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Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

Key points: Technology in K-12 classrooms can revolutionize education Choosing the right edtech requires a thoughtful and strategic approach Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Technology transforms K-12 education by enhancing engagement, personalizing learning, and fostering collaboration.

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A Beginner’s Guide to #EdTech Open Source Software

Fractus Learning

For example, the web browser Firefox and the Learning Management System Moodle are both open source. Using an Arduino board , you can do all kinds of physical computing, from manipulating LEDs to robotics. Examples of Open Source Software. You may be using Open Source without realizing it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” asks Moodle News. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots,” says The Verge. (So Via Techcrunch : “This happy robot helps kids with autism.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein continues to fight the LMS fight: “Fear and Loathing in the Moodle Community.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Edsurge : “Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA ’s New Privacy Rules.” Companies Should Know About Asia’s Edtech Market.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The Hechinger Report lists “Ten jobs that are safe from robots.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” ” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein.