The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2022

I am learning about many things I haven’t had time to explore during the busy pandemic season and beginning to share many things on social media and here relating to autonomous vehicles, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Blockchain, Robotics, Drones, AI and so many technologies that will truly transform our world.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 23, 2019

Millions of jobs are and will continue to be, lost as a result of artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation. The future of work requires new skills, and it is up to K-12 education to lead the charge in this area. More importantly, it is our duty and the role of education to ensure that they are competent.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

pI often read via social media about the importance of student centered, student-driven instruction. My blog post is called User-Generated Education for a reason. This is how I approach facilitating maker education activities. I wholeheartedly agree.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Today he reflects on the implications for educators and how he’s talking about the Cambridge Analytica scandal with other educators. The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators. You have to prove to me that it’s worth using Facebook, or any social media, for that matter. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education today announced that its no-cost, augmented-reality (AR) learning resource— Sandbox AR —has surpassed the 1 million download milestone in the Apple iTunes store. Among the other immersive learning resources offered by Discovery Education are: Experience Edge at Hudson Yards.

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User Generated Education

JULY 8, 2017

This is my third summer offering maker education summer camps as part of a bigger program at a local school. This summer I am offering: Cardboard Creations , Circuit Crafts, Toy Making and Hacking, and Robotics and Coding. These technologies are seductive especially seeing all the press they get on social media, blogs, and Kickstarter.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 TCEA Convention & Exposition is almost here, and with the conference comes the opportunity for educators to connect in person and share insights and innovations around teaching and learning. And it’s the kind of learning that will change the story of education.” It’s not too late to register! Get started here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Why is that?

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I’ve been sharing on social media professionally for eight years now, and I have to admit, it can be kinda tricky. As educators, I passionately believe we should use social media to push the positive, celebrate student successes, share resources with our colleagues, and connect with parents and the community.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

Teachers do not need computer science degrees to engage, enhance and extend student coding experiences due to the abundance of easily accessible creative coding and robotics programs. Dash and Dot are programmable robots that target students in grades K-8 with progression apps that are customizable for optimal learning in the classroom.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Chris Jensen, Senior Health Advisor with Diagnosing Education, LLC , presented a MEGA session on Immediate Action Items for Staff Exhaustion and Career Burnout. Chris’s background as an ER doctor and a teacher has prompted him to look at commonalities in these issues in education and medicine.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2014

This message is then delivered by a polite robotic voice basically telling me that I can sleep in if I wish or spend the day slaving over my snow shovel. With all of the free social media tools we have at our fingertips today it is important that we leverage them in a variety of situations to get information out to our stakeholders.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Students can command a robot friend! A great way to introduce this concept is by getting students to practice giving simple commands to a partner who pretends to be a robot. Kids Computer World illustrates this metaphor here. Computers work by following instructions given by human beings. Find the complete lesson plan here.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 4, 2022

Keynote This year’s keynote speaker is Roya Mahboob , an entrepreneur and Afghanistan’s first female tech CEO who has used her success and expertise to help educate and empower Afghan women and girls. She founded the Digital Citizen Fund and the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, and has worked to build innovation/tech centers across Afghanistan.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

If asked to assess the current posture of higher education leaders across the nation, it would be reasonable to describe it as a “defensive crouch.” Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. higher education sector amounted to $80.8

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

As high school students, we were born at the same time as the iPhone and after the launch of social media and YouTube. As a result, our generation’s relationship with technology and STEM education is distinct. It was lonely looking around a robotics competition or math club and feeling like an outsider.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 TCEA Convention & Exposition is almost here, and with the conference comes the opportunity for educators to connect in person and share insights and innovations around teaching and learning. And it’s the kind of learning that will change the story of education.” It’s not too late to register! Get started here.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 20, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is Part Two of a New Monthly Series, The Brief History of the Future of Education. Increasingly, these jobs are not only being outsourced and offshored to countries such as India, China and Pakistan, but automated by software, machines, robots and artificial intelligence. Change: Nothing Stays the Same (Van Halen).

