Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Can a robot be whimsical? The last example I will share goes to the heart of instruction. The generation of the text took longer than the other two examples -- maybe an entire ten seconds -- but once again, I could not stump the bot. For the entire text of this example lesson plan, click here to view as a Google Doc.).

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Education Robotics Assessment Examples 101

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. I’ve used Horizon as an example of the Delphi forecasting method in my scholarship and workshops about futures work. Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics.

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. I’ve used Horizon as an example of the Delphi forecasting method in my scholarship and workshops about futures work. Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

So here’s an early contender for “Worst Education ‘Take’ of 2018’” by Gary Wolfram in Education Week : “ Make Public Education a Market Economy – Not a Socialist One.” It’s another great example of why people who call for “ Uber for Education ” are probably pretty shady.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 million total. K–12 Curriculum.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. “The Future of AI, Data, and Education,” says Udacity , as it announces a new advisory board… You have got to be f **g kidding me pic.twitter.com/cPiW548WHR — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) February 21, 2018. The advisory board itself remains unchanged.

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