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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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The products below were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Chicago. Other features include complete integration with Chromecast and AirPlay devices, interactive whiteboard capabilities, dynamic screen layout, and a conference controller.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

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The creators of an educational robot, for instance, recently decided that they needed to rethink its training regimen. The small Dallas-based edtech company named RoboKind makes a 3-foot tall, spikey-haired robot named Milo, used in schools to help children with autism learn to decode nonverbal communication. They’re engineers.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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EDMENTUM EXACTPATH ( www.edmentum.com/products/exact-path ) Edmentum Exact Path utilizes adaptive diagnostic assessments paired with targeted student learning paths to ensure academic growth in K-8 reading, language arts, and math. Bubble Bot features a bubble-blowing robot or a Fan of Fortune, a prediction game.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

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It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us. “ What If Students Have More Confidence in Growth Mindsets Than Their Teachers?

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

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At that moment, a top-down approach to create a “Campus of the Future” was devised by adopting smart signage within lecture halls, hallways, athletic facilities, and executive conference rooms to transform the entire campus. Nominee: Heather Magill , Palm Beach County School District Nominated by: Edmentum.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. But the “spying” has continued. Peter Thiel.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Contests and Conferences. Bush Defends Legacy of No Child Left Behind at Education Business Conference.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Edmentum has raised $25 million in debt financing from New Mountain Finance Corporation and Tennenbaum Capital Partners. Not Buying Your Education Startup.)”