Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The multi-million-dollar facility is stocked with today’s most advanced manufacturing equipment ranging from steel 3D printers to precision cutters to collaborative robotics that work alongside humans on the factory floor. Additional funding came from community donors and companies themselves, like GE Power, which contributed $500,000.

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Robotics Industry Company Training 78

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. Those are the six “professions” kids will be able to undertake alongside Barbie, the job-hopping doll known for her many careers, in a new class on Tynker , a platform that teaches children how to code. The partnership ties into where the almost five-year-old company sees itself in the future. Pastry Chef.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 73

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Cambridge Analytica was able to take that quarter million accounts that it had permission to look at from Facebook and mine fifty million accounts to look at trends and how people thought about politics and then potentially use that to move the 2016 election in different ways. Vicki: Yeah. P is for Privacy. The R is for Respect.

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Facebook Social Media Education Learning 166

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Our founding sponsor International Education Resources Network (IEARN) will continue to support us for the 2016 Global Education Conference. Reuben Thiessen, CTO Let’s Teach The World! Provincial Dumping Ground or Global Oasis? .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like Lego blocks clicked together, two educational robot companies have combined to offer their collective programming and robotics lessons to students spanning from 4 years old to college. Modular Robotics , the Boulder, Colo.-based based maker of Cubelet robot blocks, has acquired Dexter Industries , a Stafford, Va.-based

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Robotics Education Company Industry 120

The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

She spent her free time in class looking up how to set up lead magnets and create funnels for an email list. She read blog posts about how to create more suspense in a plot and how to use action rather than description to develop characters. She had a maker mindset. The Old Formula is Failing. But it goes beyond this.

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Maker Movement Course System Robotics 84

Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

Most of the kids at my school won’t be programmers or work for a tech company.” Kevin Honey (Middle School Principal) has a coding class for all 6th graders at his school, way to go beyond just #hourofcode - how about #yearofcode! If you dream it, you can make it by coding” Robert 3rd Grader “Everyone should learn how to code!”

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Robotics Khan Academy Android Elementary 40

Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

Most of the kids at my school won’t be programmers or work for a tech company.” Kevin Honey (Middle School Principal) has a coding class for all 6th graders at his school, way to go beyond just #hourofcode - how about #yearofcode! If you dream it, you can make it by coding” Robert 3rd Grader “Everyone should learn how to code!”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company says it has a working prototype and is in conversations with a Long Island school to pilot the headset. The company’s CEO has said that BrainCo aims to develop a tool that can translate thoughts directly into text, or “brain typing.” But the company has also faced less enthusiastic reviews.

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Company Data Training Analysis 166

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , organizer of the world’s largest robotics competition and leader in STEM education, is doing a careful examination of gender diversity.

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Robotics STEM Strategy Study 167

Learning in Hand

MARCH 19, 2017

Primo , a London-based company, offered to send me a Cubetto in exchange for a review. However, at ISTE 2016 in Denver , I saw Cubetto at Techterra’s poster session. I was intrigued by this wooden robot designed for girls and boys aged 3 to 6. Cubetto is a robot with two wheels and each wheel has its own motor.

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Robotics Tablets Case Study Video 53

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

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

He was surprised at how easy it was to build partnerships when he wasn’t asking for money. One of his first big takers was EPB, a big electric utility and telecommunications company in Chattanooga. The company asked STEM School Chattanooga students to design prototypes for the window dressings.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 18, 2017

Many of the discussions about and actions related to integrating maker education into educational environments center around the use of new technologies such computer components ( Raspberry Pis , Arduinos ), interactive robots for kids ( Dash and Dot , Ozobots , Spheros ), and 3D printers. Making is important; it’s empowering.

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Education Robotics Course Examples 270

MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is the author of the 2016 book Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids. ” In other words, as long as these companies make their money from advertising, they will have incentive to try to design products that maximize the time you spend using them, whether or not it makes your life better.

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Facebook Social Media Study Gamification 58

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots.

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Industry STEM Education Survey 140

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. announced the U.S.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 59

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

His 2010 book was called What Technology Wants , as though technology is a living being with desires and drives; the title of his 2016 book, The Inevitable. The Internet did become more privatized, more commercialized around that date – 1991 – and thanks to companies like AOL, a version of it became more accessible to more people.

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Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

But the strong economy, and the return of manufacturing operations to the United States as labor costs rise abroad , have led some companies to add jobs. 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. Nationwide, about 3.5

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Industry Robotics Study Company 106

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

We should learn how to do it right. We should also learn how to avoid the pitfalls of poorly implemented game based learning. Teachers Report Sharp Growth in Game-Based Learning by District Administration (July 2016) – reports that 48% of classroom teachers report using games in classroom instruction in 2015. Sept 2015).

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Learning Twitter 120

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. The thread on this tweet has the details.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

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. She spent $19 to host a website and contacted software companies for free licenses. percent to 49.6

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Education Online Learning Report Elementary 107

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Last year’s most popular post on Shake Up Learning was, “ 16 Things for Teachers to Try in 2016.” In December of 2016, Matt Miller of DitchThatTextbook.com and I announced our joint venture: The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast ! Program a Robot. Or try something more sophisticated like the Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot robots.

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eBook Robotics Google Facebook 77

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. million total.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Either way, he’s gone too soon; we’ve lost too much , too many in 2016. pic.twitter.com/BBhsgwY2FZ — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) August 1, 2016. The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.”

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Free College” “How to Pay for Free Community College ,” according to Inside Higher Ed. on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 ” The largest student loan company is Navient. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education?

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

Here’s how a convention could do it.” And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). “[Senator Lamar] Alexander and [Secretary of Education John] King disagreed on how to enforce the new law governing Title I. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ”).

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

I may need to know how to use this at some point, and I don’t want to go to college or to a job totally clueless.”. The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. Is Teaching Second-Graders How to Ride Bikes.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Amazon Inspire.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Department of Education officials sent a letter to DeVry University ’s parent company, Adtalem Global Education Inc. From the Google blog : “How Google Digital Workshop prepares you for new job opportunities.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The music education company has raised $17 million total.

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students.” The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48