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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

Edsurge

That’s what researchers at Georgia Tech have been trying , for instance, hoping that their muti-chatbot system can get to the point where any false information is scrubbed from an answer before it is shown to a student. It is also not a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind. What does a human tutor do well?

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

Edsurge

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. To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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10 Inspiring Lessons From An Almost Analog Native … Back To School 2015

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

It is back to school time 2015 for many of us in the United States and beyond… welcome to the future! I promise you will find some great information coming your way this school year…So Sign Up Now and please pass this on with a retweet! – Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Check out my Booking Page.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Do you think others could learn from the way you conduct ed-tech pilots to inform product decisions? 8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. We believe our middle school students are ready for more complex projects, including using simulations which require students to program robots to solve challenges. ” Mahnaz Charania.

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#EdTechTidBits of the Week (April 27, 2015)

EdTechnocation.com

Here are your #EdTechTidBits for the week of April 27, 2015! Tickle is an app for the iPad that allows you to create Scratch like programs to control your robotic toys such as drones, Sphero , and your Philips Hue wireless light bulbs. You can also just create fun interactive programs. See you next week!

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#EdTechTidBits of the Week (April 27, 2015)

EdTechnocation.com

Here are your #EdTechTidBits for the week of April 27, 2015! Tickle is an app for the iPad that allows you to create Scratch like programs to control your robotic toys such as drones, Sphero , and your Philips Hue wireless light bulbs. You can also just create fun interactive programs. See you next week!

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Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Fab School Labs Contest is officially open for submissions! Win a dream STEM Lab.

Educational Technology Guy

Please see the press release below, and check out the Fab School Labs page , for more information on the contest. The amount of support received from students, teachers and the communities by our 2015-2016 winners was overwhelming, and we look forward to rallying more communities during the 2016-2017 school year.”

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