EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

And we also looked at whether home robots could come to classrooms, and that one made the list as well. Should Robots Replace Teachers? Robots are having a moment—including the announcement this year of a new home robot by Amazon. Sometime early in elementary school, kids are put on one of two paths: regular or gifted.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As the school year starts here at Dr. Pablo Perez Elementary school in McAllen — where I am the school librarian — we are enrolling 40 to 60 newcomers in Harvey’s aftermath. It isn’t only books that greet our students here, but also two friendly, coding-proficient robots named Dot and Dash. And suddenly, it all makes sense.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Students don’t want a robot to teach them; they might use a robot to help them, but they don’t want AI to teach them.” Learning how to use this tool isn’t going to replace instructors. But students don’t want a robot to teach them; they might use a robot to help them, but they don’t want AI to teach them.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., I know you love robots, so would you like to build a robot out of cardboard boxes?” By reframing the academic experience to align with the student’s interests, I could drive learning forward. The student instantly became curious.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The availability of AI technologies, machine learning, robotics and so on is happening much faster than people might expect. Students go to schools with various educational backgrounds, have diverse interests and learning preferences and progress in each subject at different rates. Educational institutions need to keep up.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class. On a recent weekday, J.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

A push to close early learning gaps in Texas. Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. Students participate in a hands-on activity during summer school at Bethel Elementary School in Simpsonville, S.C. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Through our direct interactions with educators and school leaders around the country working to implement effective personalized learning models in their schools and districts, we find that technology’s role in this arena is yet to be clearly defined on a broad scale. So, what role(s) should technology play in education?

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain is also the only district Learning Counsel has found that is deeply involved in workflow aimed at personalized learning, with 100% digital coverage for core curriculum, 90% for electives, 80% for special needs and 100% for professional development. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. Dallas ISD, Dallas, TX.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

“At Fulton County Schools, we know that there is a huge opportunity to support our schools as they move towards increased personalized learning in the classroom – and one way to do that is to ensure that they are utilizing the most appropriate digital resources in their classrooms to support student learning.

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techlearning

JUNE 11, 2018

One of my biggest takeaways from the FETC conference in January was seeing the Root robot live. Basically, Root is everything I was looking for in a coding robot, and I could not wait to try it out. What you want to know is my first impressions of the robot, right? Well, let's say its good, REALLY GOOD.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. Credit: eLearn.fyi. When the coronavirus pandemic first struck and classes shifted online last spring, Sophia Joffe was in 11th grade.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

This 2½ day hands-on workshop introduces the arts as activities that enhance various stages of project-based learning. The institute offers courses for educators on programming, maker projects, computational thinking, personalize learning and more. Artists from various mediums (visual arts, improvisation, dance/movement, etc.)

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Upper elementary students receive formal golf instruction by a PGA-certified golf pro at the country club, creating a great opportunity to learn etiquette and social graces in addition to a lifelong sport they might not otherwise have access to. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ? TECH USED

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

With offerings from both companies in coding, math, game development, robotics and more, Emeritus and iD Tech are positioned to make STEM learning more accessible, paving the way for brighter futures in STEM occupations. Course topics include coding, 3D modeling, artificial intelligence, robotics, and game design.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

What followed was an amazing example of student motivation, creativity, resourcefulness and personalized learning at its best. After having mastered the elementary and middle school educational system, freshmen often feel confident that they know what to do reach whatever level they—and others—have set as academically acceptable.

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Hack Education

JULY 5, 2019

“When you say ‘teaching machines from the 1960s’,” one person recently told me, “I picture the robot teacher in The Jetsons.” “You really know your elementary arithmetic.” Teaching machines and robot teachers were part of the Sixties’ cultural imaginary. “Boink!”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Given the enormous potential of edtech to assist teachers in highly diverse classrooms to truly personalize learning and obtain significant student academic growth, why are we seeing such consistent and large-scale edtech failure when it comes to gains in student academic achievement? blended learning).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Results are out for a Boca Raton, Florida elementary school that is in its third year of a Demonstration Schools for Rigor initiative in partnership with Learning Sciences International. CodeSnaps teaches coding basics by enticing students to actively work together, hands-on, to control Sphero robots.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

Other students wanted to tackle creating worlds in Minecraft and figure out how to build their own robots and computers. From this discussion we learned that our students loved to create and they could make connections between what they were doing outside of school and subjects like English language arts, math and art.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Regardless of whether students are learning in the classroom, at home, or a combination of the two, students are in need of greater support during this time. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

For us, it’s really about enabling learning.” Microsoft's Barbara Holzapfel described what she sees as an opportunity to personalize learning through translation applications the company is developing, making real-time translations into a variety of languages.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

CLASSCRAFT ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND QUESTS MARKETPLACE FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING ( www.classcraft.com/?utm_source=techlearning.com&utm_medium=referral Schools and districts can compile webmixes, or collections of resources and Learning Paths, into a private gallery.

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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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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

The participants: Large district: Dr. Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. Howard was a senior robotics researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Small district: Dr. L.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2015

All he wants to do is work with Mr. B, the teacher in the robotics lab.”. and a person at school whom he wanted to be with. The contact wouldn’t have to be earned, because kids shouldn’t have to earn something that they really need; Garrett needed time with Mr. B and robotics as much as a typical student needed to be in social studies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Still, iUniversity Prep leaders believe that personal connections are important. A robotics competition might draw iUniversity Prep students to Austin, for example, or a running club might gather for a race in Houston. So they look for ways students can engage within the school community.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 25, 2017

After selling a very successful business, I decided in 2009 to pursue my passion by earning another degree in Elementary Education, with an emphasis in English. I have a dual certification in elementary and middle school ages. I also specialized in project-based learning and technology in the classroom. Click to tweet.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. One day last fall in U-46, Ed Chau’s Horizon Elementary gifted fifth graders met on Zoom to discuss their “Genius Hour” projects — investigations into topics of their own choosing.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

So then we thought that maybe we could pool our money and buy a Sphero robot to do random acts of kindness for others. We were talking about what we were going to use our money for and realized that we don’t really have anything we really need.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

They often contain the tools, machinery, and technologies associated with making – 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, high tech robotics, vocational tech machinery. Let me be really clear, making is not simply 3D printing, Art Lino, Raspberry Pi, LEDs, robots, laser and vinyl cutters.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. 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.

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