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Assistive Technology with MakeyMakey

Cycles of Learning

In addition to my vocation as a High School Science teacher, this summer I spent three weeks facilitating science camps for elementary age students. Tom was inspired by MakeyMakey's potential as an assistive technology tool to help empower students with Physical Disabilities. See the below video to learn more about Tom's work.

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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

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3 Wearable Technology —Wearable technology is an up-and-coming trend in edtech. Wearable technology covers a wide range of items—from assistive technology for students with disabilities to devices to encourage motivation and participation. 6 RoboticsRobots will likely continue trending in the K–12 environment.

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Libraries Ready to Code Beta Collection Release

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A high school librarian collaborating with a local music mentorship program to teach youth in special education classes how to code music with assistive technology. Public librarians in a rural community teaching coding languages to help youth engineer and operate a FarmBot robotic gardener.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

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Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Howard was a senior robotics researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Small district: Dr. L. Developer: Dr. Ayanna Howard, CTO, Zyrobotics. She received her B.S.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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GRADECAM ENHANCED ANSWER FORMAT ( www.GradeCam.com ) GradeCam introduced a futuristic new answer format powered by Aita – their proprietary Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistant technology – that can read and score handwritten letters and words up to twenty characters in length.

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