Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. free software is an intuitive way to graph motion, rate of change, and slope.

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iPhone Software Robotics iPad 219

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It regularly participates in several different competitions, including ones for robotics and solar cars. For the girls, the big takeaway was the teamwork it took — working in groups, collaborating on ideas and coming up with a solution ,” says Flores. “We To take it a step further, the students would make the drone parts themselves. “We

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Tools STEM Learning Robotics 390

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff.

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EdTech Robotics Assessment STEM 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The program trains educators at K-12 schools whose students include Native children on different ways they can introduce young people to programming, robotics and coding. In addition, many Native students attend schools that may lack the hardware, software and high-speed internet needed for these classes.

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Accessibility Robotics Report Course 118

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX.

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

Makenzie, Mariah and Makayla are triplets who, by the age of 13, have created websites, programmed a handheld Raspberry Pi computer and given orders to a small, white robot called Sphero. Nationwide, girls who take classes in computer science are a minority , and black girls, proportionately, make up an even smaller group.

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How To Robotics Elementary Report 97

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

I never thought that what I was doing would be considered “techy” or that this passion project could be setting me up for a future career as a computer scientist, software engineer, learning designer, research associate or UX designer—all jobs that I learned about much later in life by reading Careers with Code magazine. Fast forward to 2018.

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Conference Schoology Meeting Groups 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 101

EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

Students gather around the lab table helping one of the group members focus in on a specimen on a flat panel screen from a USB camera connected to the microscope. Another group of students is using a remote sensor that is strapped to a matchbox car traveling through banked turns and loops. Imagine this classroom scenario.

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Technology Classroom Chromebook Data 69

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Two Forest Grove Elementary School students show off their block structures for Nesra Yannier to photograph during an experiment. PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Photo: Jill Barshay. Photo: Jill Barshay.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 76

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Middle and high school students build VEX robots and program them using RobotC software. As instructional technologist for the Berkeley County School District in South Carolina, she was being given a tour of a middle school class where the students were designing and building robots. The “clients” were the elementary students.

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STEM Robotics Training Software 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Teacher-librarians such as Chun have since expanded that tech-integration role. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Many years before formally learning about how gears work, playing with gears “did more mathematical development than anything I was taught in elementary school,” he wrote, noting that he later created mental gear-driven multiplication tables and equations with variables. Playful Learning and Hard Fun.

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Robotics Software Video System 60

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. IMPERO SOFTWARE EDUCATION PRO V7 ( www.imperosoftware.com ) Impero Software announced the latest version of Impero Education Pro V7.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 50

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

“Next year, many traditional education strategies will fade away as educators help students recover from the pandemic’s impact, especially with harder-hit groups like students who learn and think differently. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. Justin Reilly, CEO, Impero Software.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 138

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Perry elementary school in Brooklyn, NY. Now, she’s referred to as LEGO Lady at P.S. 34, where she teaches science, LEGO engineering, and robotics. Then sift through additional grade-level-appropriate resources , and take into consideration the depth and cohesion you’re looking for in your software. . Tip: Find a community.

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Classroom Robotics STEM Survey 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

Engage students with Sim City Software, model building, and a new curriculum designed to integrate disciplines. Best of all writing will be involved for students at both the elementary and secondary level. First Robotics – This involves teams of professional and high school students to solve engineering problems.

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STEM Robotics Conference Video 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? Morrison asked the group if fab labs could reconcile the push for early technology literacy with the desire to let young children tinker and explore with hands-on learning. Another challenge has been finding computer-aided design software suitable for kindergartners.

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STEM Adobe Software Mobility 74

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Our 2014 Keynote Schedule is nearly finalized, and we''re really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual conference. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters. Global Education Conference Keynotes. More information at [link].

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Advocates like the way that educational software can alert kids to their mistakes right away and help to fix them more quickly. Most technology is so isolating,” she said. “I

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 28

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots. Students work with hardware like microboards and single-board computers, as well as software, learning coding languages like Java, Python, HTML and CSS, and C++. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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Industry STEM Education Survey 133

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. Jeff Livingston, founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics “I say, ‘Have you watched Abbott Elementary?’” So I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School.” They’re engineers.

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Company EdTech Edmentum Robotics 154

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. In April, Education Week’s Market Brief reported on a study by the consortium claiming school districts could save billions if they shared with one another the details about what they were paying for hardware and software.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

“What we realized in the classrooms was that there were a lot of things being done by the gut—it looked good and felt good, but there was no science behind choices teachers were making,” Kolb tells EdSurge, rifling off robots, flexible seating and Chromebooks as among the trends and tools that aren’t being used to their full advantage.

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Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 106

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 68

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. The data provided allows teachers to group students intentionally for maximized learning opportunities. G-Suite tools ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 51

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

KUBO offers screen-free coding for K–2 students with a simple, intuitive, plug-and-learn robot for classrooms. KUBO offers screen-free coding for K–2 students with a simple, intuitive, plug-and-learn robot for classrooms. The individual robots with blinking eyes are easily rechargeable. pitsco.com/kubo ?

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Robotics STEM Software Elementary 43

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Software & Online CAPSTONE PEBBLEGO SPANISH DATABASE FOR K-12 STUDENTS ( www.capstonepub.com/library/digital/whats-new/ ) Capstone is pleased to announce its most popular PebbleGo databases are now available in Spanish. Students can be paired up, you can set up small groups, or work collaboratively with a teacher or an instructional aide.

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Tools Epson Professional Learning Chromebook 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. She spent $19 to host a website and contacted software companies for free licenses. million active sellers.

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Education Online Learning Report Elementary 110

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Meet the West Virginia teen taught himself how to build a rapping AI using Kanye West lyrics | Quartz Media → To upend the perceived shortage of talent, tech companies have begun to evangelize for open-source AI code, or software that’s free to use, modify, and improve upon.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Testing group says no; others are unconvinced.” ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The reading software-maker has raised $3.2

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school? million in seed funding from Propel Capital and Kapor Capital for its teacher-hiring software. ” Testing.

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Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” “In my book,” she told Bloomberg, “there’s no reason why children in elementary schools can’t be launching their own businesses.” ” They’re coming for your kids’ jobs.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “A bipartisan proposal in the U.S. Contests and Awards.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

We can speculate, I suppose, about what the analogous battles might be in education – which corporation will sue which corporation, claiming they “own” learning data and learning roadmaps and learning algorithms and learning software IP. “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t apply for jobs.

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Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

She uses a software program popular among architects and designers. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40