TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

How to work around the challenges that teachers face in the classroom. She studied early childhood development and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching. After moving to Denmark, Tricia had an opportunity to develop engaging classroom experiences for teachers and students around the world at LEGO Education. Personalized Learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

With the ongoing focus of technology in education, and the need for schools to keep up with the ever-changing scope of its use in the classroom, it is essential that we provide students with the knowledge of how technology affects, and will affect, society. In many schools, technology courses are electives.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 4, 2016

GoReact Raises $4 Million: GoReact , a developer of a video-based skills-training platform for classrooms, announced the close of a $4 million growth investment from Five Elms Capital. The company’s education division, Kidobotikz , raised the funding, according to SP Robotic Works’ Facebook page. Based in Westchester, Ill.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We’re going to talk about Virtual Valentines and lots of other ways that you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms. Micah: Virtual Valentines are an amazing way for you to get yourself and your students plugged in with other classrooms around the world. Vicki: So what will classrooms be doing with the Virtual Valentines?

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 2, 2019

She loves integrating movement and technology from her classroom. As you can probably guess from that impressive list, Jasmine is an excellent teacher who’s doing some truly amazing things in her classroom. One of Jasmine’s coolest projects is her robotic water cycle lesson, which involves all kinds of skills from her students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

Berenice Espino and her Quest for Space teammates had gathered in the engineering classroom to watch as a SpaceX rocket was launched into the atmosphere heading for the International Space Station, carrying onboard a science experiment they’d designed. This summer, for the first time, nine students will study abroad.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Windows and doors were removed to open up the entire space, teacher offices converted into soundproof video booths/virtual reality rooms, and the lower library furnished with flexible caster seating for double classrooms. Impact of Transformation. She began her career in the East Haven Public Schools as an integrated language arts teacher.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Center includes three simulation rooms equipped with manikins that emulate the anatomy and physiology of actual patients, debriefing rooms, a smart classroom and a patient care area. California State University Fresno’s Collaborative Classroom initiative was named “Application #3” in the “Best Active Learning Environment” category.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 9, 2019

And don’t forget to answer the question of the week: “What can we learn from honest conversations with students about the learning in our classrooms?” Post your answer in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook , or share it on your favorite social media platform with the hashtag #shakeuplearning. Dash Robots. Green screen.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

Berenice Espino and her Quest for Space teammates had gathered in the engineering classroom to watch as a SpaceX rocket was launched into the atmosphere heading for the International Space Station, carrying onboard a science experiment they’d designed. This summer, for the first time, nine students will study abroad.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

GlobalSpeedChat--A Worldwide Collaboration of Students - Jennifer Hesseltine & Kim Preshoff, Teachers in New York A Case Study in Global Business Awareness - Connecting Students to the World Marketplace - Penny Lorenzo, JD Agentes De Cambio - Pedro Aparicio M.S. Make a Difference.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more. Ed AFS-USA's Intercultural Learning eTool: Culture Trek: Classroom Connections / Tonya Muro, Ed.D., Granger MA Connecting Classrooms via Global Collaborative Projects / Kim Caise, NBCT, M.Ed. / and the world. Ryan Makhani, M.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

You’ll leave this webinar armed with tools to optimize your BrainPOP subscription in the classroom. Saturday, May 17th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Aaron Maurer Featured Teacher , Classroom 2.0 Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Classroom 2.0 More information here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Contemporary storytelling is increasingly video-focused (just look at your Facebook feed), which leads to an obvious conclusion: kids should learn how to make their own films. Educators around the world use video to teach kids about everything from robots to rainforests. If given the right tools, kids can create masterpieces.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats." Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats." Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life?

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

" an ed-tech startup founder once asked me — a provocation that was meant to both condemn the drawbacks of traditional language learning classroom and prompt me, I suppose, to imagine the exciting possibilities of an almost-instanteous fluency in a foreign language. They couldn't roll around the classroom and hand out report cards.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Via Education Week : “Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology’s Effects on Children.” Via The New York Times : “ Transgender Girl , 12, Is Violently Threatened After Facebook Post by Classmate’s Parent.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. " But hey.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

” The Trump Film Studies Syllabus by Dan Hassler-Forest has a similar focus, but brings out a range of films for potential study on topics ranging from popular facism to the commercialization of media. It includes both online articles and works of fiction, film, and longer books in separate sections.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. More on the news in the HR section below.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, a failed online charter school. Via NPR : “Before They Walk Into A Classroom, These New Teachers Will March On The N.C. Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs. million total.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Not really. Via Desmos : “The Desmos Geometry Tool.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” Via Getting Smart : “How Competency-Based Education Can Lead to A More Equitable Classroom.” classrooms,” Axios claims. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” The next day after the administration’s announcement, several tech giants – Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, and other – said they would help fund the White House’s commitment to CS, to the tune of $300 million more.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” “ ALEX Wants to Fill Classrooms Like Airbnb Fills Beds ” is an actual headline, and apparently ALEX is an actual startup. Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” “ Facebook ’s app for kids should freak parents out,” says MIT Technology Review. ” From the Lenovo website : “Lenovo™ Introduces Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” That’s Dallas Dance , who was the subject of another story the NYT’s Natasha Singer wrote last year , “ How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook expands ‘Community Boost’ digital skills training program to Europe.”

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