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Preparing for College or Career

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For many, their choices lead to college, vocational training or manufacturing careers that rely heavily on advanced technologies — from robotics and 3-D printing to equipment powered by artificial intelligence. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. The answer isn’t what you’d expect for males.

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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

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There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. If I were to rate myself with robotics, I might be closer to a 5 than a 10.

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6 Must-have Skills for New Tech Teachers Plus Two Extra

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If you teach technology, it’s likely you were thrown into it by your Admin. Be a problem solver Technology often comes with technical challenges and glitches. Be an explorer Go to the grade-level classrooms and demonstrate how technology is part of learning. It’s why robots can’t replace teachers, so embrace chaos.

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Is technology outpacing you?

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In considering the question, Is technology outpacing you? , let’s first look at technology’s place in the current education landscape. We spend millions on training teachers to blend tech into their lessons. We darkly predict that the day will soon arrive when technology erases the need for teachers.

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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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C-STEM Studio — A Great Way to Blend Math and Robotics

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C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. RoboSim –students program a virtual robot of their choice (by picking from among Lego Mindstorm and others) in a virtual environment. why bother.

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Is ChatGPT Writing Your Students’ Homework? New Tech Will Detect It

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The hottest disruptive technology to come to education since iPads is ChatGPT. Check out what Ask a Tech Teacher contributor and technology expert, Jodi Williams, has to say about ChatGPT: Is ChatGPT Writing Your Students’ Homework? The good news is that we have a technology that is able to detect it.