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Tech Professions Students Should Consider

Ask a Tech Teacher

Demand has grown for individuals with the knowledge and skills to meet their needs. Companies may use systems like Slack or Google Cloud. They can help them to understand factors like consumer behavior and market trends. Students can’t go wrong with future careers in information technology and computer science.

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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

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It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incapable of meeting in a meaningful way. It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incapable of meeting in a meaningful way. Instead, he co-founded a new AI company, called Merlyn Mind, that is building other types of AI-powered tools for educators. They’re tools.

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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

EdNews Daily

What’s the balance between investing in the latest trend and following your school’s charter, vision – your North Star? But as new trends crop up year after year, the most important place for educators to start is with the principles that define your district’s or school’s vision. The truth is, it can be a hard balance to strike.

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AI Is Changing the Workforce. At This District, It’s Changing the Curriculum Too.

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By Deloitte’s most recent count , 37 percent of organizations have deployed AI solutions (up 270 percent from 2016) and a majority predict it will “substantially transform” their companies by 2023. Anaheim Union High School District wants to buck that trend. The shift may also mean transforming their workforce. “As

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The Education of an Android Teacher

Edsurge

When you meet an android, it’s important to follow etiquette. She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” And when she does, the professor requests that they not ask her the question that springs so easily to people’s minds when they encounter a robot: Will you take over the world?

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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

The Hechinger Report

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. By October, her database had more than 500 unique visitors from more than 40 countries, and plenty of options to meet their individualized needs.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

The effort in Greenville is part of a growing national trend in which school districts partner with local industries to develop curriculum and expose students to specialized careers at a young age. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J. In sixth grade, she enrolled at Fisher Middle School to continue robotics and STEM programs.

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