eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Through coding, kids can increase their computational and innovative thinking, expand their creativity and collaboration, learn how to think outside the box, and have more confidence in themselves. She also has students play a partner game where one person is a programmer and one is a robot.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

It’s no small feat making Forbes “30 Under 30” roundup, which in 2017 boasts an acceptance rate of less than 4 percent. Evin Robinson and Jessica Santana, cofounders of New York on Tech , were also recognized for the work they do to make pathways in technology for underrepresented youth. Jeff Sorensen (27), founder of optiMize.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Another thing I learned is even though the course focused on grades six through 12; I work with information technology for kindergarten through 12th grade. As a result, I was able to find some excellent research on not only programming (Ricketts) but the use of robotics (Elkin). Technology. Education Technology.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. There is no one-size-fits-all with technology. They work on any project they want, such as robotics. jena.passut_7651.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Students from historically marginalized backgrounds are more likely than their advantaged peers to be treated as passive users of technology. The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Teachers there give students many options for how to use different technologies.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

This post is about a pair of brothers and their inspiration approach to educating the world in the realm of robotics using a low-cost way that “up-cycles” existing everyday materials to build their creations. Learn Coding, Robot Maintenance with Cozmo ] Here’s where you come in. Did I mention these are students?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Throughout the conference sessions, there were no shortages of ideas on how to address those issues. Foreshadowing a future full of big data, he called for educators to change their current practices if they want their students to be prepared for a world filled with AI robots.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In this second post, I would like to build the idea of the Building Block I call Blended with Technology. It may just provide a whole new look at what educational technology really is and why it is important to PBL and Deeper Learning. I am taking dates for 2018 with 2017 just about full… Mike Gorman ( [link] / ).

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

However, the newest level of AI comes with some advances that should give us pause, especially when we consider our most vulnerable users being exposed to this technology, our students. – Elon Musk, 2017 This week’s episode begins with a clip from an interview with Elon Musk in 2017, where he shares his thoughts on the future of AI.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

In my previous post I explored the subtle, yet significant, difference between brute force computing and ANN (Artificial Neural Networks), and how that distinction is slowly producing what one would call “true” AI products in the classroom. Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Steve Jobs said in his final Apple keynote introducing the iPad 2, “It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”. Arts in Every Subject: How to Make It Happen. Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Once click and you have everything you need for the year!

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

A GIANT FIGHTING ROBOT SPORTS LEAGUE might sound like a Michael Bay movie, but at Maker Faire, we learned transformers could be tomorrow’s ESPN hit. We teach people how to use these tools so they can go off and do their own projects,” said Nate Chandler, who teaches electrical engineering at the Crucible. FIRE EATERS?

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve come along way since then, moving from traditional library programming into the 21st century, with coding and robotics to match. Robots in the library. Students creating robot art Along with my new online curriculum, I also wanted to give the students real world opportunities to use their coding skills.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J. In 2017, Greenville County Schools awarded 601 industry certifications to students. It was engineering week at A.J.

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techlearning

APRIL 16, 2018

launch of Be a Maker, a new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Using a technology based on the open-source Scratch programming language, children can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

He was named one of ten 2017 Computer Science Association Awards for Teaching Excellence. Calculating those X and Y coordinates — which really kids of most ages can do — and then realizing that they can make the physical robot go here or there based upon their program. That’s what these robots are. Steven: Exactly.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s hot in education technology? In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Will investing in flashy new education technology better prepare your students for success in higher education and their future careers? By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller. The truth is, it can be a hard balance to strike.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 18, 2018

The grants aren't available to us and that was where I was as the Technology Coordinator in our lower school. Until this parent shared not only his vision but created funding opportunities, I just dreamed about integrating coding, robotics, circuitry, etc into our curriculum- the funding just wasn't there.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

“Investors, particularly in China, are looking across the Pacific to check out innovative tools and models that they haven’t explored or implemented back home,” observes Victor Hu, Global Head of Education Technology and Services at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division. Last year, at least 10 U.S.-based Funding Deals for U.S.

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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. In my experience, test preparation is similar to bootcamp. Something didn’t add up.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. As Director at Edufuturists, he is committed to shaping the future of education through technology and innovation. Just how much that technology had progressed. Dan holds an M.A. million downloads across the globe. There was email.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Intelitek STEM and CTE Education Foundation (ISCEF) is partnering with Girls Who Code , a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. the COO of Girls Who Code.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Unfortunately, high-speed Internet wasn’t available at Garrison School until 2017. Learn how solving a once insurmountable challenge created incredible learning opportunities for students. Prior to the 2017-2018 school year, the school received a fixed amount of Internet access every month. The challenge. Crow remembered.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

For our beginning of the year passion projects, some students chose to teach others about our robotic filming Swivl tool and app. This year my ninth and 10th graders are working with students from other schools in MAD about Mattering 2017. Here, one of my students is working with his custom built Arduino robot. But they choose!

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 16, 2019

Help your students think like a robot? Learning how to think computationally allows users to get the most of their tools. I hear teachers say all the time, "I love the things I find on Pinterest and see teachers doing on Twitter but I can't figure out how to do the 'fun stuff' and still teach my curriculum too.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 8, 2017

CS for All: Teaching CS in Elementary Schools SXSWedu 2017 Workshop As the Computer Science for All initiative jump starts around the world, more students in grades 6-12 have the opportunity to take computer science courses. Ex: How to make a PB & J sandwich.) Program Robot Mouse to navigate a map of your community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

This Show is From the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Vault Andrew Stadel’s show aired in 2017 and was the top show of 2017 how to help kids really learn. The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter. What really helps kids learn?

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2020

Schools around the world use pi-top to teach core STEAM skills in coding, robotics and AI. Detailed lesson plans on the fundamentals of 3D printing and how to 3D print the Maker Mask can be found on Further , pi-top’s online learning space. Teaming with Maker Mask , pi-top has released a video content series that teaches 3D printing.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. Acuitus’s earliest client was the U.S.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. Our thought was to use the robot to create recycling videos for our school. It was amazing how swiftly my students learned the basics of coding.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

One of Meg Ormiston’s biggest frustrations with education today is how long everything takes to roll out. Pilots drag on for years, technology changes and teachers start to lose enthusiasm. This is a flip of how a lot of people are approaching technology,” explains Ormiston of her project.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 18, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” DQ/IQ: Can we program a robot to ….? Mike Gorman ( [link] / ). Quick Notes.

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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. It has inspired LAB’s leaders to add new components to the curriculum.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

It adds some 11,000 books every week, and fielded a million reference requests in 2017. The project focused on how to handle what Kirschenbaum called “the digital detritus of contemporary authorship”—hard drives and word-processing files, for instance—and included the Salman Rushdie archive at Emory University as one of its case studies.

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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 boring; it’s bumpy,” Bui says: “Traffic happens.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 6, 2018

We were chosen for many reasons including the fact that we were a bunch of teachers who often embraced change, worked well together, and worked with a population that would be both excited and mature enough to handle the new technology. With student engagement and voice on the rise, I caught the technology bug and dove deeper.

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