The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From coding to robotics and augmented reality and his favorite (which he saved for last), learn how a leading-edge K-8 program is using technology to teach all students the skills and thinking capacities they need to be successful in the modern era. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Never stop learning!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Wearables are in education. Given that research predicts a 46% growth of wearables in education between now and 2020, we all need to understand them. Physical education teachers are getting excited about biometric monitoring devices. Understandably, physical education is one of the first areas to use biometrics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 13, 2020

Jorge Valenzuela, the author of Rev Up Robotics, discusses the three things schools should be teaching so students are ready. Hear an overview of computational thinking, algorithms, and robotics with Jorge Valenzuela. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Today’s Sponsor is Advancement Courses.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As companies and market experts forecast computer science and engineering skills as crucial to the future workforce , K–12 schools have been rapidly developing STEM programs in order to prepare their students to be the employees of tomorrow. . Robotics kits: Products like the Sony KOOV and HamiltonBuhl’s HB Invent! eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2023

Post by Tom Daccord Artificial Intelligence in education is a fast-growing field that is attracting much educator interest and commercial investment. The following Q&A aims to help EdTechTeacher readers understand Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT in context and outline how they are impacting education. What is ChatGPT?

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay. Can a robot be whimsical? That was back in October.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The robots are coming, and some of them are charming. That was my reaction on a recent visit to Singularity University, when I met two robots named Pris and Pepper. It may be hard to imagine, but soon enough, major companies and organizations will soon house large networks of people but few employees.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how K–12 schools and companies are partnering to prepare their students for a digitally driven workforce! Project-based learning and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education give students the tools to solve real-world problems while also building their critical-thinking skills. DeQueen (Ark.)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In 2018 we witnessed a clash of titans as government and tech companies collided on privacy issues around collecting, culling and using personal data. Education focused on deeper learning and understanding of this transformative technology will be critical to furthering the debate and ensuring positive progress that protects social good.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 18, 2019

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Earlier this week more than 18,000 attendees from 87 countries gathered in Chicago for ISTE, one of the largest K-12 education technology conferences and trade shows in the world. Joining them were an additional 6,000 reps from companies big and small. The company describes it as a “digital, adaptive personalized learning solution.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

But what I haven’t seen is kids Googling anything to help them with this project. Her talent won her an internship with a company in Atlanta (she telecommuted as a sophomore and junior in high school.) There’s a reason why this Invention project is a Google-free zone. I’ve even seen contact lenses that take photographs.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This means it is essential for educators to find a way to engage students early to build their coding knowledge, and virtual and augmented reality platforms may be the answer. . MORE–FROM–EDTECH: See how mixed reality tools are helping K–12 teachers engage their students.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. If that works at companies like Google and Apple, the same mindset should be in schools.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There’s a new application of AI in education, and educators aren’t going to like it. A growing number of companies now let students outsource their homework to a bot—or, more specifically, an algorithm that writes term papers for them based on chosen keywords. Except that educators aren’t laughing.

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TeacherCast

JULY 14, 2015

I was instantly charmed by Dash and Dot, the cute blue robots from Wonderworkshop. I was lucky June came along with them because after saying hello the robot just glanced around awkwardly. Check out this great conversation and share your Ideas about what you could do with robots in your classroom. About WonderWorkshop.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 29, 2014

Discovery Education has a new free resource: Manufacture Your Future, which has free STEM lessons and resources for grades 6-12 related to manufacturing. Great Free Resources from Discovery Education STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Resources. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Education and cutting-edge technologies are core to the many programs at NYC Media Lab , where we lead university-corporate partnerships, communications and events. 5G technology and edge computing will reshape education with lightning speeds. What 5G will mean for the education space is still an an area of exploration.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 21, 2019

Amazon’s Prime Air and Google Wing Aviation will soon be as common as Uber or Lyft. Data science skills are the most challenging to recruit for and create massive headaches for companies if not filled. Previously, industrial robots were used almost exclusively for large assembly. Robots aren’t limited to industrial applications.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Sandbox AR is available for download here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

