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3 things to consider when introducing a K-12 coding or robotics program

eSchool News

K-12 teachers and administrators have been listening to policy makers and industry leaders warn of the need for computer science instruction in U.S. estimates there will be 50 million new technology jobs created by 2030 as automation transforms the workforce. Related content: 11 educators share how they bring coding into the classroom.

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How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

The Hechinger Report

We’ve all heard the dire predictions about the coming robot apocalypse. As many as 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs by 2030. He’s also seen just how fast changes are happening in his own industry, information technology. Automation threatens 47 percent of jobs.

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

production of semiconductors, Deloitte reports a projected shortage in that industry, too, of from 70,000 to 90,000 workers over the next few years. In Massachusetts, which is particularly dependent on technology industries, employers are anticipating a shortage over the next five years of 11,000 workers in the life sciences alone.

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Look Here: Predicting 2020 Requires 20/20 Vision

EdNews Daily

Families are just saying “No” to the public classroom experience and instead are opting for homeschooling, charter and magnet schools, virtual schools or a blending of multiple options. It’s the 800-pound gorilla in the classroom. It’s a cultural wave and that wave has already happened in other industries with its own drivers.

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How China is Trying to Outpace the World in AI

Evelyn Learning

Artificial Intelligence in Education The Ed-Tech industry has agreed with artificial intelligence amiably. Now, technology is the new power weapon in this new era of computers and robots. The Chinese have also been experimenting with various tech-based products in classrooms, like the brain wave tracker, which tracks distractions.

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3 key parts of a K-12 coding or robotics program

eSchool News

K-12 teachers and administrators have been listening to policy makers and industry leaders warn of the need for computer science instruction, such as a coding or robotics program, in U.S. estimates there will be 50 million new technology jobs created by 2030 as automation transforms the workforce. schools for years.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

Like, how would you argue against “collaborative learning” as occurring – now or some day – in classrooms? “Over the next 10 years,” he wrote, “I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.”

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