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A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

The Hechinger Report

People who work in this field keep high-tech factories and warehouses running, maintain robots and work in the aerospace and defense industries. That’s much faster than the two years it often takes. I couldn’t afford to just stop and go to school for two years. There’s just no way.

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Taking Over Georgia Department of Education Instagram: A Lesson in Trust

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Here a student shows off his robot that he built and programmed for the technology fair. gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #makered #makerspace #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #robot #robotics #stem #steam #technology #coding #hourofcode #tlchat #proudtobeccsd. Post 2-5 photos per day.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

Edsurge

Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots. More than 90 percent of Code Next’s latest cohort of high school graduates advanced to higher education, the vast majority in STEM fields, according to a Code Next survey. Students polled echoed Kurani’s sentiment.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Survey finds more teachers are clicking on marketing emails. Edsurge also interviewed Goel this week.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Culturally Sensitive Robots Are Here to Care for the Elderly ,” Futurism.com claims. Remember: robots for the elderly share a direct connection to MOOCs replacing higher ed.). Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” ” by The Atlantic’s Melinda D. Via Techcrunch : “ Google launches App Maker.”