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What Schools Need to Know About Voice Assistants

EdTech Magazine

But that “magic” is actually made possible by voice assistant software and conversational artificial intelligence, which are at the core of virtual assistants. voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S.

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What Schools Need to Know About Voice Assistants

EdTech Magazine

But that “magic” is actually made possible by voice assistant software and conversational artificial intelligence, which are at the core of virtual assistants. voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S.

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What Schools Need to Know About Voice Assistants

EdTech Magazine

But that “magic” is actually made possible by voice assistant software and conversational artificial intelligence, which are at the core of virtual assistants. voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” The school management software maker has raised $191,500 total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” President Obama talked to Wired magazine about artificial intelligence, Mars, self-driving cars, Star Trek and more.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.” The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. ” Venture philanthropists do not need facts.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim.

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