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STEM Helps Students Launch into the Future

EdTech Magazine

School has always been a place to train students for their eventual adult lives. Now, more than ever, that training mission is ­evolving and seems akin to rocketing them into space rather than keeping their feet grounded. . It’s a culmination of robotics and programming being taught at every grade level. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker. Jamie would tell me about different tech products that could support what I was teaching.

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How China is Trying to Outpace the World in AI

Evelyn Learning

Now, technology is the new power weapon in this new era of computers and robots. We have been reading about how China has set up vocational training schools that use AI to capture students’ behavior and teachers’ teaching styles. Earlier it was only muscle power with higher investments in manpower, arms, and ammunition.

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

EdTechnocation.com

A special bonus from the sponsor: the free e-Book "EdTech at School" will also be included. ** Early Bird All-Access Pass | Sales ends February 1, 2020 ** Get it for €39.90 (Euro) / $44.40 REGISTER HERE Only 1000 tickets available! All-Access Pass ( Post-Event ) | Sale starts on February 21, 2020 Get it for €79.90 (Euro) / $88.91

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Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Edsurge

There’s been a lot of great edtech serving the knowledge worker, such as tools like Pluralsight. The company dates back to 2010, when it developed computer-based training simulations and courses for vocational programs serving the energy industry. But there’s a vacuum in the digital marketplace for skills for hands-on workers.”

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How Do You Prepare Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet? Karen Cator Has Some Ideas.

Edsurge

There is a lot of talk these days about robots replacing humans in the workforce, but those conversations remain largely abstract. How can they train for jobs that don’t even exist yet? Of all the issues and trends in edtech these days, she says automation is one of the most pressing—and one that all educators should be thinking about.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. As The Financial Times puts it , “EdTech fails to pay, again.”