The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Joanna Smith, founder of an ed-tech company that helps schools curb chronic absenteeism, was thinking about how to pivot her company to provide services in a remote learning setting as many brick and mortar schools transitioned online last year. Subscribe today! Start from what is good teaching and learning.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Robotic or holographic avatar designer. Robot operator. The problem is that educational systems have not kept pace with these advancements. Below you can find a full list of important skills extracted from the Future of Skills report , created by Pearson. Systems analysis. Cyborg designer. Smart cities developers.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

K–12 schools transitioning to a connected classroom model should be focusing on four key aspects, or the “four C’s” of learning , to create a successful learning environment, according to a Cisco report on using technology in the classroom. public sector director of education, in the report.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

The United States may not have had robot invaders from space in mind when drafting federal cybersecurity standards for the utility industry. And yet, a robot invasion is the very premise for a game that aims to teach utilities employees those standards and why they’re important. This is a big leap for us,” says Scivally. “We

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

The process of rejuvenating an educational system set up a few hundred years ago will take generations to redefine. Creating a new system that will fit the needs of students for the next century will be a multifaceted endeavor. When building a contemporary education system choosing which educational model to use will be a challenge.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

According to a 2018 research report , AI-based technologies are primed to grow within the edtech market by just under 47%. Once teachers have uploaded their syllabus and material into the software, the system analyzes the content to create books and core concept material that is perfectly tailored. Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

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. As a result, the system is lagging.” Early classes involve coding and robotics and are taught using a project-based approach.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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. I remember thinking that the school systems must have a great list of recommended online learning,” she said. Credit: eLearn.fyi. But I was wrong.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Joining them were an additional 6,000 reps from companies big and small. Fractions covers math standards for grades 3-6 and features a storyline and what the company calls “personalized feedback” through an online tutor. The company describes it as a “digital, adaptive personalized learning solution.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

As the calendar flips to a new year, we had reporters sit down with students in four cities to give us their predictions of and aspirations for the future. Their visions represent a journey into cybersecurity and space travel, racism and robots. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Noelani Velasco Polley, fifth grader.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

AI involves creating computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. Disclosure: The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). It enables children to use artificial intelligence to train and build robots. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

00;03;53;23 – 00;04;16;21 Dan Fitzpatrick And teachers all over the world are reporting back right now that it's absolutely supercharged learning within their classrooms. But I think expect that as a teacher, if all you're asking students to do is work that an AI robot can do. How Do You Report Bias or Issues with AI?

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” The instructor’s strategy for training Maria Bot’s AI system mimics the three wise monkeys from the Japanese proverb: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. I am told I am a robot for good every day. Maria was evil.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

For example, we use in my 8th-grade science class Book Creator for students to develop everything from science lab reports to personal studies that they do — like individual investigations — and even just topic research. Now, do you use robots? What about robotics? In my class, we use the Sphero robot quite a bit.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

Just like other officials in the school system, he first learned about the massive donation along with Musk’s 54 million Twitter followers. Some wonder what the company expects in return, but he is confident the partnership will benefit his students and the region. Salazar says reactions from locals have run the gamut.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Right now, tech companies own AI. The movie Her with Joaquin Phoenix, where he dates and falls in love with an AI operating system is shocking. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful. The question I want to ask yourself is, “ Who controls the AI? Replacing teachers!

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Just beneath the surface, however, Burlington has become home over the last few years to an invisible economy of people who work remotely for the world’s biggest technology businesses, including Apple, Google, Twitter and IBM, hundreds and even thousands of miles from these companies’ chic and sprawling headquarters. And they let me.”

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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. AP has expanded its use of Automated Insights into other sport dispatches, quarterly business financial reports , and more.*

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Docebo, the maker of a corporate learning management system, has postponed a London-based conference scheduled for April. Some companies are electing to not send staff. Some in the edtech industry have followed suit: Educause pulled the plug on its ELI conference, scheduled for early March near Seattle. No other major U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. To get a fresh perspective on that question, this episode we take you to China, where a couple of us from EdSurge recently traveled for a reporting trip. to the idea of bringing in robots for some teaching functions. But should we?

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PlagiarismCheck

JUNE 21, 2023

Sometimes AI writes like a human, and sometimes a human writes in a “robot-style”. Our expert team has developed and continues to improve a multi-level text analysis system that avoids false positives. After all, being accused of unauthorized use of AI will have serious negative consequences for a student, employee, or company.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

One time, for example, a robot we built rolled on wheels we’d created on a 3-D printer. We fixed the issue and then the robot worked. Related: OPINION: ‘Tests may not be biased, but the system is’ Even outside of technology, P-Tech was more about coming up with answers than knowing them. I’ll have to learn more.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report Cory Orr’s accelerated training program meets seven hours a day, four days a week; it will take him 22 weeks instead of the usual two years to earn the certifications he needs to become an industrial maintenance technician. Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

It’s not exactly a move from Mr. Robot , but some students have figured out a way to change how their grades appear on online to someone looking at a website presented to them, for a moment at least. Education software company PowerSchool, which claims users in more than 13,000 districts across the country, is featured in the video.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

NASA astronauts would test the device, which analyzes the effects of weightlessness on cooling and heating systems, and send data back to the students. Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

With a postsecondary education system designed to serve others, should any of us be surprised, then, that two out of three of these adults have no interest in going back to college, even though they know that further education would help them advance in their careers? Related: Ten jobs that are safe from robots. Are they right?

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

All the world’s a stage when you’re a startup, and life becomes a pitch in front of investors, advisers, reporters, partners and potential acquirers. The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The company is asking for $10 million by October 2018.

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

It is why only wealthy countries can afford to bring AI into their systems, which can potentially widen the gap between richer and poorer countries. Students can learn about the universe and solar system using a virtual reality set. Now, technology is the new power weapon in this new era of computers and robots.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Robot”-like hackers striving for the greater good to take down “The Man.” An astounding 32 percent of adults report being online “almost constantly” and 93 percent of all adults report going online on a daily basis , according to Pew Research. For many, the topic of cyber-crime instantly brings to mind a horde of “Mr.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

the company offers an app that lets kids access unlimited books, educational videos, quizzes and audiobooks — and it’s free for educators. and the company reports people read about 12 million books per month right now. I founded five companies before Epic! My son Max is an avid fan, using the robots at home and in school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Of this amount, Woongjin invested $5 million in return for a 10 percent stake in Kidaptive, reports The Korea Herald. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

But some companies are jumping the gun. Financial terms were not disclosed, although the entire education operating system was reset as a result of the transaction. Please, if you like our reporting, donate Splurgecoin to feed your friendly EdSurgents! Tragedy struck this week, however, when one robot toppled overboard.

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