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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. KOOV is an educational robotics and coding kit for ages eight and up, made up of blocks, sensors, actuators, and a companion app.

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

Edsurge

Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. The central stage featured a projector screen the size of several blackboards, a live band and a variety of furniture for interviews. All of it, he said, will have an impact on the world of education. Dr. Michio Kaku.

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Wednesday (Early) + Survey - What Should Students Learn in the 21st Century?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Robotics, Biotech) and describe their impact on jobs and society. Date : Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 Time : 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Creativity and innovation in particular will be explored and contrast man vs machine.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

Among the choices educators make are what instructional technique to use, when and how to give feedback, and when and how to test student knowledge. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. For students, this is a discouraging engagement, Lepper says.

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The Teaching Machine Imaginary (And an Update on the Book)

Hack Education

“When you say ‘teaching machines from the 1960s’,” one person recently told me, “I picture the robot teacher in The Jetsons.” In “Elroy’s Mob,” a scene at the Little Dipper School opens with Elroy talking through a math problem written on the blackboard.

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Britt: In my classes, I’m using strictly a Blackboard LMS and I’m using Twitter, which I felt was a less onerous use of social media for classroom conversations. We’ve got to do a better job as educators understanding our own privacy by helping our students understand how to set up THEIR privacy. P is for Privacy. The R is for Respect.

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Thursday - Jamie McMillin on Lessons from Legendary Learners

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You will discover how to: unleash your child''s unique creative genius and power; cultivate passion and determination; allow your child to direct his or her own education; create an authentic atmosphere of learning; and live the habits of success." Find out how to duplicate it in Jamie McMillin''s excellent book! How to choose?