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Ozobot Classroom - STEAM learning management system coming this Fall

Educational Technology Guy

Ozobot , makers of robots that empower coding and STEAM education for grades K–12, recently unveiled its new Ozobot Classroom learning management system. Once students have started interacting with their robots, Ozobot Classroom will then provide lesson recommendations and build a curriculum based on the individualized student data.

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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

Edsurge

In one study , students were not told which of their teaching assistants were humans and which were robots—and findings suggested students struggled to differentiate the two. (I But students need to know, from the beginning, that this personal assistant is a robot and that their instructor is a human.

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School’s Out, Cities Are in with Expanded Cities of Learning Initiative

Educator Innovator

But kids and teens might not know about them, have access to them, or receive recognition for their efforts. Young people can take self-directed journeys through any number of participating organizations, completing activities and receiving digital badges to recognize their achievements. Thanks to support from the John D.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Final Day!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC! If the conference site should experience any difficulties, a back-up site with session calendars and links is at [link].

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. There’s some more research on badges and alternative credentials in the research section below. ” “U.S. Go, School Sports Team!

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