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5 Tips for schools to harness the power of edtech in the classroom

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published on April 4th, 2019 on Education Technology. In addition to this, resources that can be adapted in different ways – for example, gamified content for those who work best getting hands-on, or audio and visual adaptations for those who learn best through listening and viewing.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

Edsurge

Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Progress and Challenges for AI in Education : Artificial intelligence has moved beyond a pitch deck buzzword, and into reality as it shapes how adaptive learning and assessment tools operate. Join us for a slice of the action! 12:30 p.m.

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How AI Will Save Education

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

In February 2019, an IBM AI supercomputer named "Project Debater" was pitted in a competition against a human national debate champion Harish Natarajan. Can a robot be whimsical? Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer? think there was a sense from the audience that there was almost really a personality there." .**

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Ed-Tech Agitprop

Hack Education

This talk was delivered at OEB 2019 in Berlin. I shared the stage that day in Iceland with a person who gave their talk on how, in the future, robots will love us -- how they will take care of us in our old age; how they will teach our classes; how they will raise our children. Or part of it was. Why do you? Why the rush to mechanize?

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and uses adaptive learning, interactive storytelling, and a personalized digital tutor to help students conquer fractions. The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. Schools can join until September 2018.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The last half of WeWork’s 2019 was an unmitigated disaster. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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