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3 Strategies to Combat Summer Learning Loss

Digital Promise

NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. Vancouver Public Schools hosted a Girls Lead the Way summer robotics camp at McLoughlin Middle School.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning. Now that robots are flipping burgers and reading X-rays—for a fraction of the cost of human labor—learners need to prepare for careers that employ uniquely human traits like self-regulation and communication.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

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The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. District leaders began a search for adaptive and blended learning solutions.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS. 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 ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Via the edX blog : “Higher Education Needs a Re-think to Train Tomorrow’s Workforce.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Inside Higher Ed on “The End of a Blogging Era at Harvard.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.