MyBuddy, an artificial intelligence-powered English tutoring app, features a friendly robot that guides children through speaking exercises. They’re so cozy, in fact, that the two companies have merged, and MyBuddy.ai As a part of the deal, half of his team—he and two others—will join the new parent company.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Washington Depot, Connecticut – Slooh, the pioneer in offering live online telescope feeds of the universe and an NGSS-aligned curriculum for school communities worldwide, recently launched the next generation of its online learning platform to make space exploration even easier and more engaging for students and educators alike.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Today he reflects on the implications for educators and how he’s talking about the Cambridge Analytica scandal with other educators. The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators. We’ve got to do a better job as educators understanding our own privacy by helping our students understand how to set up THEIR privacy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Has anyone else noticed that some of the new schools being built, including much-celebrated “schools of tomorrow” resemble Google headquarters, as well as each other? A review of the history of American schools and educational reform reveal other trends educational vision and pedagogy seem to be following.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2023

So ChatGPT has been everywhere lately, and there is a lot of conversation about it in education. But as quickly as ChatGPT has arrived, one step behind was blocking it within education and in schools. Starting Point – What are AI and ChatGPT, and how is it different from Google? This is a good thing. That is a good thing.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

When Ayanna met Cozmo the robot, both she and the robot lit up. “it Artificial intelligence powers Amazon’s recommendations engine, Google Translate and Siri, for example. It’s very important for education groups to face [AI] head-on,” she said. They just clicked.” But few U.S. But that’s starting to change.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Yet the likes of Google and Facebook sometimes overshadow sectors that have been—and remain—core to the American economy: industrial manufacturing. million in a seed round led by Mark Cuban and ECMC Group, an education nonprofit. The company is based in Los Angeles, home to many of these companies. The Culver City, Calif.-based

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2019

Coding and robotics (check out our ISTE 2019 robotics round-up), social and emotional learning, and building employability skills were at the top of the many trends and focus areas highlighted during the conference. The company also released updates to commenting, analytics, badging and credentialing.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

Quick Take: Covering the 6 key elements in creating the right foundation for modern education with the arrival of the 4 th industrial revolution and the changing educational environment. Designing a modern school will be an ongoing process for those in educational leadership. Choosing an education model wisely.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

From March 12-15, thousands of innovative educators and IT stakeholders will gather in Washington, D.C. New technologies like artificial intelligence, 3D printing and robotics are emerging with the potential for having a transformative impact on industry, the economy and society as a whole,” reports the conference’s website.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This makes looking ahead at 2018 exciting because there is so much opportunity for districts and educators to elevate their curriculum with innovation right at their fingertips. Considering how robots could replace 38 percent of jobs in the U.S. Next page: 2 more exciting education industry trends for 2018).

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. Jackie’s experience demonstrates how essential it remains to support STEM education designed for women, particularly in engineering and computer science, which remain disproportionately dominated by men. Jackie, the team captain of St. Students at St.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Vicki: And I just want to stress — also as a fellow technology educator — that sandboxing is so important. It might be typing up your notes in a Google Doc. Now, do you use robots? What about robotics? In my class, we use the Sphero robot quite a bit. See Top Tips for Teaching with Robots Using Sphero.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

Those hats were represented in the panel of judges at this week’s SXSW EDU Launch Competition , which included Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance; Vince Chan, co-founder at Creta Ventures; Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google for Education; and your correspondent.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A growing number of big-name restaurant chains, including McDonalds and Chipotle, have started to offer free or heavily-subsidized college education options to their workers. The idea is that this can help those employers recruit and retain workers by touting their educational benefits, and also offer them a path to more lucrative careers.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

A quick Google search will reveal many other warnings and predictions he has made about AI. Right now, tech companies own AI. If you Google the “dark side of GPT,” this should make you pause before using this in the classroom. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful.

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