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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

Edsurge

It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything. Celia Stokes Stokes shared that her company is already guided by a slow, thoughtful approach. “We Panelists raised concerns as well: What are the ethical guidelines? We could be doing a lot of things a lot faster,” she explained.

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Rebuild The World With @Lego_Education

The Web20Classroom

During my time visiting LEGO House (their new headquarters/museum/shire to all things LEGO, the LEGO Idea House and a LEGO Factory I learned things I didn't know about the company. Here are 5 things you might not know: LEGO started out as a wooden toy company in 1934. Here are the four sets and where you can learn more about them.

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The Steam Foundation Teams Up with MakerBot to Expand Access to 3D Printing for Students

eSchool News

The organization, which is also run by a team of students, offers free workshops that teach 3D printing, robotics, graphic design, and coding to students as well as programs to help bring 3D printing into schools. We’re fortunate to work with MakerBot, a company which has the same commitment toward 3D printing in education as we do.”

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8 great ways to STEAM up your class with Sphero (and other edtech)

eSchool News

In our classrooms, we use a variety of tools to teach the values of STEAM education, including Sphero , the technology company utilizing play as a powerful teacher with its product line of robotic balls and other app-enabled gadgets that inspire STEAM learning.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Changes at the National Science Foundation Raise Objections From Education Startups

Edsurge

But a recent reorganization of the NSF’s grantmaking portfolio and personnel has raised concerns about whether that support will continue—especially after a dozen edtech companies that recently applied for funding said they were all unfairly rejected. The NSF is one of 12 federal departments and agencies that participate in this program.

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How Do We Get Middle School Students Excited About Science? Make It Hands-On

MindShift

The data prompted Frock to start the independent school in a space made available by Corning Incorporated , a global company responsible for inventing products like Pyrex, the gorilla glass on smartphones and the ceramic in a catalytic converter. (Courtesy of The Alternative School for Math and Science ).

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