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

They are training students to serve as cybersecurity experts and data scientists; to orchestrate teams of AI-enabled robotic chefs in commercial kitchens; or launch startups that use AI to transform healthcare delivery. Early classes involve coding and robotics and are taught using a project-based approach.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This year, we celebrated our 10-year anniversary —a milestone that speaks to a decade of improving educational outcomes through powerful and innovative learning experiences ?? Below, Digital Promise staff share reflections, lessons, and learnings from 2021 and offer hopes for education in the new year.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots , by Michael Rex "A hilarious, timely conversation about the differences between facts and opinions" 5.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s an important idea, and one that should be considered as educators and parents go about creating their own guidelines and practices for children’s screen use. In the middle, we have software, games and apps of varying educational quality. Some are well-founded, like the recent academic study on excessive social media use.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2018

There are many reasons I continue to blog regularly, but the biggest is trying to add a practical lens to many of the ideas we either see or hear about on social media. Education remains the key to the future. Don’t prepare students for something. Prepare them for anything!

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. Jackie’s experience demonstrates how essential it remains to support STEM education designed for women, particularly in engineering and computer science, which remain disproportionately dominated by men. Jackie, the team captain of St. Students at St.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

In our district, we try different unplugged activities with the elementary students, such as give simple instructions to your partner who is acting like your robot. Click the (robot’s head, bathtub, robot mouse, etc.) # (2, 3, 4) times. For the next few weeks, we will focus on process writing and how to write good instructions.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

In our district, we try different unplugged activities with the elementary students, such as give simple instructions to your partner who is acting like your robot. Click the (robot’s head, bathtub, robot mouse, etc.) # (2, 3, 4) times. For the next few weeks, we will focus on process writing and how to write good instructions.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 24, 2024

eReader platforms for publishers are software solutions that allow publishers to leverage several techniques to maximize the reach of their digital content products amongst diverse audiences—from readers of fiction and nonfiction to educational content and children’s books. This is where eReader platforms are playing an important role.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It’s been quite a year for education news, not that you’d know that by listening to much of the ed-tech industry (press). Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work. And on and on and on. Don’t worry, teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . Here are a few ways educators, particularly administrators and IT leaders, can set goals to start tackling this fall. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read about how K–12 educators are using technology to boost engagement.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

Quick Take: Covering the 6 key elements in creating the right foundation for modern education with the arrival of the 4 th industrial revolution and the changing educational environment. Designing a modern school will be an ongoing process for those in educational leadership. Choosing an education model wisely.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 22, 2015

At the Edwards Jones Dome we will have opening ceremonies, a college/scholarship row, and we will be able to see the FRC (First Robotics Competition) and the FLL (First Lego League)… We will also be able to see the companies who helped sponsor this event and get a lot of one on one information from them.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 22, 2015

We can’t have wifi or hot spots in the pit area OR the arena because it will interfere with the robots and the game. In judging we have the whole team, our engineering notebook, our robot, and anything extra that we think we might need to show to judges. Now that judging is over, the robot has to go to judging.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

A Global Search for Education, Cathy Rubin, Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In the age of electronic media, a school could be everywhere, or it could possibly be nowhere. Is it possible for kids to limit their social media time and spend it building face-to-face relationships?

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education. For most educators, the pandemic was a defining moment in their careers, a situation more disruptive than they could’ve imagined. But to compete with TikTok, social media and talking to their friends makes it that much more difficult.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

For you as a job hunting educator, this becomes the best time of year to find a job. Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. . This also includes stand-alone programs for specialized topics such as robotics, 3D printing, and drones. Digital portfolio sites. Certifications.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

So what do educators need to know about it? This is not an educational play—this is a business play. There is no “educational upside” to offering a football scholarship. Esports could be just as much a valuable gateway into technology related jobs as teaching programming, robotics, graphic design and web design.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Raised on quick responses from smartphones, social media, instant messaging and immediate-access entertainment sites, today’s students live in an on-demand world. Higher education has not yet figured it out,” Peggy McCready, Associate Vice President for IT Services and Support at Northwestern University, recently told me.

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