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

eSchool News

estimates there will be 50 million new technology jobs created by 2030 as automation transforms the workforce. While artificial intelligence and robotics will change or eliminate many jobs, McKinsey says, these advancements will also create many new high-paying opportunities for computer scientists, engineers, and IT administrators.

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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enriches the classroom learning experience by overlaying digital content onto real-world content, simply using devices that already exist in most classrooms, like tablets and smartphones. So, I started digging deeper into using technology [itself] as a manipulative.

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How Much Artificial Intelligence Should There Be in the Classroom?

Edsurge

We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. And if the answer is yes, what’s the right mix of human and machine in the classroom? in AI technology by the year 2030, so there is almost a Sputnik-like push for the tech going on right now in China. But should we?

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Can Creativity Be Taught?

Digital Promise

The report notes that by 2020 rapid technological change will make more than a third of the skills considered important in today’s workforce obsolete. The biggest difference that I see with students is creativity,” says Kara Noah, an Instructional Technology Specialist in the Irving, Texas Independent School District. “In she exclaims.

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

The Hechinger Report

Jobs in information technology are growing quickly and employers are trying to find ways to get kids excited about careers in the field. 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.

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Digital K-12 Classroom Online Summit | Feb 21-23, 2020

EdTechnocation.com

for February 21-23, 2020 for the Collaboration in the Digital K-12 Classroom online summit ! As an as online summit you can get access to the best global practices from your home, office or classroom. You won't want to miss these pre-recorded sessions from more than 50 presenters (I'm a Keynote!) from all over the world ?? !

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

The advances in technology that are going to drive where the world goes in the next 50 years are going to come from other countries, because they have the intellectual capital and we don’t,” said Jim Stigler, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the process of teaching and learning subjects including math.

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