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Top K–12 Tech Tools for Teaching STEM

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At some schools, science, technology, engineering and math are being incorporated into the overall classroom curriculum in all grades, while others are creating courses designated for STEM learning. Robotics kits: Products like the Sony KOOV and HamiltonBuhl’s HB Invent!

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KOOV: The STEAM solution that’s turning heads

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Sony KOOV for ages 8 and up provides a fun way for students to learn core STEAM concepts. Sony provides two types of kit options to learn with KOOV. Using standard-correlated educational content, KOOV gets your students building and coding original robotic creations. Shape your future problem-solvers, one block at a time with KOOV.

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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

Sony Global Education Inc. Sony Global Education , a company affiliated with the Japanese electronics corporation, defines blockchain as a decentralized network technology in which the same data are recorded and maintained on multiple nodes–computers connected to a network–that are geographically isolated.

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Can Virtual Reality Improve Education?

EdTech4Beginners

For example, Sony Playstation VR software and designs have evolved dramatically over the past few years, seeking to create a more comfortable and natural experience for users. Of course, the cost would be a top priority. Advancements in VR Technology. Exploration and hands on approach aids with learning and retention.

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eLearning Brothers Expands Family with Two Corporate Training Acquisitions

Edsurge

Over the course of about 10 chapters, players read about different tools they can use to repel an animated robot attack on a facility they’ve built. Even with competition on the rise from online course providers that have moved beyond education and into corporate learning, Scivally sees plenty of growth opportunities in the industry, he says.

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Pilot Program Offers Free Robotic Teaching Resources

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Sony is offering a pilot program through which educators will be provided, free of cost, multiple KOOV kits for the classroom, 1 hour of training with the KOOV team and 4 weeks to experience KOOV first hand. KOOV is a robotics and coding educational kit for ages 8 and up, made up of blocks, sensors, motors, actuators, and a companion app.

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Tech Apprenticeships Shift the Costs of Higher Ed From Students to Employers

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Members include Walmart, Sony and T-Mobile. Others offer tuition support for college courses, either through their own partnerships—like the one Starbucks has with Arizona State University —or by contracting services out to third-parties that work with degree providers. worker—to $50,000, plus benefits.

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