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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. She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” This makes it difficult to discern whether the android is a sci-fi character come to life or mere parlor trick.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

CoderZ is a cloud-based option where students can code 3D robots. Some of the courses available are broken into age groups and include options such as CoderZ Adventure for ages 6 through 10, Robotics 101 which is a self-paced program for students ages 11 through 14, and Python gym for students ages 15 and older.

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The Robots Have Arrived on Campus. They Come Bearing Food.

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Robots are taking over college campuses. Not as android professors or virtual students, but as automated food delivery devices. The University of California at Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles were two of the earliest colleges to welcome the food delivery robots, called the KiwiBot. It took a little while.

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Wonder Workshop’s Amazing Dash

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. That, by the way, is one of my favorite parts of this fun little robot.

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Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool

EdTech Magazine

Sergio Flores, the school’s competitive engineering coach, signed up his school and joined five other schools in the area to compete in this 2018 event sponsored by Bell Helicopter, an aircraft manufacturer whose headquarters are in Fort Worth. It was up to the team to figure out the best design for each of the competition’s events. .

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7 Popular Science Museums

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There is a section for stories covering major space and aviation events such as ‘Apollo 11: the Moon Landing’ story, the story of ‘Wright Brothers’ , the story of ‘Bessie Coleman’, and more. To learn more about the museum, you may want to check its website. Visit the museum's website.

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Roombas, Refrigerators and Other Unexpected Tech That Teachers Actually Ask For

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It turns out the disc-shaped vacuum cleaner, which uses sensors to autonomously zip around homes is also a great tool to teach students about robotics and empathy. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. He knew there was a disconnect for his 4-year-old students between what robots do in cartoons and in the real world.

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