Educational Technology Guy

MAY 9, 2016

May 4, 2016 – The Northrop Grumman Foundation is welcoming submissions now through June 17, 2016 for the second year of its Fab School Labs online contest. to design a state-of-the-art science lab or classroom complete with all of the tools, resources and furnishings needed to incorporate new and innovative methods and subject matter.

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STEM Robotics Facebook Mobility 100

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

It turns out the disc-shaped vacuum cleaner, which uses sensors to autonomously zip around homes is also a great tool to teach students about robotics and empathy. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. His students acted like scientists, observing the robot in action in its natural habitat.

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Robotics iPad Laptops Data 110

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We’re out there presenting to schools, giving them a choice of dynamic tools,” he says. Freedom of choice As online technologies offer new ways to deliver—and in many cases, simulate—science instruction, Loomer still sees the importance of online and offline tools for educators. We’re approaching the market with a lot more choice.”

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Company Groups Education Robotics 80

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2018

In this article, she explains what PBIS is, lessons learned rolling it out, and a tool called Hero that helped make it happen in her school: Studies show that students need a ratio of about five positive interactions to every negative. She is a 2-time Innovation in Teaching (IT) award recipient and was teacher of the year in 2016-2017. .

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Digital Citizenship Android Robotics Classroom 216

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

What older tools have you overlooked that are worth a second look? From VR devices to programming, and from creation apps to creativity tools, expect to see an evolution of the tools you already love and new technologies that will surely engage your students in this compilation of resources. What’s next in edtech?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

One of the national winners from the 2015-2016 program was a group of middle school students from Colorado. Selected 2016-2017 National Finalist Schools and Projects. Designed and built a robotic car seat to alert adults when children are left in hot cars. Applications are open until November 9, 2017. Beebe, Ark.

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Secondary Robotics Company Examples 91

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

Students spend more time in school, the staffing model is focused on building teacher capacity and includes tiered levels of educators, and the school uses a home-grown technology tool, Cortex , which was built in-house by Mote, a technologist by trade. Those two hours weren’t enough.

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LMS Classroom Assessment Robotics 99

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. The problem: there wasn’t a plan for implementing these new tools.

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Elementary Training Libraries Robotics 98

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. And in 2017 , they teamed up for Computer Science Education Week Hour of Code to teach kids “basic programming concepts by casting them as veterinarians alongside Barbie,” per a Tynker announcement. Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Our founding sponsor International Education Resources Network (IEARN) will continue to support us for the 2016 Global Education Conference. Contact Steve Hargadon (steve@hargadon.com) about opportunities to get involved with our community. See our other sponsors, supporters, and partners on the conference website.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I wanted them to learn that technology was a tool for their learning. In the 2015-2016 school year, in decision with our fifth grade teachers, the fifth grade became a 1:1 required BYOT iPad grade. 2016-2017 brought another tremendous change to the lower school due to a grant for STEAM experiences.

Technology 40

Technology Digital Citizenship Khan Academy Elementary 40

The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

We live in an era where robotics and artificial intelligence will replace many of our current jobs. I have been focusing on the importance of creating a space where kids have the opportunity to make—a place where some tools, materials, and enough expertise can get them started. When this happens, you realize that making is magic.

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Maker Movement Course System Robotics 84

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

In fact, many times a resource in a competition can be the perfect tool for a scaffolding activity. The main focus for the 2017 USSSC is to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their innovative knowledge and skills by competing towards one goal …success! It can be used long after the competition is over.

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STEM Robotics Conference Video 60

Educator Innovator

MARCH 3, 2017

With the 2017 LRNG Innovators Challenge ongoing, we revisit the continuing success of some of our past grantees. We, Too, Are Connecticut was proudly represented at the 2016 NCTE National Conference and the National Writing Project Annual Meeting. Two Broadcast Media, three Digital Design Labs, and one Robotics/Engineering.

