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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

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million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills which include coding. Grasshopper is free on Android and iOS and is also available through the Web. There are many options out there to choose from, and during the Hour of Code, students from more than 180 countries participate in the available activities.

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4 ways to support the growing role robotics will have in society

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The industry forecast calls for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 26 percent , which would mean a value of $210 billion by 2025. The skills children learn through robotics could certainly lead to career opportunities later, but that’s not the only reason to embrace the ABCs of androids. And this is just the beginning.

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

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billion by 2025, while the education sector will attract 15 million users. Cardboard is simply an inexpensive pair of VR goggles made from a cardboard cutout, magnets, and an Android phone. Today, as a consequence of some deep thinking by people at Tesla (electric cars) and Oculus Rift these technologies are again finding traction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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billion by 2025. The following year, Negroponte boasted that “within two weeks, [children] were singing ABC songs in the village, and within five months, they had hacked Android.” Interactive Whiteboards. According to some team of industry analyst hustlers, the interactive whiteboard market is poised to hit $2.36 billion by 2023. (He

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