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Deep learning

Learning with 'e's

She showed several images of recent movies such as Ellysium, I, Robot and Avatar to emphasise her point. This week I read an article that documented the recent partnership between futurist Ray Kurzweil and Google''s Larry Page. Technology of the future is already here - we just haven''t seen it released on the general public yet.

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Makerspace Starter Kit Updated

The Daring Librarian

No software needed! One of my AWESOME former 8th graders, Lillian, started a Makey-Makey Made Simple-Simple Crowdsourced Google Doc Tutorial. You an start with just one Sphero Mini : The App-Controlled Robot Ball Photo by: Jenny of The Brick Castle "Little robot. My awesome GT Teacher has a plethora of Robotics devices.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AIR works with local communities to address this detriment through an integrated development programs that provide low-cost refurbished computers with relevant open source educational software, support and teacher training directed at schools and community centers especially in less privileged areas where the digital divide is at its greatest.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.” ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest. Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via e-Literate : “Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Google has acquired lesson-provider Workbench. ” Via The New York Times : “ Digital Divide Is Wider Than We Think, Study Says.”