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Look Who’s Talking—Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the Hype and Hope of AI in edtech

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AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. People don’t remember that the first iPhone.

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Meet the 83-Year-Old App Developer Who Says Edtech Should Better Support Seniors

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But through learning how to code, she believes that experience offers an even more important lesson to today’s education and technology companies: don’t forget about senior citizens. And while there’s a growing industry around serving adult learners in higher education, companies largely neglect to consider the needs of the elderly.

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What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? Persuasive Design.

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Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, an assistant professor of communication and psychology at Aalborg University in Denmark, says whenever she wants to kick-start a class discussion on persuasive design, she starts with examples of how that retailer guides its customers. It's usually blue, and it'll have yellow footprints or something on it.

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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For example, if you have a faucet in the bathroom that has a sensor, and you put in your hands, water comes out. That’s just an example of one of the SMART objects that we have all around us. For example “Move Forward” or “Move Backward” or “Turn the Red Light On” or “Turn the Blue Light On” or “Sing” response to a sound.

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Making Better Videos and Movies with Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: Give me an example. What would be an example of a video you’ve seen in math or in history? Give us an example of a video in an unlikely subject. Vicki: Joe, take us through an example of how you’ve coached a teacher recently through this process of making videos with their class, and the objectives that you covered.

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Class Tech Tips: How To Tell Your School’s Story on Instagram with Spark Post

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Creating Images for Instagram Spark Post is a K-12 friendly graphic design tool that is perfect for educators with access to a Chromebook, iPad, iPhone, or a laptop with access to the Internet. Schools, companies, and individuals use fonts, colors, and logos that make it easy for other people to notice their content.

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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone. What do you think will be the "big thing" in Edtech this year. Very easy and lots of potential.

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