EdNews Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

The Esports activity they get to do, or the hands-on robots project that they’re going to do that they’re not going to do in homeschool. The learning will converge via algorithms into these great small group projects and the things that cause students to be there physically.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Secretary of Education), Wendy Kopp (Cofounder of Teach for All) and Marcus Noel (Founder of Heart of Man Ventures), this year’s group of 44 20-somethings are tackling everything from coding to college admission, as well as opportunity gaps in the education space.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. These out-of-the-box blended learning solutions can also help nontraditional students find their own paths.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Program a Robot. So not only is AI becoming mainstream, but we have some pretty cool robots available for our classrooms. Robotics offer a lot of learning opportunities for students at every level, and it will help them understand the basics of coding all the way to advanced programming and robotics.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

I''m a proponent of critical thinking, cooperative learning, metacognition, blended learning, flipped learning. I''m a proponent of learning. In groups-- the Socrative space race is great for this! I can also create group assessments and have the student with the device be the group leader.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

A free resource to parents and teachers, STEM Lab is an online hub that features STEM activities organized by age group for youth ages 4 to 16. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

" Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Let Robots Teach American Schoolkids | Bloomberg → This is not a work of satire. Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Schools’ information up for sale on darknet? wi.us, among other sources." But after only a year, the school is abandoning its virtual approach.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It It became clear quite quickly that an investment in stuff, in boxes that plug in, is not really going to pay off with a lot of learning or classroom innovation unless there’s somebody to guide that process.”. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Or at least that was the ideal world imagined by a group of Brooklyn middle schoolers this year. Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests. XQ is led by former U.S.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Create a Class for Learning Challenges. Google Educator Groups (GEGs).

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The advent of makerspaces, classroom configurations that enable active learning, and the inclusion of coding and robotics are providing students with ample opportunities to create and experiment in ways that spur complex thinking. Learners are creators. Students are already designing their own solutions to real-world challenges.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA INSIGHTS ( britannica.com/insights ) The Encyclopaedia Britannica Group announced Britannica Insights, a free Chrome browser extension that enables searchers to cut through the noise on the internet and provide trusted and verified information.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Much talk and prayer was put into that decision this school year before we announced to the second group of fifth graders which device would be required. We are seeing our teachers adapting blended learning into their math curriculum using Khan Academy and Matific. The hardest thing I’ve had to figure out is keyboarding.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 9, 2019

19:39] – Camden shares her thoughts on the benefits of working with her friends on group projects. 21:02] – If she still had to go to school every day, but could learn anything she wanted, what would Camden want to learn? I would love to learn different languages, dance, and how to build things like an architect.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Yannier was deeply affected by a robotics competition in her native Turkey, where she coached underprivileged students to build and program a wheelchair. Her team won, and the motivating power of group work left an impression on her. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 edX has partnered with the World Bank Group. Education Week has a Q&A with Stanford professor Larry Cuban on personalized learning and progressive education. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Teachers have long known learning is a social process — when students create meaning together, often the results are much more effective. Online learning, on the other hand, has been around for decades, but the panel notes that adoption of online learning components in brick-and-mortar classrooms has increased.

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MindShift

JULY 30, 2015

Now the district has project-based learning programs, blended learning, traditional instruction, virtual school and this partnership with homeschoolers. “We He also credits the homeschool community for bringing other innovations to the district, like a robotics club.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms.” ” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. “Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Education Revolution Google+ Community Robots grading essays. Blended learning strategies for those who are short on time. Blended learning strategies for those who are short on time. Lian Davies shared this helpful infographic from Edudemic on Blended Learning for busy teachers. Thanks, Ted!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

In another, young visitors learn about earthquakes and build cardboard structures to test on a battery-powered “shake table.”. Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? Read more about Blended Learning. In talking to both worlds, it seemed that there was no interface,” said Morrison.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. By Kathleen Costanza. He also told the story of a class in California that had to take a bus to a different school just to take the online core curriculum test.

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MindShift

AUGUST 11, 2016

A group of recent studies on technology in education, across a wide range of real-world settings, have come up far short of a ringing endorsement. The studies include research on K-12 schools and higher ed, both blended learning and online, and show results ranging from mixed to negative.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

“The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a complaint against the academic journal publisher OMICS Group and two of its subsidiaries, saying the publisher deceives scholars and misrepresents the editorial rigor of its journals,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Both speak of faculty governance, albeit in different ways. The latter is more likely to mention adjuncts.

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MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

Yannier was deeply affected by a robotics competition in her native Turkey, where she coached underprivileged students to build and program a wheelchair. Her team won, and the motivating power of group work left an impression on her. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. A similar persistence was on display at nearby tables where groups of young people created computer games and Web sites.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Preferred admissions gives a narrowly defined group of black descendants a chance to compete for achievements that are defined by accumulated disadvantage. The latter group, which is more likely to be comprised of Black, Latino, and low-income students, performed better on writing assessments when writing with pencil and paper.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Our volunteers are an elite group of global helpers--come find out why they say being a volunteer moderator is the most fun you can have at the conference. And there's still time to join this illustrious group and help support our event! Email steve@hargadon.com. Mechelle Bryson, Executive Director / Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Nearby, a group of seniors exhibit souvenirs they designed and fabricated a week earlier, using a computer-assisted drafting program and the lab’s 3-D printer. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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