Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

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. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. percent of the Valley’s tech professionals are Latino and 2.2

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

This is health care for the fourth industrial revolution.”. But because nursing demands interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, it can’t easily be done by robots, say futurists, medical professionals and technology experts. Is empathy robot-proof? But a few years of college education can yield big dividends.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In 2015, as the program was launching, I began to have in-depth conversations with emerging industry leaders in our community. I hear this need for creative critical thinkers repeatedly from industry leaders in every sector. We began to see our role as talent generator and economic engine to grow our small town.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Students will see how TRI is using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics to develop smarter automated vehicles. To assist teachers, an educator guide for the Virtual Field Trip is available for download. The Ann Arbor Public Schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan are one of hundreds of school districts across the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

In addition to core classes, they’re offering instruction in robotics, computer programming, even nanotechnology. Some communities are taking this to the next level, creating formal partnerships among industry, community colleges and the K-12 system. ©2015 The Philadelphia Inquirer. We want to help take this model to scale.

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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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edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

If your understanding of the Compton area in Los Angeles is based on hip hop songs and a 2015 movie about young people growing up there, you’re likely to be surprised by the tech-focused students and schools in the neighborhood now. By Robert Low. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Building the STEAM Pipeline.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Created in 2015, the Futures Zone was initially run by a third-party partner that curated a series of debates and panel discussions that attracted educators and students to policymakers, incubators and investors. There was also an “edtech surgery” where startups could seek advice from experienced educators.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

The tall ceilings, roof-top windows, exposed steel beams and air ducts hints at its industrial past. Those funds have been crucial in supporting the work of PilotCity, which was officially established in 2015. . — A red staircase next to a Home Depot in an ordinary strip mall leads to an equally nondescript door.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below. You're going to be blown away.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

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. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. percent of the Valley’s tech professionals are Latino and 2.2

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

We live in an era where robotics and artificial intelligence will replace many of our current jobs. But no matter how diverse their industries will be, our students will all someday face a common reality. EmpowerBook July 9, 2015 Blogging for Staff Professional Learning. They will need to have a maker mindset.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

April 13th - April 27th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues! Two Week Calendar Monday, April 13th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - #TLChat LIVE!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Struggling to find skilled workers, some of North Jersey’s biggest high-tech manufacturers have joined together to help forge an innovative high school program designed to create future employees for the increasingly computerized industry. You are using robots, geometry, algebra, science.”. ©2015 The Record (Hackensack, N.J.).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” But Watson is not remotely close to the “artificial intelligence” that the company, and the industry more broadly, likes to tout. (A

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The Principal of Change

MAY 28, 2017

We are more than robotic bookshelves, conditioned to blurt out facts we were taught in school. We are not here to get a degree, to then get a job, so we can consume industry-approved placation after placation. October 5, 2015 Did we do that? And quite frankly, now I’m scared. We are all very special.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Long a staple of industry, fab labs have recently been popping up in affluent high schools and middle schools. Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? But the Discovery Museum now wants to bring a fab lab experience to kids as young as three, and to spread that opportunity well beyond the wealthy enclaves.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. IDC estimates that the total number of shipments in 2015 was actually around 207 million units. 2015 – the phones in their pockets. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

.” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Subscribe to their blog.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The Billionaire Venture Capitalist will lead a group of promising entrepreneurs live beginning Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 at 10pm|9c on ABC. Determined to know everything he can about the tech industry, Malcolm vows to use programming to change the world. Twitter: @malcolmtyson. Sharon Winter. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

According to the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF)’s The Future of Jobs report , the “fourth industrial revolution,” described as the confluence of emerging technology breakthroughs (such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and 3D printing) are utterly transforming everything we experience and understand. In 2013, among B.A.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry. K-12 education, a number that’s been rising since 2013 and has been above 50 percent every year since 2015. Outside of the U.S.,

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

From gamification to digital citizenship to PD for teachers to classroom robots and everything in between, the 102 posts that have been published on the NEO Blog in the last 12 months covered oh so many subjects related to education technology and e-learning for educational institutions. It was a long year, this year. We learned a lot.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 16, 2017 Shenzhen Capital Co-leads $29M Round In Chinese Robotics Firm Makeblock | China Money Network → "Recently, we are focusing on educational technology industry. That's a lot of computers. It is a massive innovative market with supportive government policies and strong market demand.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

There have been several articles in the industry and investor press recently that describe the ed-tech market as “ on the rebound ,” with venture capitalists getting their “ second wind ” and finding ed-tech once again to be something worth throwing money at. And 2015 was a record-setting year for ed-tech investment.).

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? public high schools (42.5 percent offered ‘all classes online.’

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? public high schools (42.5 percent offered ‘all classes online.’

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The New York Times : “ The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher.” The private equity firm acquired PowerSchool in 2015.). Via Techcrunch : “Tech industry and comp-sci majors are highest earners, says LinkedIn job survey.” Via New America : “ Varying Degrees.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The state’s largest district, in Providence, has dramatically increased its spending on web-based instructional programs, from $158,000 in the 2011-12 school year to $928,000 in 2015-16, the latest data available. Four years ago, only one school out of 39 in Providence used personalized learning; the model has since spread to 25 schools.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. Robots don’t apply for jobs.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million in revenue in 2015, and its executive compensation was $2.8 ” The Business of Student Loans.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Among other things, they say, their work could lead to the kind of robotic exoskeletons imagined in the movie Aliens. Since the 1980s, deregulation and corporate consolidation have led to a drastic hollowing out of the local industries that once sustained heartland cities. For more on this subject, see Brian S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D Printing.

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