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World’s Largest Robotics Competition Returns: Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation to Host Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship

eSchool News

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , a 501c3 nonprofit and VEX Robotics , is back to showcase the incredible talent and skill of a range of student competitors by hosting the first-ever Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship May 17-29, 2021.

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What to Buy for Your Maker Space #makered

The CoolCatTeacher

See Todd’s show for guidelines. Ollie robots [link]. Ozobot robots [link]. The move to middle school comes after almost fifteen years in elementary education as a third grade teacher and as an elementary library media specialist. These students are programming Ollie robots. LittleBits kits [link].

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Academic Cheating Statistics Teachers Need to Know

PlagiarismCheck

The tendency proves the pivotal role of establishing writing and studying ethics from an early age since students who start cheating at school continue it at college and even influence younger learners in elementary classes. Transparent guidelines are the key, especially when it comes to controversial subjects like Chat GPT.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

Edsurge

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Amanda’s team developed a capstone project for elementary students: AI and Machine Learning for 5th Graders. We don't have to build a robot. Can you discuss some of the challenges you experienced?

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How Do We Get Middle School Students Excited About Science? Make It Hands-On

MindShift

This style of learning can feel foreign to many ASMS students at first, whether they come from a private or public elementary school, but with time and support they often come to see its value. Kids talk with one another, and ASMS kids know this isn’t how a lot of friends at other area middle schools are learning.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Education Week also reported in February that the State Educational Technology Directors Association had released a new website that offered guidelines on purchasing digital materials. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. No neoliberalism anywhere in ed-tech.