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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

Edsurge

The two-legged, pill-shaped robot—upper half green, lower half white and small enough to stand on one’s palm—starts its lesson with a greeting. Designed for children ages 3 to 7, the robot, Roybi, aims to teach kids at home a range of early-childhood developmental skills. Roybi the robot. Hello my friend. The black cat meows.

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Cat Ears and Robot Friends: What Japan’s Educational Future Could Include

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The 2016 academic year in Japan saw more than 320,000 such cases—more than any year on record for the country, according to The Japan Times. Robots don’t generally elicit warm, friendly emotions. And Ory Lab’s robots are operated by a human—not pre-programmed commands.

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How can we close the digital divide?

The Hechinger Report

“We want to create a sense of urgency to continue to close those gaps,” said Roberto Rodriguez, assistant secretary in the Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017).

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

Hack Education

And I think what we can see in this example is the ways in which pre-digital policies and practices get "hard-coded" into new technologies. " (Sidenote: in 2016, Alabama state congressperson Mike Hubbard was found guilty of 12 counts of felony ethics violations, including receiving money from Edgenuity.

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Facial Recognition Technology Has No Place in Schools

Doug Levin

More context:: The Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Center has been at the forefront of research into privacy and surveillance law and policy, with a particular focus on the dangerous and unchecked growth of facial recognition applications.

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The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2016

Shake Up Learning

The post The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2016 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The 2016 Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide has a little something for every educator on your list, and this list includes practical and affordable options as well as more expensive dream items. Wonder Workshop Dot Robotics Kit. © Shake Up Learning 2016.

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Google, DonorsChoose Partner to Fund Culturally Responsive Classroom Materials

Edsurge

That upward trend has continued: Since 2016, such requests have increased 117 percent. New York City Public Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza; the Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators; the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution; and the Council of Chief State School Officers. classrooms.

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