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Are classroom robots the NextGen of learning?

Neo LMS

Technology has the potential to further transform the way we learn, as is apparent by the advancements in robotics and its use in classrooms. Let’s take a look at how robots are currently being used in classrooms and try answering the question of the hour: Do robots have the potential to teach students in the future?

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4 ways to support the growing role robotics will have in society

eSchool News

In the past decade, robotics have evolved from a sci-fi fantasy set in some distant future to an industry capable of producing present-tense toys, companions , workers and self-driving cars. The inventors (and users) of tomorrow are children sitting in preK-12 classrooms right now, who by and large are not learning about robotics.

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Discovery Education and Boeing Present a New Virtual Field Trip for Students Exploring STEM and Robotics in Aviation Manufacturing 

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education and Boeing present a new virtual experience – Manufacturing the Future of Aviation Virtual Field Trip – to show students how STEM makes aviation manufacturing more efficient and safer. and Salt Lake City, Utah to meet the diverse mechatronics, robotics, and ergonomic engineers at Boeing.

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Tech Professions Students Should Consider

Ask a Tech Teacher

Companies may use systems like Slack or Google Cloud. They help to analyze and present data so policymakers can make the right decisions. Robotics engineer Robotics engineers have to constantly test, analyze and maintain prototypes and robotic components they create. The job is a highly technical one.

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What Really Happened in Hybrid Classrooms This Year

The CoolCatTeacher

She has coached teams of students participating in the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, SeaPerch Robotics competitions, and has given presentations on coaching robotics and inquiry-based learning at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) and at Dallas ISD’s STEM Expo.

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What Robots Can Teach Us About Being Human

Edsurge

At a recent EmTech Next conference on the future of work at the MIT Media Lab, I was amazed by how roboticist after roboticist kept describing just how difficult it is to teach a robot how to grasp an object and simply adjust its grip. And as Autor explains, “There is at present no cost-effective robotic facsimile for these human pickers.

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Cat Ears and Robot Friends: What Japan’s Educational Future Could Include

Edsurge

Some presenters at the Edvation x Summit, however, believe technology could help solve some emotional challenges or even loneliness for students. Robots don’t generally elicit warm, friendly emotions. And Ory Lab’s robots are operated by a human—not pre-programmed commands.

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