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Tech Professions Students Should Consider

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Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud computing are transforming businesses. Students can’t go wrong with future careers in information technology and computer science. Machine learning engineer One of the best technology jobs of the future is as a machine learning engineer.

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KinderLab Robotics Donates Robot Kits to Connect Schools in Pennsylvania and Guatemala

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Waltham, MA — KinderLab Robotics today announced that it has donated four KIBO robot kits to La Puerta Abierta , a school in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. We look forward to giving our elementary school students the opportunity to engage with another culture,” said Beau Blaser, director of technology at Sewickley Academy.

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Education Robot Maker Roybi Boosts Kids Speech Recognition Technology With Acquisition

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Roybi, the maker of a pill-shaped robot to teach language and math skills to young children, has acquired additional technology to power its educational features. Developed with experts in language development, the technology covers languages including English, Mandarin and Korean. It requires a lot of data and a lot of time.”

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Robotics and Computer Science for Elementary Level Learners

User Generated Education

I absolutely love all of the new robotics toys that have been coming out for elementary age learners. One of my gifted girls noted, “Where do all of these robots come from?” My robotics-type devices include: Sphero. Jimu Robot. Finch Robot. Dash and Dot. littleBits: Gizmos and Gadgets; Arduino.

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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

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The two-legged, pill-shaped robot—upper half green, lower half white and small enough to stand on one’s palm—starts its lesson with a greeting. Designed for children ages 3 to 7, the robot, Roybi, aims to teach kids at home a range of early-childhood developmental skills. The app also provides progress data on children’s learning.

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5 Practical applications of IoT in the classroom

Neo LMS

We are witnessing tremendous changes in terms of technology in every domain. While the education sector is not particularly known as an early adopter of modern technology, we have seen definite improvements in this respect. LocoRobo helps students learn about robotics and coding and design Python, Java, JS, or C apps faster.

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10 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

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Human robot. By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding.

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