Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Human robot. 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. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Looking for a Class Robot? Coding with pixel art.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 20, 2018

International Children’s Digital Library. Who doesn’t like robots and cartoons that teach us something? There are plenty of EdTech resources to explore, and you couldn’t test them all even if you tried. There are plenty of EdTech resources to explore, and you couldn’t test them all even if you tried. Author bio: .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Mixed reality brings new life to the K–12 classroom. Many virtual reality lessons include premade, 360-degree images for the students to experience, but Nearpod allows educators to customize their lessons with an enormous library of images that can take their students anywhere imaginable. . by Jaime Donally.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Human robot. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. Here are some of my favorite unplugged activities: Human Robot. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Coding with pixel art.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, we’ve seen huge growth in edtech as companies partner with educators to develop software and hardware that can support teaching and learning. Related : 5 edtech tools to save time this year The past three years erased decades of improvements in math and reading literacy across K-12 students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation. Cut through edtech market noise by crowd-sourcing Concept?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Creative applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud are helping students develop soft skills employers value. Older students use the Tynker platform to code while younger students use tablet computers, Principal John Beeck told EdTech. . Here’s how. Get Creative with Digital Art Platforms.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Human robot. 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. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Looking for a Class Robot? Coding with pixel art.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 23, 2020

Using standard-correlated educational content, KOOV gets your students building and coding original robotic creations. These recipes allow students to start building right away and quickly develop the skills needed to create their own original robots. Shape your future problem-solvers, one block at a time with KOOV.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I want to provide my students with opportunities to learn how to code using the Evo robots , which use a color coding language. When my students have advanced past color programming, they can program the same robots using Blockly/Java script. Esra Murray, library media specialist, Cider Mill Elementary School, Connecticut.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2019

If not, don’t worry–we’re highlighting some of the newest and most innovative edtech tools we saw at the show. Coding and robotics (check out our ISTE 2019 robotics round-up), social and emotional learning, and building employability skills were at the top of the many trends and focus areas highlighted during the conference.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Here are some expert opinions on the four major trends of the year: SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 10, 2017

An EdTech Playground. EdTech Playgrounds provide opportunities for collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. An EdTech Playground is a mobile space that can be set up in small or large areas. The resources that are featured in our EdTech Playgrounds come directly from our classrooms and libraries.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. For one thing, more robot teaching-tech behind the scenes. “We Of course, the money the company is raising is very real—nearly $520 million. What does it need all that for?

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. Furman: For his small district with fewer funds and fewer personnel, he can’t justify a long research process when many edtech products are obsolete in two years. Small district: Dr. L.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 29, 2016

This year, our library is fortunate to have a robotics loan from Birdbrain Technologies. We have 12 Finch robots that we are using throughout the year for coding experiences for our students. Currently, a group of 2nd-5th graders are meeting every Friday for one hour to learn to code these robots and create projects with them.

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 28, 2022

I’ve researched and tested a lot of EdTech tools and for me Marty the Robot is an integrated STEM solution that covers all bases. What you might not think is that children, even these days, are pretty traditional in their views of how a robot should look. Never applied for funding before?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. Our higher education system formed around libraries. To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 14, 2019

This is one of the ideas suggested in my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch Edtech Missions in Your Classroom. Book and Web Tool Reviews – Get students to create short audio or video trailers of the books they read in class or from the library. Discover more resources and ideas here !

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techlearning

JULY 13, 2018

The entire goal is to build a robotic creation that you can also code. [ 5 Awesome Google Drive Apps ] Anytime you work with Robots you also need a great lesson library to help you in support. Thankfully, Modular Robotics helps you with that! Check it out here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

In the daily edtech trenches, the forest is easily lost for the trees. Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. The ubiquity of information, however, means that we will no longer interact with the internet in the physical world; users might be able to read a book, or a whole library, by blinking commands into a smart contact lens.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. For example, Heather’s team at Buffalo Trail Public Schools used robotics and coding to teach the learning outcomes.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. And there was Google Tools You Aren’t Using, But Should be in Your Library with librarian friends James Allen, Sherry Gick, Nancy Jo Lambert, Nikki Robertson, and Tiffany Whitehead.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Books are one of the most essential resources used by teachers, but because so many of today’s school and classroom libraries have limited quantity and selection, it is becoming harder and harder to get kids excited about reading. We have an ever-growing library of Spanish and Chinese books and will be adding more languages in the future.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Many educators currently embarked upon a personalized learning journey with their students cannot say for sure whether personalized learning necessarily requires edtech, whereas others appear to make little distinction between personalized learning and tech-based instruction—all of which echoes the confusion seen across the community at large.

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ProfHacker

JULY 20, 2018

” , and it’s an interesting look at the assumptions any library makes about its users and resources: Who is the “user?”–there Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers?—?if Let’s just try to get through the weekend–have a good one! if that technology could be developed in time.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. VEX Robotics demonstrated its VEX GO and VEX 123 solutions.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. Fake news came to edtech long before it came to politics.”. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources).

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

DECEMBER 8, 2015

This meant 45-50 students in the library with their computers. We are off and running with 45 kids doing #hourofcode @codeorg #tlchat #edtech pic.twitter.com/fMYZblVb3C. Minecraft and Star Wars are huge hits for #HourOfCode Thanks @codeorg #tlchat #edtech pic.twitter.com/LvHClTJt4S. We watched the official Hour of Code video.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #blackhistory #mlk #edtech #research #2ndgrade #peace #gaed #gaedu #teachersofig #bookstagram #literacy #mlkday #transliteracy.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Techcrunch says that “ EdTech is having a renaissance , powered by the emerging world.” ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Many schools are turning to their libraries and librarians, who have become heavily involved in edtech, to create maker-friendly spaces. Schools without a place to permanently house the edtech or that want to let teachers use the materials in the classroom can create a maker cart to travel from room to room as needed.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. SAT/ACT Study Groups. What about a Student Council Class within Google Classroom?

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. When was the last time you walked into a conference without an agenda? Or, for that matter, without the slightest idea of what you might learn?

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The concept of self-aware and intelligent robots has been a staple within science fiction films and literature for many years, but there are some similarities between this fictional depiction and the reality of artificial intelligence. The post AI in Education: 5 Ways it Can Assist Teachers appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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