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Should Robots Replace Teachers?

Edsurge

Last week brought one of those surprising new gadget announcements from a tech giant, with Amazon unveiling a home robot it calls Astro, a rolling contraption about the size of a small dog with a screen for a head and a cup holder so it can bring its owner a drink. He’s the author of the book, “Should Robots Replace Teachers?”

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This Tech Tool Can Save Teachers 10 Minutes Per Class

Edsurge

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. That gives us time down the track to work on additional examples, or extend the students’ understanding in a different way, or talk about it from a different perspective.”

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ISTE Librarians’ Takeaways (Crowdsourced)

NeverEndingSearch

MIT Step Labs introduced their new virtual reality learning projects through CLEVR : Collaborative Learning Environments in Virtual Reality. It has always been the case that companies that play nicely with others win. One session that blew my mind was, Cellverse: Virtual Reality for Cellular Biology. infused notes…. (And

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Can children learn from a “mixed-reality” game?

The Hechinger Report

Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. A company called Sphero, for example, has successfully marketed a ball to teach coding, geometry and genetics. She found that some students collaborated productively and had great learning gains. I didn’t want that.”.

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Critical Thinking in Academia and Calling a Spade a Spade

RafranzDavis.com

This was a perfect start for me as a graduate from a program that empowered us to be creators of experiences instead of taking on the robotic like lens that many first year teachers were forced to do. Time and again, with every tech company that I encounter, the feedback is real. It doesn’t.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. Where would you plot the Segway, for example? (In Virtual worlds in 2007, for example.

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What Kids Can Learn When Blocks Get A Tech Boost

MindShift

Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. A company called Sphero, for example, has successfully marketed a ball to teach coding, geometry and genetics. She found that some students collaborated productively and had great learning gains. I didn’t want that.”.

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