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Robots Are Not Taking Over Teachers' Jobs

Education Elements

If anything, technology is making the role of teachers even more important and their job more complex. There is no doubt that digital programs, particularly adaptive ones, can be powerful tools in the classroom. However, that is all a digital program will ever be – a tool. A computer program can never replace a teacher.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done? So how do you choose?

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Saturday is the Online Global Student Conference - "STEM + Entrepreneurship" (plus we make our call for volunteers!)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

; Information on the keynote speakers; A call for volunteer session moderators. by Valeria Ventura Subirachs Grade: 9th - Freeport High School/ Pulsar search collaboratory (Freeport, NY) How We Created Our School's First S.T.E.M.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” asks Education Week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” ” Via the South China Morning Report : “ China’s online education market to grow 20pc annually, bolstered by new technologies.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Ah yes, a giant technology company deciding what “good manners” sounds like.