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

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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 industry forecast calls for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 26 percent , which would mean a value of $210 billion by 2025.

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How Can I bring Robotics Into My Curriculum? Programming Robots with SPRK Lightning Lab #AskTheTechCoach

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Subscribe via RSS Subscribe on Android Follow @TeacherCast. Lightning Lab will make it even easier to use the SPRK robot in the classroom because students can access te instructions and starter code inside of the app. Sphero makes app-enabled, teachable robots. To get started users download the mobile app to program their robot.

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Companies Partner to Launch “Be a Maker”Programming Companion App

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launch of Be a Maker, a new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Using a technology based on the open-source Scratch programming language, children can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform. today announced the U.S.

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The 2018 EdSurde Annual Special: Surgecoin, EduWands and Other News Not Fit for Print

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CONTROL+ALT+DELETE: In the biggest blockbuster deal that the industry has seen since Prussia was on the map, ControlSchool merged with AltSchool and DeleteSchool. Students are virtually beamed onboard a cruise via a robot, which has a screen and camera to give students at home a sense that they are roaming around the ship.

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Gaming's Not Just for Kids: What Educators Need to Know About Esports

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The world is starting to acknowledge that competitive gaming is a multifaceted industry. Esports could be just as much a valuable gateway into technology related jobs as teaching programming, robotics, graphic design and web design. Hearthstone is available for PC as well as iOS and Android.

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Epson Now Shipping PowerLite L-Series Laser Projectors

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To support BYOD classrooms, the projectors provide enhanced wireless display technology, allowing teachers to connect the projector to up to 50 Chromebooks, PCs and Mac® computers, and iOS and Android devices. Educators can also simultaneously display up to four screens with the Epson iProjection ™3 wireless display solution.

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(This Is Not a Morphology of) The Monsters of Education Technology

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” (This time, of course, with an Android phone strapped to their face.). ” Robots are coming for our jobs. The robots of education technology boast of “machine learning,” then create frameworks and models for learning that they try to fit humans into in turn. ” “Whoa I know chemistry.”