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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

In the tournament, middle school teams compete in 14 events, including Lego robotics, video production and the 3D Derby, where participants use a 3D printer to design and produce cars, and then race them. Start small with a robotics competition or a club,” he says.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

Shaper , the human-involved robotics company focused on making precision woodworking easy and accessible, showcased Shaper Origin , the easy-to-use handheld CNC router for educators. Smartpads pair with any paper and can project onto a PC or mobile device in real-time. As a managed service, it’s no extra work for IT.

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Here Are the 10 Michelson Runway Startups Vying For Future Funders

Edsurge

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. The former Wall Street banker has tried sales at Ticketmaster, marketing at Adobe, and even entertained the idea of television as a contestant on Fear Factor. based startup is raising $300,000 by July 2018.

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CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

EdTechTeam

At about half the price of Mindstorms Kits , you can build and code interactive, motorized robots, models and creations with distance, color and tilt sensor technologies with this new kit. Even better, you can program it with your mobile devices. This device turns into a printer for your mobile phone via the mobile app.

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Five-year olds and laser cutters—perfect together? Welcome to the first early childhood fab lab

The Hechinger Report

Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? As a stopgap, the Discovery Museum Fab Lab uses a touch-screen version of Adobe Illustrator, which has both free-drawing and shape tools. Eisenmann has talked with developers at Adobe, headquartered in nearby San Jose, about creating a more kid-friendly version of Illustrator.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries. The Verizon Mobile Learning Academy (VMLA) is a free, facilitated, online professional learning course for educators focusing on developing mobile learning at the school or district level. More information.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

techlearning

The first step in moving from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered approach was digital conversion and building a 1:1 system so that every student has access to a mobile device 24/7. Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. iMac lab with Adobe Creative Suite ? Google Apps for Education ?