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Robotics Meeting Study Conference 28

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

million recent STEM grads as of 2016; India had 2.6 million as of 2017; the U.S. By providing them with enough knowledge and guiding them in the right direction, we will have more students opting for these branches of studies in future and developing many new innovative tools for the benefit of life around us.

STEM 90

STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. Her district of Garfield County has provided a computer to every student since 2016. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. ” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2017

K-12 education in the first quarter of 2017, and iOS claimed 73 percent of the mobile market–up from 70 percent in 2016. It’s not about the tool; it’s about the approach and how to harness it in an innovative, positive school environment.” Google’s Chrome OS is spreading throughout U.S. The Kahoot!

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Google Classroom Tablets Survey 13

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 60

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In the afternoon she accompanies the group of primarily African-American and Latino kids for the return trip, while many of their classmates at Rooftop School in the San Francisco Unified School District stay behind for after-school activities like French, guitar and “Lego robotics.”. For them, “the Wi-Fi has been a great tool.”

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How To Learning Robotics Chromebook 34

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

You can discuss edtech implementation strategies, hear about favorite tools, and get to know those practices that teachers are excited to bring back to their students. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education. Blanca Herrera: Here it is: personalized learning.

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EdTech Trends Blended Learning Personalized Learning 149

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company’s CEO has said that BrainCo aims to develop a tool that can translate thoughts directly into text, or “brain typing.” The idea was enough for BrainCo to win awards including “Most Innovative” at a pitchfest during the 2017 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) national conference.

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Company Data Training Analysis 164

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

Nearly two years ago, in April 2017, Genden and her son approached a 32,000-square-foot building with a facade resembling a big red barn. “We Image credit: Alex Weber) Founded in January 2017 in the small town of Bethel, Conn., Robotics room? It’s about using the space as a tool for collaboration,” Fraise explains.

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Learning Course Company Robotics 134

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

As robots take over much of the manual labor in factories, the new jobs being created tend to require computer and engineering skills and advanced training. In November 2017, Washington state’s Shoreline Community College announced a new two-year degree in mechatronics — which prepares students to work with manufacturing systems.

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Industry Robotics Study Company 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. For example, it includes a tool called the “mood meter,” that helps people label and talk about their feelings.

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Education Online Learning Report Elementary 108

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I believe it is inevitable that technological tools and services will become more integral to schools and schooling. How, for whom, and to what ends these tools will be employed, however, all deserve much deeper and critical investigations. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I believe it is inevitable that technological tools and services will become more integral to schools and schooling. How, for whom, and to what ends these tools will be employed, however, all deserve much deeper and critical investigations. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The post 17 Things for Teachers to Try in 2017 (Infographic and FREE Download) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 17 Things for Teachers to Try in 2017 #SUL #edtech Click To Tweet. 17 Challenges for Teachers in 2017! 2017 is upon us, and there are so many new and exciting advances in technology coming our way.

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eBook Robotics Google Facebook 77

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Taos High students made tools like this one to help them identify how they were feeling at different times during an emotional three-day retreat in October 2018. In 2017, 17.2 There’s still in our society in many places an expectation that you can leave your emotions at the door and be a robot and it’s simply not true.

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Tools Report Survey Groups 111

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

pic.twitter.com/PDYLO6kW9U — f.o.x.x.i (@foxxi_loxxi) April 17, 2017. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan.” ” “Online Courses Shouldn’t Use Remote Proctoring Tools. I'm holding back tears at work.

Education 45

Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017. on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 pic.twitter.com/yehgZ82br6 — Shahien Nasiripour (@nasiripour) October 5, 2017. pic.twitter.com/tfodnBuiTF — Ashley Jost (@ajost) September 29, 2017.

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. I dunno… Via Techcrunch : “ IBM led on patents in 2017, Facebook broke into top 50 for the first time.”

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a signed order Tuesday that she was restoring the federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools , the for-profit accreditor that had waged a fight for reinstatement since the Obama administration withdrew its recognition in 2016.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45