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Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool

EdTech Magazine

The New Media Consortium , which publishes its annual “Horizon Report for K-12” previewing the technologies likely to impact education in the coming five years, forecast back in 2015 that by 2019, we would see drones playing a role in education. . It was up to the team to figure out the best design for each of the competition’s events. .

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How AI is changing special education

Neo LMS

This brings us to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the novel ways in which responsive, social robots have started playing a role in teaching ASD children social skills. The robot also has sensors, cameras, and facial recognition software to capture a child’s responses and evaluate progress. Here are a few examples: Kaspar.

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Finch Robots are Coming to Our Library Makerspace in Fall 2015

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Our library makerspace will feature 12 Finch Robots by BirdBrain Technologies during the 2015-2016 school year. The robots are on loan to us for the entire school year, and this loan comes with the possibility of these robots being a permanent donation to our space. These robots will of course be a part of that as well.

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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

We also have events and clubs aimed at building student interest and skills.”. Events like the district’s Tournament of Technology generate enthusiasm, while students get hands-on experience in applied technology, Madden says. Start small with a robotics competition or a club,” he says. Fresno Seeks to Make Coding Inclusive.

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Hour of Code 2015 is Here!

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

We have been participating in Hour of Code since it started 3 years ago, and it is an event that inspires so many things within our school. This week-long event coincides with Computer Science in Education week each December. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) December 7, 2015. We watched the official Hour of Code video.

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Salesforce Gifts $12.2M to Expand Computer Science in S.F., Oakland Public Schools

Edsurge

Kids played with Legos, pranced around with stuffed animals and Salesforce mascots, munched on treats, painted using Sphero robots, tinkered with portable gaming devices, made race cars and dueled with robots. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. PocketCHIP devices, which are for portable gaming, at today's event. .

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

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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