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4 exciting trends that will define the 2018 education industry

eSchool News

The most hopeful potential impact of 2018’s edtech landscape is the opportunity for nurturing skills that will help students succeed in the future of work. Considering how robots could replace 38 percent of jobs in the U.S. Considering how robots could replace 38 percent of jobs in the U.S.

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#FETC 2015 Recap

The Electric Educator

FETC is one of the largest EdTech conferences in the country with over 10,000 attendees from around the world. Swivl is a rotating "robot" that follows you while capturing video and audio. They also just launched " Air Parrot " which can mirror your Chromebook to your Apple TV (no audio support yet), Chromecast, or Reflector App.

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CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

EdTechTeam

What’s next in edtech? At about half the price of Mindstorms Kits , you can build and code interactive, motorized robots, models and creations with distance, color and tilt sensor technologies with this new kit. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. The verdict is in.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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This College Program Wants to Help Schools Use Technology With Intention

Edsurge

But just as owning a bicycle does not imbue a child with the ability to ride a bike, using a Chromebook to complete assignments will not by itself improve a child’s learning outcomes. We want it to be research-based and long-term, sustained edtech and technology use.” With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc. K-12 market.

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