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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

Edsurge

In a rare demo of its abilities, Robyi’s founder and CEO, Elnaz Sarraf, listens to the robot name colors, animals and their accompanying noises while displaying pictures on its torso. The company has also participated in several education technology accelerator programs, including xEdu in Finland and Edstart by Amazon Web Services.

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MSET Conference, Colbert, Crabs, & QR Codes

The Daring Librarian

I''m so honoured & excited to have been asked to be a featured speaker at this my "hometown" ISTE affiliate technology conference - this will be my 14th consecutive appearance - as MSET (formerly MICCA) was where I got my start speaking about my passion for educational and being an agent of change. Don''t miss it! Don''t miss it! "

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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

The Hechinger Report

These things “just reminded me of what I already knew about the politics of education and the lack of resources in low-income communities when it comes to schools,” said Ben, now 22 and about to graduate and go back to Chicago to teach while pursuing a master’s degree. The answer?

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AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort

Edsurge

During the demo, Kwan told the audience that teachers can assess students on language and literacy, math and social emotional development. It wants to create a movement of “equity designers” through youth programs, leadership development and educational advocacy tools.

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Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

The Hechinger Report

In front of the iconic Old Manse, the oldest building in Arkansas constructed solely for the purpose of educating black students, there’s a plaque recounting the rich and poignant history of Arkansas Baptist College. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Photo: Jon Marcus for The Hechinger Report.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. Advantages School International provides quality education to students around the globe.

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AI, Instructional Design, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. I’ve written previously about the difference between informational resources and educational resources.

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