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3 ways telepresence robots are impacting learning

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Technology teams in schools are working with edtech companies to bring cutting-edge technology into the classroom, providing real-time solutions to long-term problems. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , during 2013–2015, 3.9 percent of boys and 4.3

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CoderZ Names Tony Oran as Chief Executive Officer

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CoderZ , the award-winning, gamified, cloud-based robotics and STEM platform, has announced that Tony Oran is joining the company as its CEO in the USA. Before Festo, he served as an operations leader for various companies. CoderZ League is a groundbreaking, international online robotics tournament. DERRY, N.H.

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Slooh Launches New Grant to Help One Million Students Explore Space Using Its Robotic Telescopes

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The rolling grant will provide one teacher per every accredited public school in the United States with access to the Slooh interface, robust professional development, and 40 student seats which will enable students to use robotic telescopes to view space phenomena, capture observational data, and engage in gamified learning.

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

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Technology companies offer their products as the solution, and technology advocates promote the narrative of techno-solutionism. If schools are struggling right now, education technology companies — and technology companies in general — are not. Tech companies are dominating the stock market. Let me fix that sentence.

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Improving Student Outcomes Through Work-Based Learning Opportunities

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Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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Slooh Launches Its Next-Gen Platform to Engage Students in Space Exploration

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It will join Slooh’s two other user-controlled robotic telescopes in the Canary Islands and Chile, which provide the ability for students to view celestial phenomena, capture and analyze observational data, and participate in gamified learning through the company’s patented technology.

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Certiport Recognizes Washington Teacher as Educator of the Year

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She is also a robotics advisor for the largest VRC Robotics team in Washington. Air Force, DynCorp Aerospace, and the Boeing Company. Dr. Mike Snow, Executive Director of Secondary Teaching and Learning, Lake Stevens School District said, “Karen is never satisfied with what is presented to her.

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