19, 2015 “Systems Thinking” and “Systems Doing” August 14, 2015 Closing Our Eyes in the Pursuit of Innovation January 12, 2015 3 Ideas on Innovation in Education from Vine December 27, 2014 School vs. Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My “When we look at other school systems, we’re like the Cadillac version,” Kirrane says. Limited course offerings.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 27, 2017

Today’s learners can find out what a professor at MIT thinks about the future of robots…and we have to be ok that his/her answer if most likely much better than ours ever would be. You had to search the library, ask the right teacher, or find some type of adult of expert who had knowledge and ask for guidance.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. The Korean skincare system has turned my skin from acne-prone desert to hydrated and glowing in a little under a year.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926. In 2014, The Economist asserted that “nearly half of American jobs could be automated in a decade or two.”“Before I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs.

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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. A randomized lottery for each school sorts out the rest, which leads to the entire system being referred to locally as “the lottery.” After that, living near a school often confers priority.

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