Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay. Can a robot be whimsical? But I was wrong.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Yet the likes of Google and Facebook sometimes overshadow sectors that have been—and remain—core to the American economy: industrial manufacturing. That company was sold to Wiley in 2016 for a reported $25 million. It’s in this niche where Cluster operates, and is growing. The Culver City, Calif.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

FWPS continues to expand STEM/STEAM pathways by integrating computer science curriculum through Hour of Code and Sphero robots. In the 2016–17 school year, over 7,000 scholars from all FWPS participated in Hour of Code.

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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. “It Follow me on Twitter and Google+. In addition to the website, teachers are also encouraged to follow the competition at www.Facebook.com/FabSchoolLabs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. billion in 2016, according to Goldman Sachs. million (A) 2016 Sinovation Ventures EnglishCentral $1.3 million (N/A) 2016 Kirihara Shoten K.K. 380 million tally in 2014.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

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.

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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. iEARN is also joined by other major supporters, TES , Google for Education , and VIF International Education. See our other sponsors, supporters, and partners on the conference website.

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MindShift

MARCH 15, 2016

We also have a printable TECH TOOL TOURNEY 2016 bracket for your convenience. The cadet’s task is to learn the art of using argubots, special robots that allow users to appeal to authority, cite consequences, and offer observations in the course of making an argument. Round 1 voting ends 3/19/2016 at 5pm Pacific.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2016

AHM Teaching Assistant Bianca Gonzales assists students in recording a message on their bb8 robot. Middle school students in Wendy Thompson’s class have a lot of experience programming the BB-8 robot from Sphero. The BB-8 robot has an adaptive personality that changes as you play with it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Then they are told: Build a robot that draws. If they have a question, the facilitator—they aren’t called teachers here—will say, ‘Did you Google it?’” “We’re really trying to make the students leaders, to make them feel like they have experiences that they can legitimately list on a résumé before they even graduate high school.”

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

A photo posted by GA Department of Education (@georgiadeptofed) on Jan 18, 2016 at 4:39am PST. I filled out the quick application, and within a few weeks, I was notified that I was selected for the week of January 18-22, 2016. A photo posted by GA Department of Education (@georgiadeptofed) on Jan 18, 2016 at 5:49am PST.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 29, 2016

The second annual Student Technology Conference, a free one-day online event bringing together students, educators and innovators from around the world, is tomorrow, Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm US-EST. Some schools focus on computer programming classes while others encourage technology clubs such as Robotics.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 2, 2019

I found myself frantically googling gifted options in California public schools, and learned that philosophies differ about how and when to test kids. He doesn’t give up as easily now when faced with a challenge, whether it’s a difficult word he hasn’t read aloud before or a new robotics building set. He would not “pre-qualify.”

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ASIDE

MAY 10, 2016

Source: ASIDE 2016 Born digitals deftly use technology; for them, it just is. They conduct a Google image search to connect to a LinkedIn profile. We would argue that today's heightened interest in robotics is not in using the technology to program, but instead in actually watching the robots come alive. Internet down?

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year. Tynker works with big tech companies too—Apple designed two of the free courses on its platform, and Google Classroom integrates with Tynker. Pastry Chef.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

Those hats were represented in the panel of judges at this week’s SXSW EDU Launch Competition , which included Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance; Vince Chan, co-founder at Creta Ventures; Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google for Education; and your correspondent.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

1 we have a coding class in our 6th grade rotation and all students participate in the #hourofcode #mdusdchat — Kevin Honey (@mrkhoney) May 11, 2016 Coding Unwrapped: Coding is fun, but that doesn’t mean it should be relegated to one hour a year in school. Robots are cool. Fun can be leveraged and channeled. Drones are awesome.

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Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

1 we have a coding class in our 6th grade rotation and all students participate in the #hourofcode #mdusdchat — Kevin Honey (@mrkhoney) May 11, 2016 Coding Unwrapped: Coding is fun, but that doesn’t mean it should be relegated to one hour a year in school. Robots are cool. Fun can be leveraged and channeled. Drones are awesome.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2017

Google’s Chrome OS is spreading throughout U.S. K-12 education in the first quarter of 2017, and iOS claimed 73 percent of the mobile market–up from 70 percent in 2016. K-12 education in the first quarter of 2017, and iOS claimed 73 percent of the mobile market–up from 70 percent in 2016. The Kahoot!

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2016

CUE , a nonprofit professional development organization for education technology, chose Touchjet , the first company to create a touch projector with a standalone Android operating system and a recent finalist of the 2016 Edison Awards for innovation, to help bring interactive technology to classrooms around the U.S.

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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. That’s part of the Validate piece of my P.R.O.V.E.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 26, 2016

If the question is Google-able then it probably is not deep inquiry. Now, using advanced Google skills to find answers that create more questions fits the bill for common core skills. DQ/IQ: How can robots provide automation and use computer programs and code to deliver a given task? DQ/IQ: Can we program a robot to …. ?

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

At about half the price of Mindstorms Kits , you can build and code interactive, motorized robots, models and creations with distance, color and tilt sensor technologies with this new kit. Thin and lightweight, built in pen, millions of apps on the Google Play Store, 360 degree rotating screen, this 2.38 dJhNt7 > Google Play: goo.gl/szHMnb

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

Google Science Fair – The Google Science Fair challenges students aged 13-18 to carry out a scientific investigation on a real-world problem or issue that interests them. First Robotics – This involves teams of professional and high school students to solve engineering problems. Check out my Booking Page.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. Fortunately, we’ve found that participation in robotics competitions can boost confidence.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Just beneath the surface, however, Burlington has become home over the last few years to an invisible economy of people who work remotely for the world’s biggest technology businesses, including Apple, Google, Twitter and IBM, hundreds and even thousands of miles from these companies’ chic and sprawling headquarters.

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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. This is why we want students innovating right now: Not every student will create the next Google or Pixar or Lyft. It was about putting in your time so that you could make it in the world. Who will be dreaming up new possibilities?

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Adam Welcome

MARCH 21, 2017

In July 2016, I've moved to the district office level and no longer work at a school as a principal. Running towards me they all start talking super fast asking how I was, telling me about the robots they've been coding in class and it's been so much fun! Set up a Google Voice number. How many teachers do you know by name?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Two weeks before testing day, after weeks of struggling robotically through course content, we ditch the projects and texts we are working on to focus solely on test practice, fueled by Powerpoints featuring sample test questions from prior years. My students were writing one essay a week, and I was collecting them in a Google Drive folder.

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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). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Maker Camp – Here is an opportunity for students to join other young inventors and artists from around the world on Google+ to make awesome projects, go on epic virtual “field trips,” and meet the world’s coolest Makers. Sphero – Not only is this robotic ball a lot of fun, be sure to check out the included SPK Lab.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 27, 2017

Today’s learners can find out what a professor at MIT thinks about the future of robots…and we have to be ok that his/her answer if most likely much better than ours ever would be. Their learning mentor could be Google, Siri, YouTube, Udemy , Quora etc. Let your students work hard and have fun in their learning experiences.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. In addition, NSNO started a personalized learning fellowship in the 2016-17 school year, giving teachers $2,000 apiece to start pilots in their own classrooms. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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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.”. It’s enough to justify Google expanding the program.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is the author of the 2016 book Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids. Zichermann calls this, “a robot sitting on your shoulder — the angel of your good intention.” When I ask him about the term “addiction” he doesn’t miss a beat.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Teenagers come to the lab to develop their own projects under the tutelage of Google employees and Code Next’s academic coaches.

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