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The Education of an Android Teacher

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When you meet an android, it’s important to follow etiquette. I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. 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. Facial recognition technology , which would allow schools and law enforcement to quickly identify who is entering their schools and when could give school districts a powerful means to make schools even safer. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:47.

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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

The new service allows users to build instant mobile social networks, called "cells" using text messages, QR Codes, email, web or the new Android App. The company also announced today availability of the Celly Android App for free download on Google Play. “We This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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4 ways to support the growing role robotics will have in society

eSchool News

This represents a huge opportunity for education technology companies. The skills children learn through robotics could certainly lead to career opportunities later, but that’s not the only reason to embrace the ABCs of androids. Grow with students. What if a robot (or set of robots) could advance as a student does?

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Do Tech Companies Need To Step Up Their Accessibility Game?

The Innovative Educator

Source: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics Technology was not designed by or for those with disabilities. The law ( 29 U.S.C § 794 (d) ) applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology.

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How Tech Companies Woo Higher Ed (and What They Seek in Return)

Edsurge

But Christmas came early for some higher-ed institutions in the form of freebies and discounts from big technology companies. But these efforts are part of a longer-term strategy for these companies to train future workers in their technology. Amazon gave Echo Dots. Charitable?

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Free Range Teaching and the Technology Teachers ‘Beg For’

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When Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS) refurbished a block of classrooms recently, it installed wireless screen mirroring technology in every room. Likewise, with screen mirroring technology, we teachers are no longer locked physically.” with screen mirroring technology, we teachers are no longer locked physically.