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

eSchool News

In the past decade, robotics have evolved from a sci-fi fantasy set in some distant future to an industry capable of producing present-tense toys, companions , workers and self-driving cars. The inventors (and users) of tomorrow are children sitting in preK-12 classrooms right now, who by and large are not learning about robotics.

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CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

EdTechTeam

What’s next in edtech? 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. This pedal-to-play bike is compatible with Android, iOS and Amazon Fire devices. The verdict is in.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

FRONTROW MOBILE APP ( www.gofrontrow.com ) FrontRow has released a mobile app that lets staff at schools using the Conductor paging, bells, and alerting system activate critical functions like a lockdown, evacuation warnings, all-clear, or other announcements from any Android or Apple mobile device. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. Via Quartz : “ Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled.” ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care. HopSkipDrive has raised $7.4

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Billion in Android Antitrust Case.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?” “ Robots in the classroom ? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.”