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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

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eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. When the coronavirus pandemic first struck and classes shifted online last spring, Sophia Joffe was in 11th grade. Credit: eLearn.fyi.

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How educators are using AI in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

In 2018, ISTE and General Motors launched a professional development course to train educators on how to use AI for teaching and learning. Students don’t want a robot to teach them; they might use a robot to help them, but they don’t want AI to teach them.” Learning how to use this tool isn’t going to replace instructors.

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How to program greater diversity among Mississippi’s computer science grads

The Hechinger Report

Makenzie, Mariah and Makayla are triplets who, by the age of 13, have created websites, programmed a handheld Raspberry Pi computer and given orders to a small, white robot called Sphero. In 2018, 65 female students – 12 of them African American – took the exam. Overall, 29 black students took the exam.

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Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind

The Hechinger Report

A push to close early learning gaps in Texas. Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. Students participate in a hands-on activity during summer school at Bethel Elementary School in Simpsonville, S.C. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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PebbleGo Expands Its Reach by Adding Spanish Content and Audio

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(Minneapolis, MN) June 19, 2018 — Capstone’s K–2 online resource PebbleGo today announced its release of expanded Spanish materials. PebbleGo’s database is used by students in nearly 20% of the country’s elementary schools. PebbleGo’s database is used by students in nearly 20% of the country’s elementary schools.

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4 ways forward-thinking districts are inspiring more students to code

eSchool News

Administrators build in regularly scheduled coding for students in select elementary schools, with students utilizing Code.org curriculum to enhance and deepen their critical thinking skills. The focus of the activities will involve building computer science skills and project-based learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school? ” That’s the University of Kansas.