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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. We work with robotics, because robotics are tools that allow them to learn coding and to learn abstract logic and thinking while not sitting in front of a computer screen. So robots have motors, they have sensors, they can move around. Each block represents a command for the robot.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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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. K-12 market.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Speaking of child exploitation, this via The Financial Times : “ Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” “Personalization.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. Via The New York Times : “ Apple Investors Warn iPhones and Other Technology May Be Hurting Children.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Billion in 2017.” Perfect, really.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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link] pic.twitter.com/XT9iGmcrJs — Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) September 13, 2017. ” Among the new features: facial recognition to unlock the new iPhone. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” Horrible message. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week.” ” Because I can’t tell you how many times I have needed to prove I have a college degree but I didn’t have a digital copy of my diploma on my iPhone. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. (National) Education Politics.