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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

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Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. Microsoft Invests in American Agriculture. To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

" Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Let Robots Teach American Schoolkids | Bloomberg → This is not a work of satire. The publisher is working to integrate OpenStax Tutor Beta with major learning management systems, a feature slated to go live in fall 2018. Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Schools’ information up for sale on darknet?

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Need To Know: AI and Machine Learning

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In truth, the term AI has (arguably) gained more notoriety for storylines of killer robots (and the occasional Wall-e) hell-bent on destroying mankind than for its practical use and business benefits. In essence, AI is something that can be packaged up and purchased on a monthly basis, like your broadband or phone.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. In October 2018, 40.7 Reported percentages for quarters in 2018 appear to be similar. This Chrome OS share, of course, has made Microsoft angry. Though EducationSuperhighway estimated last October that 40.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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SXSWEDU pic.twitter.com/kyy2r7bTud — Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVosED) March 6, 2018. “To get rural kids online, Microsoft wants to put Internet access on school buses ,” The Washington Post reports. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. From The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ The 2018 Trends Report.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. link] — Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) April 18, 2018. Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire.

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” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What Trump’s Proposed 2018 Budget Would Mean for Higher Ed.” ” Via Edweek’s Market Brief : “ Trump’s Budget for Fiscal 2018: Cuts for Ed., “Tracking Google and Microsoft Adoption in Higher Ed” by Jim Siegl.