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The Education of an Android Teacher

Edsurge

When you meet an android, it’s important to follow etiquette. I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. This makes it difficult to discern whether the android is a sci-fi character come to life or mere parlor trick. Educating an android happens one conversation at a time. Are you having a good day?”

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Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security

EdTech Magazine

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security. Last month, RealNetworks , the streaming media company that garnered attention in the ‘90s and early 2000s for developing the first audio streaming solution , announced it would offer its facial recognition software, SAFR , for free to over 100,000 school districts.

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Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Preschool is a major market in the world of apps, with more than half of apps on the Apple and Android platforms geared toward kids 5 and under. Those are the findings of a report recently released by researchers at the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine.

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Do Tech Companies Need To Step Up Their Accessibility Game?

The Innovative Educator

Their site says: When you Tweet photos using the Twitter app for iOS or Android, or on twitter.com, you have the option to compose a description of the images so the content is accessible to people who are visually impaired. Let's take a look by looking at social media examples.

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Try SplashLearn for Summer Learning and Fall Success

The CoolCatTeacher

The advantages of this approach include: SplashLearn is multi-platform and works on iOS, Android, and Desktop and also allows students to swap between platforms while tracking performance. In-depth reports help parents know how their child is performing. Parents have a dashboard to track progress.

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Noodle Companies Adds $5 Million Series A to Streamline K-20 Education Markets

Edsurge

Leading one education company is stressful enough for most people. That’s the challenge that John Katzman, one of the most recognized names in the business, has embarked on with The Noodle Companies. As founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, he’ll decide how to allocate the funds. But try doing four—simultaneously.

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Galaxy Next Generation’s G2 Visual Alerts Wins New Product Award from Spaces4Learning

eSchool News

OTCQB:GAXY) (“Galaxy” or the “Company”), a technology provider enabling seamless environments for school communities, is thrilled to announce that G2 Visual Alerts won a K–12 2021 New Product Award from Spaces4Learning. who primarily sell the Company’s products within the commercial and educational market.

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