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"The Internet Will Be Everywhere and Nowhere"—Dr. Michio Kaku's ISTE 2016 Keynote

Edsurge

In his opening keynote at the ISTE 2016 conference, noted physicist Dr. Michio Kaku showed educators the forest that he and others believe will encircle the classroom of the future. Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. Specifically, he called out the medical industry as a hot sector for future careers. Dr. Michio Kaku.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 7th Annual Global Education Conference (GEC) Starts Sunday! The Global Education Conference Network's seventh annual global collaboration "extravaganza" will take place around the clock starting this Sunday, November 13, and continuing through Wednesday, November 16. Truly, the volunteer moderators are the HEART of the conference.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

.” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). I mean, one of its founders celebrated.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Atlantic : “The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry.” “ Is Blackboard dying? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. “Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016 ” by Edsurge (which mislabels ISTE as the biggest ed-tech conference in the world). ” “U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Inc lists “5 Entrepreneurs That Are Shaking Up Education” and includes the CEO of Blackboard. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. From the Raspberry Pi blog : “IoT Sleepbuddy, the robotic babysitter.” Never change. “A Tech Bubble Killed Computer Science Once, Can It Do So Again?”